CAUGHT YEAH JIMENEZ IS THE
FOUNDER AND OWNER OF MOUNT CORE
OF HEMP A SMALL HAVE FARM IN
SOUTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN, WHERE SHE IS
COMMITTED TO GROWING HAVE
ORGANICALLY AND IN SMALL
BATCHES KATIA JOINS US NOW TO
DISCUSS THIS FURTHER KATIA SO
SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH
US TODAY. I DO WANT TO LEARN A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR
BACKGROUND SAME GROUP IN COSTA
RICA AND SEATTLE PREVIOUSLY
WORKED AT THE CDC.
HOW DID YOU OUTPOUR OF
WISCONSIN ACTUALLY BEGIN
WORKING IN THE HEMP INDUSTRY.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME IT'S
GREAT TO BE HERE.
I WAS BORN IN HER STREET, I
GREW UP IN SEATTLE WASHINGTON
AN AND THEN SPENT OVER
A DECADE.
>> WITH CDC'S NATIONAL
>> THERE AND THAT'S HOW I MET
MY HUSBAND TO IS I WAS ON SITE
SO I HAD A CHOICE TO MAKE AND I
MEAN YOUR
LOVED ONE.
>> THAT IS AMAZING GUYS, YEAH
TALK TO ME ABOUT THE LANDSCAPE
OF HEMP IN WISCONSIN IN
YOUR LOCATION AND HIGHER KIND
OF CONTRIBUTING TO THE
RESURGENCE OF HAVE BEEN THE
REGION.
>> SO I'M OUR STATED BECAME
LEGAL TO GROW HEMP IN 2018 SO
WE'RE IN OUR 3RD YEAR OF
GROWING HAVE SOME OTHER STATES
ARE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF US
YOU CAN START COMING HOME TO
THE PILOT PROGRAMS IN 2014 WE
STARTED IN
2018.
>> THAT YEAR, I BELIEVE OR I
WILL TOUR THE DEPARTMENT SAID
WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A
100 CORRECT. SHUNS THE
FOLLOWING YEAR FROM 19 WE HAD
OVER 1000.
>> AND THIS YEAR AGAIN WE HAVE
A REZ HOUSING WITH HALF OF
THOSE BEING NEW LICENSE HOLDERS
SO
WE HAVE.
>> I RICH HISTORY OF EARLY IN
THE WISCONSIN AND IT LOOKS LIKE
IT'S COMING BACK SO WE'RE
EXCITED.
>> AND HOW DOES HAVE AND ALSO
HELP TO KIND OF REVITALIZE
WISCONSIN'S OVER ALL
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR WHERE TO
TEMPERLEY FIT INTO THE
LANDSCAPE.
>> WELL IT'S
JUST AS INFANCY RIGHT NOW SO
WE'VE BEEN VERY INTERESTED
SEASON. WE HAD SOME MINOR
SETBACKS
WITH WEATHER AND INFRASTRUCTURE
ISSUES WITH ANY NEW CROP WAS
JUST LEGALIZE AS A TRUE
AGRICULTURAL CROP WITH THE 2018
FARM BILL SO THAT OPENED UP A
LITTLE
BIT MORE.
>> THE BANKING STRUCTURE THAT
YOU NEED SO
THERE THERE'S.
>> WE'RE JUST KIND OF GOING
THROUGH THE ROOF AND HE'S THAT
MEANS STATES HAVE GONE THROUGH
AND CONTINUE TO
GO THROUGH. BUT WE HAVE A RICH
WAS A MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR
AGRICULTURE SECTOR HERE SO IT'S
JUST A MATTER OF TIME.
>> I'M BEFORE HAPPENS WOVEN
INTO. SOME OF THAT
THAT INDUSTRY.
>> YEAH TALK TO YOU MENTION
GROWING PAINS TALK TO ME A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT
THOSE OR WHETHER IT'S ACTUALLY
BEING ABLE TO PREDICT
DEMAND AND JUST THAT IF I IF
IT'S EDUCATION AROUND PRODUCT.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE
CHALLENGES THAT YOU'VE BEEN
FACING.
