Tag: CBD

The Kyle and Heather Steppe family, KC Hemp Co.

CBD modern family: Today’s mom-and-pop shop is selling hemp from a downtown OP storefront

By Tommy Felts / April 24, 2019

With it’s storefront nestled in a mature, but re-emergent Overland Park neighborhood, walking through the door of 8124 Floyd St. shatters the misconceptions of curious customers, said Heather Steppe. “Its not [shady] … it doesn’t feel like a head shop,” Steppe, co-owner of KC Hemp Co., said of the almost bohemian vibe that radiates from…

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Will CBD get me high? Plus three more burning FAQs about the cannabis cousins

By Tommy Felts / April 24, 2019

Selling CBD is about more than the bottom line, said Heather Steppe, co-owner of KC Hemp Co. “Ninety-percent of what we do is educate. We have people come in here and ask questions and they go home and think about it,” she said from her business’ Downtown Overland Park storefront, noting that the general public…

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Michael Wilson and James DeWitt, United American Hemp

Niall luxury watches founder, longtime friend: Time to harvest hemp potential in the heartland

By Tommy Felts / April 24, 2019

With a traditional business mindset and solid entrepreneurial track record, James DeWitt and Michael Wilson could have done just about anything they wanted in life. Uniquely bold, each in their own regard, the longtime friends didn’t want to stick to the status quo as they looked for new ventures after their former acts burned down,…

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Rich Dunfield IV, Native Hemp Co.

CBD startup: Young father sees Native Hemp Co. as the launch of a health revolution

By Tommy Felts / September 8, 2018

At 21 years old, Rich Dunfield IV felt like an absentee father, he said. Struck in his prime with painful ailments after a tick bite — nerve and belly problems, anxiety and depression — he was home but not present. “My entire life was rooted in fatherhood. I started young, but I embraced it. Lyme…

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