In August, Governor Cuomo signed the bill that made it legal for JD Farms to sell its harvest. Before he started JD Farms, Mark Justh was a managing director for JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Asia. Andrew Cuomo’s office to pass a series of bills that allowed JD Farms to grow hemp. Located in Eaton, New York, about 30 miles southeast of Syracuse, JD Farms is the first legal hemp farm in New York in more than 80 years. JD Farms has also started cultivating young hemp leaves into salad mixes.
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Before he started JD Farms, Mark Justh was a managing director for JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Asia. His co-founder, Dan Dolgin, worked in counterterrorism for various agencies in Washington.
Now these two men are partners in the hemp business. JD Farms specializes in top-quality food products — including baby greens salad mix, pasta, and cold-pressed oil — and its becoming a culinary sensation across the country.
Located in Eaton, New York, about 30 miles southeast of Syracuse, JD Farms is the first legal hemp farm in New York in more than 80 years. It’s set on 1,500 acres of certified organic land,...
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