A Chattanooga company breaking new ground in the fast-growing hemp industry will supply extract for a CBD line backed by three-time football World Champion Rob Gronkowski.
“This partnership not only validates our preeminence as a leader in our own right, it showcases our strength as an innovation-centered and solutions-based company that guides new and existing brands with their hemp-related product development needs,” said Landrace Bioscience CEO John DeMoss.
A hemp processor with operations just off Amnicola Highway, Landrace is pioneering new ways to extract CBD from hemp for uses in a range of products. The company was founded in Chattanooga just before congress passed the 2018 Farm Bill, which cleared the way nationally for the growing, processing and sale of hemp.
The number of hemp farmers in Tennessee has grown from a couple hundred in 2018 to 3,800 producers licensed to grow as much as 51,000 acres of hemp statewide, according to the Tennessee Department of Agriculture.
Through their partnership with Abacus Health Products, Landrace will immediately begin supplying hemp extracts for Abacus’ over-the-counter topical brands, CBDMEDIC and CBDCLINIC. Landrace will also work with Abacus to develop new products for former professional football champion and Abacus spokesperson Rob Gronkowski.