Growing hemp

Industrial Hemp is the legal, non-drug cousin of cannabis sativa. In Australia we are like most other countries where it is legal to learn how to grow Industrial hemp! Industrial hemp has many uses (see hemp information) that allow for high yields of both biomass and seed without the need for large quantities of toxic pesticides, herbicides and genetically modified ingredients.

Here at the Hemp Farm we are a working small scale industrial hemp farm dedicated to sharing an experience of all aspects about industrial hemp, including how to grow hemp.

Some of the things we do at the hemp farm include:
● plough the soil
● sow the seed
● water our seedlings
● take out any weeds
● identify and separate male and female plants
● harvest the crop & bale
● harvest the ‘heads’ (hemp seeds or grain)
(for ongoing hemp processing see other uses)

Growing Hemp

These are all important stages of growing hemp. Although there is one main hemp growing season, we can grow industrial hemp twice per year on our Australian farms. We open our farm up to regular tours.

To experience the popular and exciting industrial hemp sowing or harvesting time please visit the bookings page to confirm we are not running such an event and if you prefer, contact us to arrange your own unique event for groups of 6-11.

On the hemp sowing and harvest events (4-8 times per year) and on some other days you will meet Australia’s leading hemp expert Paul Benhaim and a team of his colleagues including Australia’s finest commercial hemp agronomist and fibre processing specialist.

You may read more about growing hemp for profit in the book by Paul Benhaim.

Learn more about what you will find out about at the Hemp Farm including hemp paper, hemp fibre production, hemp food production, hemp jewelry, hemp fuel, hemp building and more on an eco farm tour.