It’s a little science, a little economics, and now a lot of politics. Here is the backstory, which includes the chemistry of making CBD intoxicating, the booming business of “stoner” hemp and the likely effect on Mt. Folly’s products. The 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp after several state-run pilot programs, started at universities and select […]
Dear Friends, What is going on with hemp? I’ve been asked this question many times since hemp legislation was attached to the bill to reopen the government last week. I’ve decided to write to our customers with a full answer. It’s a little shaggy dog but read on! The intention behind the 2018 Farm Bill […]
Dear Friends, Saturday, I sat down at my desk with a stack of bills, looking for our diesel statement. Earlier in the week, I’d gone into town to order a tank of fuel. There, Miss B, who runs the Bulk Plant and doesn’t miss a thing, told me that her terminal was in short supply, […]
Dear Friends, Autumn, 2025, marks Laura’s Mercantile’s 9th year in business! We’re celebrating with a 35%-off-everything sale for four days, starting this Friday, November 28th! I remember our first Black Friday, when we sold healthy chocolate, made from organic hemp grain, dark chocolate and dried cranberries, in beautiful holiday tins. Three of us furiously wrapped [...]
Dear Friends, It’s here and we are on it… World Soil Day is here. This commemoration stumped Bernie Sanders at a Town Hall before the Iowa primary, but now he knows that regenerative farmers feed the soil, and the soil feeds us. You may have heard about the human microbiome, a better understanding of which [...]
Farming Microbes Soil Sunflowers Microbiomes and Health. Full Spectrum CBD. USDA-certified organic hemp. Mt. Folly Farm. Laura’s Mercantile. Winchester, KY
Dear Friends, “Stress will kill you,” said his doctor, this story recounted to me by a close friend long before COVID made anxiety the proverbial elephant in the room. For me, a Type A personality to the max, stress manifests in my sleep cycles. I wake up at 4:00 a.m., my mind racing. I know [...]
“Last month, Mt. Folly Enterprises, the parent company for Laura’s Mercantile, The Mercantile on Main, and Wildcat Willy’s Distillery, was awarded a prestigious 5-year grant from the USDA to help farmers adopt practices that benefit the environment in measurable ways.” Letter from Laura. Full Spectrum CBD made from USDA-certified organic hemp grown at Mt. Folly Farm. Laura’s Mercantile. Winchester, KY
Dear Friends, And the winner is Julia Truitt Poynter! Thanks to all who signed up for the Mt. Folly Farm newsletter and entered to win a stay at the Homestead. Julia and I will tour the farm, visit the distillery and the new Mercantile on Main, see our downtown. She plans to visit in October [...]
Dear Friends, At Mt. Folly farm, we are doing big things, simply. We are part of the drawdown movement, which seeks to sequester carbon dioxide in plants, trees and soils. We have long been a part of the organic movement as well, for us meaning our products are raised in soils, part of the underground [...]