>> SURE SO FOR TO BEGIN WITH
THERE'S JUST
IT'S CANNABIS.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE'S A
LOT OF EDUCATION THAT NEEDS TO
HAPPEN AROUND THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN
AND THE CANNABIS PLANT THAT
THAT MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT USE
RECREATIONALLY SO WE HAVE IS
GOING TO ALWAYS BE UNDER 0.2%
LESS THAN ONE PERCENT.
>> HC CAN
BE LEGALLY.
>> IN THAT IN THAT PLANT FOR
YOU TO BE ABLE TO TAKE YOU TO
HARVEST AND PUT IT OUT MARKET.
>> SO THAT'S A LITTLE
BIT CHAD JEANNE TO GET AS ONE
OF THE CONSERVATIVE STATE
BEHIND SOMETHING LIKE THAT A
NEW CROP BANKING IS
AN ISSUE. THE BANKS ARE VERY
CAREFUL TO LEND MONEY TO A
NEW CROP. SURELY SOME OF THE
TRADE ASSOCIATIONS OR OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
TYPICALLY SENT
OR AGRICULTURE. THEY'RE JUST
NOT THERE
AND THERE'S PRETTY SEE FROM
TRUSTING PEOPLE SOME ARE
CALLING IT THE
WILD WEST. SO YES TO REALLY
EDUCATE YOURSELF BE VERY
CAREFUL WHO YOU DO BUSINESS
WITH
RIGHT NOW.
>> YAN CUTS YET TO TO BROADEN
OUT A LITTLE BIT WE TALKED TO A
LOT OF GUESTS WHO HAVE HAD
TROUBLE, ESPECIALLY WOMEN OF
COLOR WHO HAVE TROUBLE
PROCURING FUNDS SPRICK HEARING
LOANS THAT SORT OF THING TO
HELP SUPPORT THEIR BUSINESS AS
AS A FIRST-TIME BUSINESS OWNER
AND THE LATINO COMMUNITY, WHAT
ARE SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES
THAT PERHAPS YOU HAVE FACED AS
WELL.
>> LUCKY I TRAVEL FOR A LONG
TIME AND THAT CDC, SO I HAD PUT
AWAY
SOME SAVINGS. WE HAVE LAND HERE
IS THAT WE USE WE HAD SOME OF
THE IS THAT WE NEEDED AND WE
DID GET A
LITTLE BIT THE SUPPORT FROM
SOME STATE AGENCIES US FIRST
TIME I WILL MISS THIS OWNER.
BUT IT DEFINITELY DOES
JUST TAKES TO TO GROW THAT
HAPPENED THEN TO ACTUALLY TAKE
A PRODUCT
TO MARKET. HOPEFULLY IN THE
YEARS TO COME TO SCA OR OTHER
INSTITUTIONS TO BE A A BIT MORE
HELPFUL BUT
RIGHT NOW IT PROBABLY GOING TO
HAVE TO FUND IT YOURSELF.
>> HOW HAS THE PANDEMIC OVERALL
IMPACTED YOUR BUSINESS WHETHER
IT'S IMPACTING ACCESS TO
CAPITAL ACT SAYS TO THEM AND
WHAT HAS REALLY CHANGED FOR YOU
IN LIGHT OF THIS.
>> SURE SO I THINK PRODUCTS AND
AT THE TIME WHEN I
SHOULD HAVE AND HAVING TO PAY
BIG GOING TO DIFFERENT STORES
AND GETTING PEOPLE TO CARRY
SOME I CBD OIL.
THEY WERE SHUT DOWN SO I
QUICKLY HAD TO BE A BIT LIKE
ANY BUSINESS OWNER TO ADJUST
THE STRATEGY AND HAVING
E-COMMERCE TO OUR WEBSITE
AND JUST TRYING TO GET THE WORD
OUT TO THOSE PEOPLE TO VIS