Groff North America (GNA), an industrial hemp agribusiness located in Red Lion, has announced a partnership with US Cotton, based in Gastonia, N.C., on the launch of a hemp-based cosmetic brand, BLUMME.
The announcement comes nearly one year since the United States Congress passed the Hemp Farming Act of 2018, which declassified industrial hemp from a Schedule 1 drug to an agricultural commodity, legal in all 50 states.
GNA was founded by Steve Groff, a Lancaster County-born third-generation dairy farmer turned orthopedic surgeon. The business is focused on pioneering the resurgence of the hemp industry in the United States and beyond. GNA launched operations in December 2018 and has a focus on whole plant utilization. GNA's processing center and research park headquartered in Red Lion accepted delivery of North America's first commercially installed HempTrain Advanced Processing Facility in October. The complex will serve as one of the first of its kind in the United States, providing research, development, and production of hemp-based derivatives.
GNA's vertically integrated business model allows it to understand the product life cycle from raw material generation to consumer product.
GNA recently announced the acquisition of Canadian Greenfield Technologies, the developer of the HempTrain. GNA anticipates the deal to be finalized in the fourth quarter of 2019. GNA has also assembled a team of multi-disciplinary physicians who oversee its brick-and-mortar retail stores and consumer brand, Farmacy Partners (FP).
More information on GNA is available at https://groffna.com.
Leave a Review