{"id":2516,"date":"2021-11-19T18:16:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T18:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/CBMidWh0dHBzOi8vcGF0Y2guY29tL2Nvbm5lY3RpY3V0L3RoZWx5bWVzL2NoYW1iZXItY29tbWVyY2UtZWFzdGVybi1jb25uZWN0aWN1dC1uZXctZW5nbGFuZC1oZW1wLWZhcm0tc2V0cy1ncm90b24tZGV0YWlsc9IBAA"},"modified":"2021-11-19T18:16:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T18:16:45","slug":"chamber-of-commerce-eastern-connecticut-new-england-hemp-farm-sets-up-in-groton-details-plans-for-the-barn-patch-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/?p=2516","title":{"rendered":"Chamber Of Commerce\u2014Eastern Connecticut: New England Hemp Farm Sets Up In Groton, Details Plans For &#8216;The Barn&#8217; &#8211; Patch.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/img\/cdn\/assets\/layout\/logo-patch-800x600.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>November 18, 2021<\/p>\n<p><strong>New England Hemp Farm (NEHF)<\/strong> was founded in 2019 by two longtime friends, Keith and Brian.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p> <strong>New England Hemp Farm (NEHF)<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Keith Bunovsky is a lifelong resident of Connecticut and has been a registered farmer for over 30 years, building a thriving agriculture business from scratch. Brian Edmonds has lived in Connecticut for more than 25 years and has had a successful career in finance in New York City for over 30 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Today, New England Hemp Farm operates as a family-owned, ethically sourced CBD company. With prior knowledge on Connecticut&#8217;s agricultural industry, they also have an interest in giving back. NEHF states that a percentage of their profits go towards helping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newenglandhempfarm.com\/pages\/corporate-responsibility\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">preserve open farmland in New England and also benefit qualified inner city programs.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This fall, NEHF purchased Groton&#8217;s former Poquonnock Bridge Fire Department Building. While still under renovation, the company has big plans for the space. Aptly named <a href=\"https:\/\/info.chamberect.com\/list\/member\/the-green-barn-llc-32431\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Barn<\/strong><\/a>, this building will serve as their primary retail location, as well as online distribution facility.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p> <strong>The Barn<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>NEHF adds, &#8220;We knew this was a special building when we bought it. When we removed the drop ceiling tiles we exposed an incredible vaulted ceiling above a large stage\u2013and it appears that we stumbled upon an old Grange, which was converted to a Firehouse\u2013now our restoration will bring this wonderful building back to its roots!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 18, 2021 New England Hemp Farm (NEHF) was founded in 2019 by two longtime friends, Keith and Brian. New England Hemp Farm (NEHF) Keith Bunovsky is a lifelong resident of Connecticut and has been a registered farmer for over 30 years, building a thriving agriculture business from scratch. Brian Edmonds has lived in Connecticut for more than 25 years and has had a successful career in finance in New York City for over 30 years. Today, New England Hemp Farm operates as a family-owned, ethically sourced CBD company. With prior knowledge on Connecticut&#8217;s agricultural industry, they also have an&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut-cbd-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}