Growing Hemp and Squeezing CBD at a Pueblo Farm

By Jacqueline Collins

Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 1:17 p.m.

Jacqueline Collins Veritas Farms uses integrated pest management, which saves it from using pesticides. 1/20

Jacqueline Collins Veritas Farms is a sustainable hemp farm located in Pueblo, Colorado. 2/20

Jacqueline Collins Veritas Farms says its hemp plants are non-GMO and grown with no pesticides or fertilizers. 3/20

Jacqueline Collins Veritas cultivation manager Chris Heuston checks on the plants. 4/20

Jacqueline Collins A windy day hits Veritas Farms in Pueblo. 5/20

Jacqueline Collins The farm also uses drip irrigation to maximize plant health while reducing water usage. 6/20

Jacqueline Collins Cultivation manager Chris Heuston surveys his soil. 7/20

Jacqueline Collins Veritas Farms produces all of its plants via clones. 8/20

Jacqueline Collins Veritas Farms is a sustainable hemp farm located in Pueblo, Colorado. 9/20

Jacqueline Collins Veritas Farms was founded in 2011. 10/20

Jacqueline Collins Veritas Farms extracts hemp oil on site, bringing it to you farm-to-table. 11/20

Jacqueline Collins A Veritas lab tech closes filled CBD capsules. 12/20

Jacqueline Collins Veritas capsules come with 10 or 25 milligrams of CBD. 13/20

Jacqueline Collins Another lab tech prepares a batch of CBD menthol salve. 14/20

Jacqueline Collins Menthol crystals are used to add a cooling sensation to the salve. 15/20

Jacqueline Collins Veritas sends its CBD products around the country to several national chains. 16/20

Jacqueline Collins Beeswax is added to CBD salves and lip balms. 17/20

Jacqueline Collins The CBD lip balm is molded in a casing. 18/20

Jacqueline Collins A lab tech heat-seals the cooling salves. 19/20

Jacqueline Collins End of the production line — and on to Kroger and CVS. 20/20

Growing Hemp and Squeezing CBD at a Pueblo Farm

Southern Colorado's sunshine and open spaces make it prime for agriculture, and the region has jumped on the hemp and CBD bandwagons. One of the players rising to the top of this new pool of hemp cultivators is Veritas Farms, a 140-acre hemp farm and CBD processing facility in Pueblo, Colorado. With deals to put CBD lotions and balms in Kroger and CVS stores across the country, Veritas was proud to show how much it has grown.

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