AN INAUGURAL HEMP HARVEST What it's Like in the Fields So Far By Abby Meaux Conques
I recently connected with David Tate, outside contractor for Virgin Hemp Farms in Louisiana, to ask him about the happenings so far in the first Louisiana hemp harvest season.
Tate is a Louisiana native and University of Louisiana at Lafayette alum who has called California home since 2005.
“I lost both of my parents in 2005 to cancer. I asked my doctor what precautions I could take to optimize my health, and frankly he said to move out of the state. Honestly, that’s what I did,” explained Tate.
Tate moved to Mendocino County and found a job working at a grow site. Over the years, he learned the ins and outs of varying cannabis grows; from supplies to irrigation, indoor to outdoor. He noted strategies and equipment that worked from his experience. For years he entertained the thought of starting a business in the cannabis realm in California, but quickly saw that the red tape and bureaucracy outweighed the desire to do so. 14
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