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The Seeds of a Movement: How the 1999 Yoder’s Event Launched Lancaster’s Hemp Industry

Pioneering the Plant: The Business Origins of Lancaster Trading House and Hempzels
April 16, 1999 by
The Seeds of a Movement: How the 1999 Yoder’s Event Launched Lancaster’s Hemp Industry
Business, Shawn House

The April 16th 1999, a hemp event at Yoder’s Restaurant in New Holland, PA, is documented as a pivotal meeting that gathered international experts and local leaders to discuss the, then, potential for a legal hemp industry. While public video archives of the event are unavailable, primary accounts include an August 24, 1999, Lancaster Insider article featuring organizer Shawn House 

Invited Jean Laprise from Canada, John Howell from NYC & the President of New Holland Ford who couldn't come but he sent his two top engineers.

Farmers interested in hemp, Lancaster Intelligencer journal

Thanks to Bryan Burkholder for baking Hempzels, for Ike Stoltzfus for deliverying them and the Stark brothers Jim & Les for their help along with many others.

If you have video or photographs from the event  please get in contact with Shawn House. Thank you.

.Hemp informational brochure for attendees at Yoder's restaurant in 1999

Front page of handout for attendees, activities and speakers

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