Coming soon: hemp from Jersey
H
emp can now be grown on the
Channel Island of Jersey
following the issuance of the first
licence to harvest, process and store
hemp flower in preparation for CBD
extraction.
The licence issued to Jersey Hemp was called a sig-
nificant opportunity for the island by Senator
Lyndon Farnham, minister for economic develop-
ment, tourism, sport and culture.
“Extracting Jersey-produced CBD will allow the
island to take its place in this fast-developing sector,
supplying controlled and reliable CBD products
with strong British Isles provenance,” Farnham
said. “Jersey has real potential in this area, and the
issuing of this licence signals our clear intent to
position ourselves as a centre of excellence in CBD
production, research, genetics and intellectual
property.”
The island lies off the north coast of France but is
politically and economically closely linked to the
UK, although it is self-governing and as such can
make its own laws outside of both UK and EU rules.
Home-grown hemp could be an attractive selling
point for CBD, according to Jersey Hemp. “We antic-
ipate this will allow Jersey Hemp to be able to
compete commercially on a level playing field with
international producers in China, Eastern Europe
and the Americas, where all CBD sold in the UK is
presently grown and manufactured,” the company
said.
Jersey Hemp said that this was the very first licence
issued in the British Isles for the production of CBD
from hemp flowers.
In contrast, Hempen, based in Oxfordshire, recently
claimed it had to destroy its entire hemp crop due to
its licence application being rejected by the Home
Office.
Jersey Hemp said that it has been cultivating and
processing industrial hemp for three and a half
years, and this year’s harvest will be its third culti-
vation and the first to include the flowers. It has also
used CBD in some of its products but this previously
had been only imported CBD.
The first licence in the British Isles to grow hemp
flowers for CBD is big news. Though other compa-
nies claim to be producing hemp-derived CBD in the
UK already, whether it’s commercially possible to
produce CBD from parts of the hemp plant other
than flower remains a matter of some debate.
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