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Mother Earth Reverence Farms
Self Sovereignty, Stewardship, Sustainable Hempstead, Agribusiness, CommUNITY, Collective.
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Conservatory for Indigenous Sustainable Blockchain Agribusiness, with an emphasis on Research, Education, & Development (RED). Organic, heirloom, and green-based, small-scale agribusiness intentional communities, with the model prototype as “Green Pastures AgriVillages Ashrams”.
Sustainable Food System
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Financial Security
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Affordable Shelter
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Hempstead Green Building
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Green Pasture AgriVillage Ashrams
Intentionally carbon negative, small-scale, zero waste/zero debt, green eco-sustainable, serving local villages, collectives, neighborhoods, and communities worldwide!
Five Animal Production Ecosystem
- Aquaponics – Tilapia Multitude Management
- Apiculture – Benevolent Bees
- Small Ruminant Production – Chevron, Fibre, Dairy – Kiko
- Poultry Egg Layer Production – Riveting Rhode Island Reds
- Vermiculture/Vermicompost – Redworms – “Soil2Soul”
Community Green Hemp Buildings
- Cultivated for Millennia
- Versatile Sustainable Crop
- Multiple, Varied Commercial Products
- One First Cultivated Crops in Human History
- Potential to Replace Environmentally Harmful Raw Materials
Proven itself time and again in Hurricane Ivan, Charley, Gustav, and even Katrina, when traditional stick-build houses were turned into matchsticks.
Global Hemp Association Vision
Sustainable and Ethically Sourced Products, Mitigating Climate Change,
Regenerative Agriculture! That is hemp!
That is you. That is US!
Green Hemp builds reduce reliance on chemical fire retardants linked to several health challenges (e.g. Sick Building Syndrome). GPAA’s ‘hemp-based sustainable building ‘model prototype’ offers’ bio-based products, virtually carbon neutral, with 21st century smart construction applications!
Lime & hemp shivs (a waste product from hemp fiber growing) can be used for walls, floors, roofing insulation. It is breathable, absorbs & emits moisture regulating internal humidity by avoiding trapped moisture & mold growth!
Provides excellent acoustic & thermal insulation, including thermal mass. It is lightweight, reduces construction costs, eco-friendly, & locks up CO2 for the life of the building!
Hemp Bag
Hemp Products
Hemp Seed
Hemp Rope
Hemp Q&A
Learn How it Works!
What is the history of hemp?
Hemp was poised to be a billion-dollar crop in the 1930s with Henry Ford a big supporter, but the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 killed the growth of the industry. We had a brief respite during WWII with the Hemp for Victory campaign, in which we grew hundreds of thousands of acres in six Midwestern states, but the tax was reenacted after the war. Then in 1970, President Nixon included hemp in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act as his middle finger to the anti-war people.
What is the status today?
MB: In 2013, on the heels of Colorado being the first state to legalize industrial hemp, I wrote the language for Section 7606 of the 2014 Farm Bill, a provision that grants U.S. farmers the right to cultivate hemp in states where production is legal. Since that time, we’ve grown the industry from basically zero to 75,000 acres of hemp permitted in 2018.
Which states have the most potential for hemp growth?
Colorado has been the #1 state in production out of the gate, but long-term it will probably be more of a research state. Kentucky grows a lot of CBD [cannabidiol] plants for oil extraction. Montana came out of the gate last year with 22,000 acres permitted. Minnesota is gearing up for some pretty significant expansion in 2019. North Carolina is on the radar screen. Iowa will catch up in two or three years, once it solves permitting and legislative challenges. New York could end up being a big state. On January 14, Canopy Growth, a publicly-traded company out of Canada, announced a $150 million investment in a processing facility in New York. They must see opportunity for a lot of acreage in that state.
How can a farmer get into the hemp business?
First, you have to be in a state where it is legal. There are nine states that have not legalized it yet, including Iowa. Once the USDA comes up with federal standards through the 2018 Farm Bill, each state will submit a plan for approval. States like Colorado and Kentucky, which already have systems in place, will just keep going. Section 7606 as written and implemented in the last farm bill remains the law of the land while we are enacting provisions of the 2018 bill.
Because of the federal government furlough, there hasn’t been any activity on this since the signing of the bill. This could drag on for months.
Farmers in states that have legalized it and have a permit system in place are in a pretty good position in 2019. The old rules will allow the industry to grow rapidly.
Where do farmers get seed?
