"Discover The Hemplands" Event Series Celebrates National Hemp History Week

The Heritage Hemp Trail and affiliates hosted a "Discover The Hemplands" event series from June 4th through June 9th to celebrate the 10th annual Hemp History Week campaign. Hundreds of guests attended events hosted at eight Heritage Hemp Trail locations in Kentucky to learn about the crop and its rich hemp heritage rooted across the bluegrass region of the state.

Guests had the opportunity to experience hemp in a variety of ways at each event - from tours of historic house museums to CBD yoga and hemp-infused foods. Each event host provided free hemp samples from Hemp History Week sponsors, and new Heritage Hemp Trail maps printed on hemp paper!

See some highlights from each event below!

Heritage Hemp Trail Set-up at Pleasanton Goods Bourbon County Hemp History Celebration in Paris, Kentucky.

Heritage Hemp Trail/KHHA Co-founder Kirstin Bohnert talking with guests about the trail and hemp history.

Hemp History Week Sample Display at the Pleasanton Goods Bourbon County Hemp History Celebration in Paris, Kentucky.

Heritage Hemp Trail co-founder Alyssa Erickson talking on Hemp History and the Trail during the Bourbon County Hemp History Celebration at Pleasanton Goods in Paris, Kentucky.

Heritage Hemp Trail co-founders, Alyssa Erickson and Kirstin Bohnert, with Pleasanton Goods owner Jennifer Tijou with the new Bourbon County Hemp marker.

Heritage Hemp Trail co-founder Alyssa Erickson speaking to the Lexington Professional Women's Forum about hemp history and the trail.

Heritage Hemp Trail co-founder Alyssa Erickson receiving Hemp Heritage Day proclamation from Mayor Gorton's Office during the Ashland/BGT deTour in Lexington, Kentucky.

The Hemp Heritage Day proclamation from Mayor Gorton's Office presented during the Ashland/BGT deTour in Lexington, Kentucky.

Heritage Hemp Trail co-founders Alyssa Erickson and Kirstin Bohnert, and BGT Preservation Specialist Jackson Osborne, with the Hemp Heritage Day Proclamation from Lexington Mayor Gorton's Office at Ashland during the BGT Hemp History deTour.

Guests touring the first floor of the Ashland mansion during the Hemp History deTour in Lexington, Kentucky.

The after-party at Hopemont, The Hunt-Morgan House in Lexington, Kentucky with Rock House Brewing and Forage Food Truck in Lexington, Kentucky.

Hemp History Day at Farmington Historic Plantation featured tours of the historic property and home in Louisville, Kentucky.

Kathy Nichols, Director of Farmington Historic Plantation, providing a Farmington and Kentucky hemp history discussions during Hemp Day at Farmington in Louisville, Kentucky.

Kentucky Hemp Days Dinner at Ashford Acres Inn in Cynthiana, Kentucky.

Guests enjoy the Kentucky Hemp Days Dinner at Ashford Acres Inn in Cynthiana, Kentucky.

Hemp-infused cocktail menu at Kentucky Hemp Days Dinner at Ashford Acres Inn in Cynthiana, Kentucky.

Kentucky Hemp Days Dinner at Ashford Acres Inn in Cynthiana, Kentucky.

Heritage Hemp Trail co-founder Alyssa Erickson speaking at the Kentucky Hemp Days Dinner at Ashford Acres Inn in Cynthiana, Kentucky.

Kentucky Hemp Days Dinner at Ashford Acres Inn in Cynthiana, Kentucky.

Heritage Hemp Trail co-founder Kirstin Bohnert at Kentucky Hemp Days in Cynthiana, Kentucky.

2019 Kentucky Hemp Days in Cynthiana, Kentucky (Photo by Kentucky Hemp Days)

Heritage Hemp Trail co-founder speaking on Hemp History during the 2019 Kentucky Hemp Days in Cynthiana, Kentucky (Photo by Katie Moyer)

Guests enjoy Teresa Beck demonstrating the spinning of hemp fiber at the Jack Jouett House in Versailles, Kentucky during the Woodford County Hemp History Celebration.

Teresa Beck demonstrates the spinning of hemp fiber at the Jack Jouett House in Versailles, Kentucky during the Woodford County Hemp History Celebration.

PRESS COVERAGE

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