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UK: Slick Switch To Hemp Oil For Farming Duo
North Devon Journal
Thursday 06 Jan 2005 A crop growing at a farm in North Devon is part of a new culinary revolution. The fields around Collabear Farm near Tawstock are stocked with thousands of hemp plants which are often mistaken for a crop of cannabis. The hemp farm is run by Glynis Murray and her husband Henry Braham, who have been expanding the farm since they took over nine years ago. The couple, who live in London during the week, began with a sheep farm. But, after their flock was lost during the foot and mouth crisis, they experimented with alternative farming until they struck on the idea of hemp. Henry, who works as a cameraman in London and has filmed, among others, the Walkers crisps commercials and the film Bright Young Things, said: "We experimented with products and it was about taking something that grows and selling it in today's market as a tasty food." After battling a series of setbacks harvesting the hemp, the couple have finally found their niche and are producing 6,000 bottles of hemp oil a month. The oil, marketed as Good Oil, is flying off the Waitrose shelves and has been endorsed by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Jamie Oliver - both friends of the couple. Good Oil, which is sold as a cooking oil just like olive oil, not as a health product, has just been taken on by Barnstaple delicatessen Ballantynes in Butchers Row and is also sold nationwide in Harvey Nicholls. Glynis, a film producer who has worked with the likes of Ridley Scott and has just completed filming with Emma Thompson and Colin Firth, said: "We are selling it as a culinary product. People are using it to pour over salads and pasta. You can cook your roast potatoes in it. It is a good quality oil that tastes good." The farm is the largest producer of hemp seed in the UK and the couple have grown 1,200 acres of hemp this year. Having recently invested ukp250,000 in a vast, state-of-the-art barn, they are now aiming to expand production and crush the seed on site. The farm has the capacity to produce 200,000 bottles of oil per year. Glynis added: "We are growing it for taste and want people to take it seriously as a culinary product." The couple also sell the seeds toasted and salted as a snack and their product range is due to be expanded with eight new snacks in the New Year.
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