Canada and Europe. The challenge is the .3 THC limit. There is a lot of seed available outside of the U.S., but we don’t know how acclimated it is to latitudes and longitudes here and how that correlates to THC limits at harvest. If farmers bring in seed and the crop busts the .3 limit at harvest, it becomes marijuana under the law and must be destroyed. That will keep a brake on some robust expansion until we get a good feel for how those genetics are going to express themselves in different environments. It will take another year.
What is the difference between CBD and traditional hemp?
CBD is an extract from the female plant that is a popular dietary supplement. The oil has an omega profile almost identical to fish oil. You grow those female plants much like you would a marijuana plant, with the difference being the amount of THC [active ingredient of cannabis]. It’s like O’Doul’s and Guinness. The CBD plant is nearly void in THC.
There is a lot of energy being put into the CBD space right now, both money and human capital. It reminds me of the internet craze in the late 1990s when money was flowing to ventures that may or may not be successful. The profit margins in the CBD world have been significant and may remain robust for several years. Like any other thing we raise in the U.S., it will be a commodity at some point. I think we’ve only touched the tip of the iceberg on demand. Those of us who have used CBD oil or have family members who have used it have seen some pretty amazing health responses. We are going to have a significant market demand that can’t be met yet by domestic production.
How are these plants grown?
Much differently. On the CBD side, you have 1,000 to 1,600 plants per acre, planted and tended to as separate plants. Traditional hemp, grown for mass market products such as textiles and bioplastics, has a planting rate of 400,000 per acre (roughly 100 plants/square meter), and is drilled in like wheat. It grows tall and you harvest the tops for seed production and then use the stalk for a number of industrial purposes.
Where can farmers get production information?
Education is our big challenge. We have national organizations targeting advocacy and policy, but we have work to do on the educational side. We are reaching out to the national corn and soybean associations, because if we are going to have significant acreage it’s going to come from those camps.
Rev. Dr. Denise Hall
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Founder, #1 Chief & Inspirational Agripreneur & Wholistic DVM
Building an Intentional CommUNITY
“Creative Covental Beloved CommUNITY honors the interdependent web of existence of which we are all a part-human, animal, plant, element, & celestial!
-Dr. Denise Elizabeth Hall
Honoring The Vital Essence Of Indigenous
Wisdom And Teachings Of Sustainability Within
Communities And Different Environments.
About MERF
‘Indigenous Sustainable Blockchain Agribusiness’ is cultivating applied multidisciplinary sciences, with applications of 21st century methodologies for aquaponics, apiculture, bison production, vermiculture, caprine and layer
production. Specialty operations include organic waste recycling, edible and aquascaping. Speciality crops are industrial hemp and lavender. MERF dedicates resources to ‘Research, Education, Development’ for ‘ecologically green’,
sustainable agribusiness, especially for intentional communities (RED-Research, Education, Development).
Vision
Ennobling global agripreneurs & other colleagues as an alliance clearinghouse for accessible best practices in ‘green stewardship’.
Intentional communities, or “Green Pastures AgriVillages Ashrams”, are carbon-negative, zero consumer debt, zero waste, & green-based business collaborations! Agricultural land acquisition, with on-site water access is a prized asset class, of which intentional communities, villages, and neighborhoods are nourished for ‘wholistic flourishment’ as well as securing generational wealth!
Purpose
Mother Earth Reverence Farms & Ministries (MERF) is purposed to 1) ennoble domestic and global business partnerships and collaborations; 2) establish Green Pastures AgriVillages Ashrams as self-sovereign, small-scale, organic, heirloom, hemp construction; 3) create and cultivate legacy generational wealth as sustainable agribusinesses; and 4) provide spiritual direction as Global Love Triumphant Ministries aligning with Creative Covenantal Beloved Community. Majority female-owned entities (51%) will receive priority consideration.
Affiliations
Daughter d/b/a entities encompassing vision:
Sustainable HempHall Enterprises [SHHE]
Global Love Triumphant Ministries [GLTM]
Womanist Productions (WP)
Womanist Productions (WP)
Future GPAA Sister Satellites
Kisii, Kenya; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Ambergris Caye, Belize
Credits
African Rural & Agriculture Credit Association
Alliance For A Green Revolution; African Union
Department for International Development-DFID
International Business Leaders Forum
Honoring the Legacy of Trailblazer!
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Denise Elizabeth Hall, DVM, CVA, MDIV
Chief Inspirational Agripreneur Consultant, MERF
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