They have spent almost $8 million on the venture, investing in a state-of-the-art laboratory and a range of processing equipment. The Hepworth sisters’ investment in marijuana goes far beyond land they are not just growing the stuff, they have a license to process it, too. Only 10 of Hepworth’s 500 cultivated acres were devoted to cannabis last fall, but this number belies how much is riding on the success or failure of the undertaking. “To succeed, you have to keep innovating and changing.” “It is part of a successful multigenerational farm to want to adapt and do new things to keep the model - you know, progressing,” Amy Hepworth said. But the farm also supplies supermarkets and restaurants all across the Northeast in peak season, its owners said, Hepworth moves 15,000 cases of produce every day. As grass-roots organic growers go, Hepworth is as pure as they get. (community-supported agriculture) boxes and is beloved by the discerning members of the Park Slope Food Coop, in Brooklyn. In the organic vegetable world, Hepworth Farms, in Milton, N.Y., is a regional power player, a name brand in everything from lettuces to leeks, and the rare grower that has managed to combine farmer’s market bona fides with serious scale. All of it will find its way into New York State’s newly opened recreational dispensaries as bagged flower, pre-rolls, vapes, blunts, gummies, bubble hash and more, in many cases bearing the venerable Hepworth name. Nearby, thousands more pounds of herb awaited processing in apple crates or sat curing in plastic drums. In January, workers there stood elbow to elbow over stainless steel tables, trimming it by hand. Come summer, the warehouse at Hepworth Farms will be filled with Cherokee Purples, Pink Berkeley Tie-Dyes and dozens more of the heirloom tomato varieties produced by this seventh-generation family farm in New York’s Hudson Valley.īut this winter, the space is piled high with something else: cannabis flower.
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