23. Wild Atlantic Hemp - Regenerative Farming / Hemp4Soil - Laura Jane Foley and Daniel Lyons

Chapters
00:01 - The people from Wild Atlantic hemp – Award Wining entrepreneurs Laura Jayne Foley and Daniel Lyons
01:57 – Regenerative Agriculture and soil depletion
05:02 - 10 Farms that were part of the Hemp4Soil project
07:20 - National Climate action award for ‘Loop head together’
11:31 - The Processing Challenge
21:00 – Farmers Co operatives - People want a genuine Irish product that's good quality and full spectrum
25:21 - Back to Studying and did a Masters in Agrnovation
28:38 - Food safety Authority Dr Pat O’ Mahony went through everything about our process to fit the Novel Food requirements
38:04 - Harvested by August where you don't have to worry about going into September October where the storms would normally come
39:50 – The Barriers
46:32 - Circular economy business – The Seed!!
48:34 - Getting over the hurdle of it being hemp and getting investment for processing

In 2018, Laura and Daniel bought a 1-hectare plot of land on the Loop Head Peninsula, County Clare, and began their journey into growing Hemp to create high-quality CBD products.
Their story is one of brave entrepreneurship that is typical of 90% of people operating within the area of the wonder plant that is Cannabis Sativa. A century of stigmatisation has created barriers and so in an effort to be fully prepared to deliver their business plans the pair returned to studying and registered for a Masters in Ag-Innovation at the National University of Ireland and began developing our Solventless Processing Method.They were determined to produce the highest quality product!
Hemp4Soil
“According to the United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), a third of the world's soil is now moderately to highly degraded. The processes that generate high-quality, fertile topsoil can take centuries to form. And the world is ploughing through that resource at an alarming rate.”
So our dynamic duo set about creating a Regenerative Farming Experiment on Loop Head to “Explorie the potential to improve soil quality & biodiversity while also creating alternative sustainable income streams for farms on Loop Head”.

They asked farmers to set aside ONE ACRE for 12 Months to be used for a Loop Head Experiment?

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