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Hemp4Soil: Growing Hemp improves soil health and helps stabilize the climate.

Agreement Number
NR22-13G027
Awardee Name
Heartland Corporate Holdings, LLC
Grant Type
Classic
Awardee State/Territory
Michigan
Involved States/territories
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Montana
Nebraska
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Award Year
2021
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$360,000.00
Production/Use
Farmland Agricultural
Resource Concern (Broad)
Soil
Resource Concern (Specific)
Soil Health
Conservation Practice(s)
Conservation Crop Rotation
Farmstead Energy Improvement
Nutrient Management
Project Background
To demonstrate industrial Hemp cultivation with regenerative practices is an economically viable and scalable climate-smart rotational crop that improves soil health and sequesters carbon.
Project Scale
Field-level
Awardee Technical Contact Name
Eric Austermann