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Stock up on functional honey at Wellness Emporium

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FUNCTIONAL HONEY: Did you know there are all kinds of honey with different health benefits based on location and which flowers and plants the bees foraged? We love honey bees and the sweet honey they make. We’re collecting just enough special honey from around the world made with extra bee magic for better health & well being – get stocked at our farm’s store: the Wellness Emporium!

NEEM HONEY – Made by wild bees and responsibly harvested in India and used as a digestive aid. Add to oatmeal or pancakes!

HEMP HONEY – Hemp flower extract infused honey used to help reduce inflammation and anxiety. Add a teaspoon to your favorite tea and get 15mg of full spectrum CBD.

MANUKA HONEY – Made by bees from the Manuka flower in New Zealand and used around the world for gut health. Take by the teaspoon to soothe an upset stomach.

ACACIA HONEY – Made by bees foraging Black Locust tree flowers and used for skin health and immune boosting. Try using on acne or minor scrapes.

WHITE HONEY – Made by bees foraging Himalayan wildflowers. Try on baked bread or Brie cheese and then tell me why not!

LOCAL HONEY – Made by Mr. George Martin’s bees with Manchester area pollen for seasonal allergies. Grandmas would know exactly what to do with this because they buy the quart jars.

Half Hill Farm’s seasonal taste of Summer: Watermelon Basil Kefir

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We made a special batch of water kefir with locally and organically grown sugar baby watermelons and garden fresh basil! It’s peak Summer, and it won’t last long at all – now on tap for growler refills or in our new compostable cups exclusively at:

 

UPDATE 08-10-19: We are now SOLD OUT at our Woodbury store, but there’s still some on tap in Murfreesboro!

UPDATE 08-16-19: We are now SOLD OUT at our Murfreesboro store! We will absolutely bring this seasonal flavor back next year!

Half Hill Farm partners with former tobacco farm to grow hemp

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Half Hill Farm is now partnered with a former tobacco grower to produce premium indoor grown hemp flower. The new 5,000 square feet indoor grow space at Boze Farms in Carthage, TN should be fully operational later this year.

The indoor grow will provide bulk wholesale flower to stores and manufacturers including Half Hill Farm’s Wellness Emporium retail stores across the state. The new climate controlled facility will also supply their new CO2 extraction lab in Woodbury to ensure in-house quality controls from start to finished product.

“We know retailers and consumers have a lot of options on the market,” said Half Hill Farm owner Vince Oropesa. “That’s why we’re focused on providing a premium value with quality growing and processing that can scale to meet demand.”

Many hemp farmers and processors in Tennessee rely on solvent extraction that can process mass quantities of hemp at a time using ethanol or butane. Half Hill Farm’s new extraction and testing lab will use higher quality supercritical CO2 extraction. The slower process uses a few pounds of hemp at a time and will help ensure only the best hemp is extracted producing a better quality product option for consumers and manufacturers.

“We know we can’t CO2 extract everything,” said owner Scot Smotherman who heads up the partnership. “But there’s no shortage of good quality ethanol extraction service options for larger volume grows.”

Half Hill Farm was the first USDA certified organic farm in Tennessee to grow industrial hemp. We are now a licensed hemp grower, processor and permitted food manufacturer producing quality CO2 extracted CBD hemp oil blends in 500mg, 1000mg, and 2500mg formulas and a 1000mg full spectrum CBD hemp topical salve.

More than 2,900 grower licenses were issued to Tennessee farms by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture this year. For perspective, neighboring Kentucky is the nation’s third largest grower of hemp, and they issued 1,000 grower licenses this year.

The year round indoor grow and the ability to scale into several hundred thousand square feet elsewhere on the farm was a critical component in Half Hill Farm partnering with Boze Farm.

“Farming has taken a real beating over the past few years, “ said Joe Darren Boze. “We’re hoping hemp helps turns it around.”

Jimmy Joe Boze, Joe’s father, started growing hemp when his tobacco contract was suddenly pulled. He still proudly makes pre-rolls from last year’s harvest and humbly says he did it to see how it will go. While he’s hopeful, and sees how it helps people, he’s wary and still describes this year as ‘poking around to see what works.’

“This ain’t my first rodeo,” Jimmy Joe added with a wink and hint of good old farmer’s been-there-done-that attitude. “Let’s see what the boys can do with it.”

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Half Hill Farm’s Blackberry Kombucha is here!

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BLACKBERRY SUMMER: Our farm’s seasonal taste of Summer is here! Half Hill Farm‘s Blackberry Kombucha is an annual favorite available while it lasts. This year was a good year for blackberries, and we harvested the more than any other year to bring you this popular flavor all Summer long – organic and locally grown with a kiss of local honey and now on tap for growler refills exclusively at:

Half Hill Farm partners with MTSU Fermentation Science Program

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FERMENTATION REVIVAL: Meet Kayley Stallings, our new intern from the Middle Tennessee State University Fermentation Science program! We are so happy to partner with MTSU to provide educational and employment opportunities in functional food & beverage.

