VINTON — A project three years in the making has come to fruition in downtown Vinton.
This past Saturday, Jake and Lea Winsor opened up Winsor CBD, and health and wellness shop at 403 1st Avenue in Vinton. There they sell products made from Cannabidiol which is more commonly called CBD, and is a popular remedy for many different conditions, made from hemp plants.
“We got this idea almost three and a half years ago,” said Jake Winsor, “when we knew the state of Iowa was kind of contemplating starting up a hemp program. When we knew that it was a possibility here in the state, we just started looking into all the details and took us about a half a year or so to make the decision to just say, when the licensing process comes out, we’re going to do it.”
Winsor grows hemp plants on an acre north of Vinton, and they have to meet strict requirements according the Iowa law.
“Before we can harvest any of these plants out of our field, before we make a single cut, the State of Iowa has to test it,” Winsor said. “It has to come in under 0.3% THC under Iowa law.”
THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) is the active ingredient that give a user a “high” off of marijuana and is in all hemp plants, however Winsor pointed out that there is a big difference between two.
“So the difference is genetics and strain,” he said. “Specific genetics and strains are bred to be either a…
