New field: At VandeVrede’s family farm, latest crops are different kind of plant — hemp and cannabis
Ken VandeVrede’s goal, he said, is to create a more sustainable, safer and more cost-effective product right here at home.
“And, if we are awarded the licenses we seek, we’ll be hiring a staff of between 150 and 200 people over the next year or two,” he said.
That is why VandeVrede, founder and CEO of Hillview Farms in Pequannock, has been accelerating his family’s New Jersey farm business’s expansion from flowers and greens into hemp and cannabis over the last year.