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mCig Joint Venture With FarmOn! Foundation At Empire Farm, Growing Organic Industrial Hemp In New York State
mCig Joint Venture With FarmOn! Foundation At Empire Farm, Growing Organic Industrial Hemp In New York State.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n mCig Joint Venture With FarmOn! Foundation At Empire Farm, Growing Organic Industrial Hemp In New York State\n \n \nmCig Joint Venture With FarmOn! Foundation At Empire Farm, Growing Organic Industrial Hemp In New York State\n \n LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwired - Nov 29, 2017) - mCig, Inc. (OTCQB: MCIG), a diversified company servicing the legal cannabis markets, announced today that the company has entered into a definitive Joint Venture agreement with Empire Farm's FarmOn! Foundation in Copake New York. Together the partnership has formed NYAcres, Inc., a corporation 80% owned by mCig, Inc. focused on hemp propagation, production, research, and distribution of organic industrial hemp and hemp by-products.\n The company is pleased to announce that cultivation process will start immediately on the initial harvest of 40 acres, allowing for a second harvest in late fall. The program will expand each year over 3 years, scaling up to 120 acres of organic industrial hemp bi-annually. \n Uniquely located on the corner of three states, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Empire Farm is a certified organic 220-acre working farm, home to the FarmOn! Foundation, founded in 1830 and associated with the Astor family. Nestled in an agricultural community in the heart of the Columbia County, the FarmOn! Academy is in partnership with SUNY and Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, providing young adults the opportunity to learn agriculture on an established working farm. Now home to NY Acres, Inc., the farm also offers 4 four-season heated hi-tunnel greenhouses lending its rich 'black gold' soil, suitable for hemp cultivation.\n FarmOn! Foundation includes a strong collaboration of professional farmers, educators, influencers, supporters, nutritionists, students, and community leaders who believe in investing in the future of local agriculture by helping to rebuild local economies, enabling them to be resilient with sustainable agriculture. FarmOn! Foundation partners include SUNY, Cornell University, Google NYC Farm to Table Project, TasteNY, John Varvatos, Bronx Zoo, NYS Department of Agriculture & Markets, New World Foundation/Local Economies Project, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Christy & John Mack Foundation, Hudson Valley Fresh, Maple Hill Creamery, Yelp, Whole Foods Market, Modern Farmer, NBA, The Walt Disney ...