HOW IT STARTED
Ryan Heath- Welcome to Shady Oak Hemp Farm! I grew up on the property and although my family were not farmers, the 100+ year-old barn was a huge part of my life. The barn was my sanctuary for soul searching and joyful expression, if I was home, I was at the barn. I left Wisconsin for the mountains and obtained a Marketing degree from the University of Colorado, was a brand ambassador for the worlds first ski-in whiskey distillery, and worked the busy Denver cannabis industry. All of these experiences led me to move back home and create my farm.
The Farm
The farm is located in the green-belt of Verona, WI on the edge of The Ice Age Trail. Due to heavy mineral deposits from the glacier, the soil here is rich and dark. The fields are irrigated and nothing but sun and water is needed grow very healthy hemp. Sowing seeds, planting, harvesting, drying, curing, and bucking are all done by hand and on-site. Every season we plant 4-5 different strains to ensure the widest variety of cannabinoids and terpenes.
Complete-Spectrum Oils
We love our plants! They are beautiful to look at, they smell incredible, and all the cannabinoids and terpenes produced by them are so good for you. For this reason, we only use complete-spectrum crude oil for our tinctures. Most companies are trying get you the most CBD, so they used concentrated oils that lose most of the minor cannabinoids and many of the terpenes. We use the raw oil, so the concentrations of cannabinoids and terpenes are the same as the plant produces naturally. By not messing with nature, we maintain what's known at the entourage effect. This means that the interaction between all of the compounds from the hemp plant come together to enhance the effects of the CBD.