Mission

The Mountain Maryland Hemp Alliance is a group focused on educating, supporting industry, sharing ideas, preserving farmland, and creating sustainable solutions that improve economic opportunities through the production of industrial hemp in western Maryland and surrounding counties in West Virginia and Pennsylvania.

Goals

Western Maryland boasts an organized, thriving hemp industry comprised of; regional educational institutions, producing applicable research and needed educational programs; growers, working together to produce excellent quality raw materials; processors, with the capacity to utilize locally-produced raw materials at a fair price and produce a wide variety of products; distributors, who take the final products to market; and a thriving retail and wholesale markets, that sells high quality products to a wide variety of types of customers.  Below, the Alliance has identified ways to meet its mission:

  1. Increase local hemp production and the number of active growers
  2. Develop markets and distribution channels to increase access to locally produced hemp and value added hemp products
  3. Provide a clearinghouse for objective, comprehensive information and serve as a platform for collaborative, coordinated action
  4. Monitor all levels of industrial hemp policy and help inform hemp-related policy-makers via regional and statewide networks
  5. Promote diversification of farm rotational crops that include hemp
  6. Promote sustainable agriculture and permaculture
  7. Increase positive agricultural and environmental impacts by educating hemp producers and promoting stewardship and conservation of land, water, and natural resources
  8. Promote civic engagement and ethics in the hemp industry
  9. Increase education and awareness of western Maryland residents regarding the benefits of growing and using hemp related products.

ByLaws

Our ByLaws govern our organization. 

Alliance Membership
Membership is open to hemp growers, related businesses and organizations, government officials and educational institutions in western Maryland and the surrounding region.  Dues are $50 per year.   Our ByLaws govern our operations.  
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Memberships will be approved by the Board of Directors (hereinafter referred to as the Directors) at the Directors meeting following the receipt of membership application.   Once the application is approved by the Directors, the applicant will be considered a member once the dues are received by the treasurer. 

 Board Members

Darryl Glotfelty, Chair, Meadow Mountain Hemp, LLC
Katharine Dubansky, Vice Chair, Backbone Hemp
Haeli Gustafson, Secretary, Meadow Mountain Hemp, LLC
Levi Lantz, Treasurer, ALL Produce

Member Farms

Backbone Hemp, LLC
9Gen Farms
MD Curatives of Green, LLC
Flower Sermon Farm
Hardstruggle Hemp
Meadow Mountain Hemp, LLC
Lost Lands, LLC
All Produce
Cumberland Valley Hemp

Partners

Western Maryland RC&D
University of Maryland Extension
​Garrett College
Grow & Fortify
​Garrett County Economic Development
Maryland County Economic Development Corp. 
​University of Maryland-College Park