Benefits of freshly squeezed cannabis leaves and inflorescences

Issues related to the provision of permits, as well as the experience of application and legal mechanisms for the use of the healing / medicinal properties of technical hemp of therapeutic orientation will become the basis for the round table “Experience in using therapeutic elements of technical hemp as raw materials for food, cosmetic preparations, biologically active or feed additives ", Which is being prepared as part of the training of students of the" Hemp University ", which will take place in the second half of September on the basis of the National University of Bioresources and Nature Management (NUBiP) of Ukraine.

Daily collection of leaves and inflorescences of technical hemp

Projects for the cultivation and processing of technical hemp in the United States during 2019 - 2020 American entrepreneurs' initiatives are developing rapidly and sometimes not only form the basis for creating large businesses, but also reach the mass market level. An example of how to make the most of cannabis leaves and flowers is the initiative of a young Texas entrepreneur outlined below. Let's try not so much to describe the well-known technology of the most efficient use of the leaves and inflorescences of a hemp plant, how to answer the question “how legal and effective the use of hemp juice in Ukraine is”.

Formation of a batch of "green mass" used daily in the "ReUp" store

At ReUp Community Store in San Antonio, Texas, Amos Lozano prepares fresh juices from fruits and vegetables purchased from nearby farmers for daily sale. Since industrial cannabis growing in the United States has been regulated at the level of regulatory legal acts since 2019, the owner of the Famous Juice Company decided to sell juice from raw leaves and inflorescences of technical hemp. Mr. Lozano uses the leaves and buds of technical hemp (under current US law, the THC limit in dried straw should not exceed 0.3% and the amount of cannabidiol ranges from 1.5-2%) to create a “special cocktail” that aims for the treatment of a huge number of diseases, without causing addiction or any discomfort in buyers.

Hemp raw materials are "destroyed in the field" or prepared for sale or further processing

According to A. Lozano, “We can legally offer for sale leaves and inflorescences used later as food or juice made from freshly squeezed“ green mass ”of hemp plants, but for this we need constant access to the nearby hemp field. Several cultivars have been selected for the highest therapeutic properties and an uninterrupted daily supply of leaves and flowers from the local Pur Isolabs company has been arranged. From the daily supplied "green mass" of technical hemp, which has significant therapeutic properties, we organized the production of hemp juice, which is successfully sold in "ReUp". The demand for a tasty and extremely healthy drink is so high that even now we can talk about purchasing additional equipment and scaling up activities, which are not only completely legal, but also greatly benefit people who already come to us on an ongoing basis with orders from other cities in the state. and neighboring US administrative divisions. "

Hemp juice preparation stages (extraction, filtration)

Hemp juice preparation stages (packaging, storage)

Sales in the store of leaves and inflorescences of technical hemp or hemp juice

Commentary of experts of the Association "Ukrainian technical hemp"

Please note that sales are made through the San Antonio Community Store. Those. the project, which was initially positioned as a social one, has grown into a rapidly developing business, which the American entrepreneur is going to scale up in the future. The leaves and inflorescences of industrial hemp are rich in folic acid and magnesium, a huge spectrum of micronutrients and nutrients vital for the human body, which are also found in other leafy vegetables. However, the “green mass” of the hemp plant has a unique advantage - it contains a significant amount of non-narcotic cannabinoids, terpenes, finols, flavonoids, and other therapeutically active elements, which in their natural state work most effectively on the human body through the “ensemble effect”.

Considering the registration in our country of varieties of technical hemp with a therapeutic orientation (the limit of tetrahydrocannabinol in the dried straw of a plant does not exceed 0.08%, and the amount of cannabidiol varies within 2.5-3%), which have significant therapeutic potential, it would not be correct not to use a natural pharmacy , which is contained in a hemp plant and not to bring to the market non-pharmacological preparations based on extracts of individual hemp elements that have trace therapeutic characteristics and are capable of working on a narrowly defined list of diseases, but to use fresh “leaves and inflorescences” for industrial purposes. It is the issues related to the provision of permits, as well as the experience of application and legal mechanisms for the use of the health-improving / medicinal properties of technical hemp of therapeutic orientation that will become the basis for the round table “ Experience of using the therapeutic elements of technical hemp as raw materials for food, cosmetic products, biologically active or feed additives ”, which is being prepared as part of the training of students of the“ Hemp University ”, which will take place in the second half of September on the basis of the National University of Bioresources and Environmental Management (NUBiP) of Ukraine .