Please let me introduce Greg Styers with BEJO Seeds.

Tell me a little about your education and career background

I began my career in agriculture at age 14 working as a detassler for a hybrid seed corn company, Doebler’s Hybrids, in PA.  A detassler manually removes the tassel from a corn plant so it cannot pollinate itself and disrupt the hybrid process.  I continued with this company working in production, distribution, and general farming all the way through college where I studied Business Management. From Doebler’s, I moved to Bejo Seeds in 1995 where I began as a Product Development Specialist covering all of the Eastern United States and Eastern Canada.

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Tina Jones ENT 640 Entrepreneurial Feasibility Analysis Master of Entrepreneurship

Please allow me to introduce Ashley Thomas, Co-owner and operator of Carolina Creek Fire Hemp and owner of Black Bear Botanicals. Recently, I have created a chart of accounts for my business, Big Ivy Naturals. Mrs. Thomas vetted my expenses and revenues as well as agreed to conduct a written interview.

1. Why did you want to grow and sell hemp?

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