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Ep. 21- Kansas Poised to Become Fiber & Grain Leader (Again) w/ Sarah Stephens, CEO, MidWest Hemp Technologies
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Sarah Stephens, CEO, of Midwest Hemp Technology, (MHT), joins us with Sales Manager, Jenifer Holmes, for a full report on the steadily growing hemp industry in Kansas.
MHT is a hemp processing company manufacturing hemp fiber and grain crops serving Kansas and midwestern USA farmers.
The facility is located in Augusta on four acres and is currently focused on hemp (grain) seed food, the company is currently able to sell hemp oil for cooking, hemp seed protein powder, and the hurd mix that can be used to create ‘hemp lime’, a sustainable building insulation alternative.
Although the hemp plant can be used for several different enthings such as bioplastics, textiles for clothing, food for humans and livestock, mulch for the garden, hempcrete and much more, Stephens wants the community to know that it is not being utilized for the growth of cannabinoid or CBD-related products. ‘These are outdoor crops. When you grow for CBD, usually, you’re probably inside or in a hoop house with all female only plants that will produce flowers and that’s where the cannabinoid production is,’ said Sarah Stephens, CEO of Midwest Hemp Technology. ‘These plants are male and female, directly sowed into the ground and harvested with a combine. There’s nothing to smoke on it. Someday we hope it’s grown like wheat.’
During MHT’s open house on Thursday, Nov. 3, the crew was offering hemp product samples like cookies and muffins made with hemp seeds, popcorn popped with hemp oil and a chance for the community to ask questions.
‘It’s a high-protein, high-fiber and high in omega’s seed. What we’re doing is breaking the seed into oil and protein powder. Eventually we should be able to feed it to animals, but it’s a long process for that.
If you’re a farmer that’s interested in growing a hemp crop, reach out to the team at Midwest Hemp Technology by emailing info@midwesthemptech. com.
‘If you want to grow, we will help you fill out the application, help you meet the deadline, buy the crop and you know that you’ll have a buyer,’ said Stephens. (From Times Gazette November 7, 2022 article by Nikole Babb)
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