In today’s Hemp Homeschool, Katie reviews the differences between Hemp Seed Oil and CBD Oil and explains why they’re definitely not the same thing! Watch on Facebook or YouTube. @kyhempworks     Kentucky Hemp Works… we’re more than just CBD

Paint along with Somerset, KY artist, Jeremy “Scrim” Scrimager, as he shows us how adding KHW Hemp Seed Oil has made him change the way he feels about using oil paint! Watch on YouTube   Kentucky Hemp Works… we’re more than just CBD

Today Katie talks more about historical uses of hemp seed oil, as well as ways we can incorporate hemp seed oil into our diet. Watch on Facebook or YouTube     Kentucky Hemp Works… we’re more than just CBD  

Please welcome today’s substitute teacher, Alyssa Erickson. Alyssa and her business partner, Kirstin Bohnert, make up the Kentucky Hempsters.  Alyssa is also the graphic designer here at KHW. KHW and the Hempsters have teamed up on a number of endeavors over the years — we’ll be sharing some of our stories in the coming weeks! Today

Our farmer, Kendal, joins Katie for today’s Hemp Homeschool. Kendal has been growing hemp for Kentucky Hemp Works since 2015 and we’ve grown (pun intended!) to be more like family than business associates! Listen as Katie and Kendal talk about the early days of growing hemp, the challenges they faced, and the lessons they learned

Katie and Re make Firestarters in today’s Hemp Homeschool lesson. The crop we use to make our Firestarters Kentucky Hemp Works has an interesting (and quite exciting) backstory. Listen in as Re and Katie recall a few precarious days when the DEA hijacked our hemp seeds! Watch on Facebook or YouTube. @kyhempworks     Kentucky

On more than one occasion, I’ve witnessed Katie having a conversation with someone about hemp and at the end of it, they say to her “how did you learn all of that”? She usually just smiles and says something about “picking things up along the way” but the truth is, Katie reads books…lots and lots

After the oil is pressed from the seed, the solid material (the “sticks” Katie is holding) is extruded from the cold press. It’s warm and soft at first but hardens as it cools and dries.  This seed cake is then ground into a fine powder using a hammermill and then a stone burr mill. An

Katie’s chickens make a guest appearance in today’s Hemp Homeschool lesson – Hemp Hearts! Hemp hearts are the soft, white, inside part of the seed often referred to as “germ” (think, wheat-germ). Many people incorporate hemp hearts into their diet for the same reasons that they incorporate hemp seed oil into their diets. Listen carefully