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HEMP TO FOOD

If the law allowed, the whole hemp plant could be harvested for all sorts of nutritional goodness. But, currently, only the seeds can be sold as food.

Fully grown hemp plants stand two metres high when ready for harvest and yield about a tonne of seeds per hectare. Once threshed at The Brothers Green’s processing plant, they are dried, dressed, cleaned and stored until needed for processing.

That starts with the smaller dried hemp seeds being sieved off and coldpressed for their viscous, lime- green oil, which is packaged for consumption or made into The Brothers Green Kōaka skincare products. The “cake” — the seed remnants after pressing — is then put through the mill to become protein powder. Larger seeds are dehulled, and the inner heart of the seed is sold as a “garnish” to add to cereals, bakes, sauces and salads. thebrothersgreen.co

Meet Your Maker / The Brothers Green

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2021-11-01T07:00:00.0000000Z

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