The Healing Harvest

Produced by: Zachary Bolton

Coaches: Jason GreeneNicole Werbeck

Cannabis is harvested at Main Street Farms in Homer not for its THC but for the healing power of its cannabidiol, a naturally occurring non-hallucinogenic compound extracted for a range of therapeutic uses. These images follow Allan Gandelman and his crew through a day of hemp harvest and preparation.

Farmer like Allan Gandleman are awake before the sun rises. Allan uses this quiet time to check on his crops. Here he inspects a drying hemp plant.

Main Street Farms harvests a wide range of organic vegatables throughout the year. Their newest crop, hemp, has created a demand that they are now starting to realize will require more teamwork across a diverse group of business and consumers to make the company grow.