Kayley will be one of the program’s first undergrads and plans to help make antibiotics work better after grad school. In the meantime, she’s the voice behind @mtsufermclub and MTSU Fermentation Association and will be helping us get elbows deep in some probiotic ferments!

Half Hill Farm’s Kombucha and Kefir now on tap at The Turnip Truck

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HEY NASHVILLE: We are excited to announce you can now get four flavors of Half Hill Farm’s kombucha and kefir on tap exclusively at The Turnip Truck Natural Market! Our Blood Orange, Elderberry, Tart Cherry and Ginger Lemonade are fermented to perfection and made with all organic ingredients in neighboring Woodbury, TN – now available by the growler at your favorite natural & local grocery store!

Ginger Beet Water Kefir Shrub now at Harvest Local Foods

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HEY MANCHESTER: You can now find our farm’s Ginger Beet Water Kefir Shrub at Harvest Local Foods (101 N. Irwin St. Manchester, Tennessee 37355) with our other flavors of kombucha and kefir! Harvest Local Foods is one of our favorite places to find local Tennessee made products, fresh produce, skincare, and other fermented goodies! Grab a bottle when you’re shopping for farm fresh goods on the square in Manchester!

Taste of Spring: It’s time for Honeysuckle Kombucha!

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Our annual farm-foraged Honeysuckle Apple Kombucha is now on tap by the cup or growler refill at Half Hill Farm’s Wellness Emporium in Woodbury, TN (110 W High St. Woodbury, TN 37190)  open seven days a week!

We make this seasonal flavor every year with fresh harvested honeysuckle from our farm in Woodbury. Like all our flavors, this favorite is made with all organic ingredients: honeysuckle, apple and local honey! Just like Spring, it never lasts long, so stop by and grab a growler!

UPDATE 05-25-19: Sorry to say we are now sold out! If you missed it, don’t worry. It will be back next year!

Half Hill Farm’s Ginger Beet Water Kefir Shrub now at Juicy’s

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HEY MURFREESBORO: You can now get our farm’s Ginger Beet Water Kefir Shrub with your vegan wrap at Juicy’s Wellness Cafe of Murfreesboro (2314 Medical Center ParkwaySuite A-2 Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37129)! Each bottle is made with all organic ginger, beets, apple cider vinegar, nettles, red clover, dandelion leaf and root, and local honey with our water kefir ferment in neighboring Woodbury, Tennessee!

Construction begins on hemp testing and CO2 extraction lab In Woodbury

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Half Hill Farm began construction on a hemp testing and supercritical CO2 extraction lab today at their Woodbury location. The lab will be one of only a few such facilities across the state.

Hemp farmers and manufacturers will be able to send crop or product samples to the lab for required testing to ensure quality and state compliance. The expansion will also help integrate Half Hill Farm’s partnered indoor hemp grow operations with production of high quality supercritical CO2 extractions for food, beverage and supplement makers.

“Bringing this healing plant to the people and keeping the value of the crop close to home is important to us,” said co-owner Christian Grantham. “Tennessee is ready to lead in this growing industry, and we are proud to keep this investment in Woodbury.”

This year, more than 2,700 industrial hemp grower licenses were issued to farmers by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture. The state’s chapter of the Hemp Industries Association, the lobbying arm for farmers and industry stake holders, is now the largest in the country.

“Hemp is going to change our country,” said co-owner Vince Oropesa. “What I see it do for our customers will make a believer out of anyone.”

Since many customers use CBD products for personal health reasons, Half Hill Farm created partnerships to monitor the entire growing process from seed to flower harvest. The new lab will take those select buds and prep them for sale or extract them into oils.

“Our commitment to health and wellness runs deeper than the buzz of hemp,” said co-owner Scot Smotherman who is leading the farm’s hemp growth. “Being involved in the entire growing process all the way to extraction is critical to controlling quality.”

Half Hill Farm was the first certified organic farm to grow hemp in Tennessee. They are a licensed industrial hemp grower and processor and permitted manufacturer making CBD hemp products in an FDA registered facility under Good Manufacturing Practices. The farm got its start making mushroom extracts that are used across the country by cancer patients as adjunct therapies in consultation with a doctor.

Half Hill Farm recently opened two new health and wellness stores operating as the Wellness Emporium in Bell Buckle and Woodbury with plans to open two more this Spring. Their beverage and tonic manufacturing expansion late last year now has their products in 15 stores in Middle Tennessee with plans to expand for distribution later this year.

In addition to their popular functional beverages, mushroom extracts and apple cider vinegar tonics, Half Hill Farm also makes quality CBD hemp oil extract blends in 500mg, 1000mg, and 2500mg formulas and a 1000mg full spectrum CBD hemp topical salve.

The new hemp testing and extraction lab will be operational in the Summer. You can follow Half Hill Farm’s progress on FaceBook.

Please consult your doctor before taking any of our products for health reasons. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.