Hemp and cannabis are often mistaken to be similar to each other, but they are not. Industrial hemp contains high fiber content and a low amount of active tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive element in marijuana.
According to the studies of the Agricultural Market Research Centre (AMRC), the confusion between marijuana and industrial hemp arises due to the visual similarities of two totally different varieties of plants.
In India, this industrious plant has always been an essential part of society. Its earliest mention was in the Vedas, where it was listed as one of the five sacred plants. Hemp is widely known to be used not only as a fiber to make durable clothes but also in religious ceremonies. Hemp oil is employed as an ingredient of many herbal oils and skincare products for its soothing and remedying properties.
Several Indian startups are researching and banking on the multifaceted properties of this cannabis strain. Let’s take a closer look at the best hemp startups in India![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Health Horizons in Delhi
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Health Horizons is a Sativa shop based in Delhi and ranks at the top among the best hemp startups in India. It sells a variety of organic hemp products such as hemp oil, body creams, and shampoos. The company is focused on making ecological and natural hemp products regular popular in the mainstream consumer market. Other than developing products, this aspiring startup is also published new recipes involving hemp oil and hemp seeds on their website.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Bombay Hemp Company (BOHECO) in Mumbai
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]BOHECO is one of the most renowned Indian hemp companies known for making its mark as a sustainable champion. Going by its tagline, ‘Educate. Cultivate. Motivate’, the brand has taken the nearly nine thousand-year-old marvelous plant, Cannabis from the Himalayan region, and converted it into a sustainable powerhouse for the future.The company is all about the phrase ‘farm to table’ in its every sense. BOHECO assists the local farmers in the cultivation of the crop through optimum cultivation techniques and seeds. This enables BOHECO to sustain a business with positive environmental, economic, and social impact. Browse their website to know about their amazing set of products in the nutrition and health range and some amazing finds from their hemp textiles and fabric lab.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Hemp Foundation in Uttarakhand
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Hemp Foundation is the emerging leader among the best hemp startups in India and is dedicated to educating people on the sustainability of hemp and its potential for making a positive impact on human lives and the environment. It realizes that India’s soil has practically infinite potential to support the cultivation of hemp.Hemp Foundation is known for being a reliable wholesale supplier of high-quality organic hemp seed oil and also the bulk exporters of Himalayan hemp seeds in India. It has been supplying bulk quantities of hemp fabrics, hemp clothing, hemp oil, and seeds to small and big retailers in Europe, New Zealand, Canada, and the US.
Browse the company website and get to know about Hemp Foundation’s amazing collection of hemp products in detail. The company differentiates itself by focusing on empowering farmers in Uttarakhand to cultivate high-quality organic hemp, by offering them technical expertise and economic resources.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Hempsters in Hyderabad
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Hempsters understands the essence of hemp seed oil as specializes in using the oil to create its beauty and body care products. Hempsters’ goal is to offer its customers completely natural, hand-made, hemp products.One common ingredient in all of the products is hemp seed oil. Starting from soaps to body balms and butter to shower gels and lotions, all of them are made from high-quality hemp seed oil. Positioned as India’s first and foremost skincare brand, Hempsters is a creator of products that are the perfect combinations of sustainable body care with natural aesthetics.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Satliva in Bangalore
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Satliva is a hemp shop based out of Bangalore. Their source of raw material is the foothills of the Himalayas. Their product range is of the most excellent quality and all chemical-free, made from a combination of hemp oil with other essential cold-pressed oils.The company’s motto is “Nature is the best Nurture,” and with that, they aim to bring sustainability home. Make sure to browse the fantastic range of skin and body care products on their website.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Vedi In Bhubaneswar
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Vedi creates its products by combining Hemp with Ayurveda. It endorses the coming together of Hemp with Ayurveda to conceptualize and develop its products. Vedi aims to use Hemp to explore and build upon India’s Ayurvedic foundation.The company uses the finest quality Cannabis to develop its Ayurvedic and 100% vegetarian medicines. Vedi’s medicines are Healthy, sustainable, and of course, safe and have played an essential role in leading the hemp movement in the country.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
GreenJams in Vizag
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]GreenJams can definitely be called to be the most unique one in this particular list due to its philosophy of doing business in a way that helps sustain the environment. GreenJams put together its Green Building project alongside The Hemp movement to create “Hempcrete” which means hemp concrete.Other than the natural benefits it provides to the body, hemp is essentially a lightweight material that promises energy efficiency and thermal comfort. Easily recognized as the face that revolutionized the economy’s building industry, GreenJams has been effortlessly pushing its products forward to make them widely popular for the last two years.
Visit the company’s website to know more about its pioneering role in revolutionizing India’s hemp industry.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Namrata Hemp Company in Bangalore
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]This Bangalore-based startup, founded in 2016, has been heavily promoting industrial hemp cultivation in the southern region of India. The founders of Namrata Hemp Company (NHempCo), Harshavardhan Redi Srirupa, and Namrata Reddy Srirupa have been working to help the state governments create a hemp sourcing platform for small and large scale companies to manufacture hemp-based products.The platform is envisioned to expedite ease of doing business for the associations that use hemp in fabrics, construction, auto-component, wellness, and food sectors.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
B.E Hemp In Bangalore
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]B.E Hemp was founded by Elston Menezes and Benson Martins in 2013. The company is majorly into apparel and decorative products made from Hemp fiber such as flip flops, dreamcatchers, bags, belts, wallets, accessories, etc. Apart from this, this Bangalore-based company also promotes edible hemp protein powder and seeds.The majority of their products are imported from various regions of Nepal and sold through the company’s e-commerce website, social media outlets, and farmer’s markets.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Hemp Cann in Bhubaneswar
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Hemp Cann is the brainchild of Sorab Agarwal, a Bhubaneswar-based individual. The company deals with the imports of hemp products such as tea, oil, and protein powder from countries with legalized industrial hemp, like Canada. As soon as the Government of Orissa legalizes hemp, Agarwal plans to start cannabis plant production in the state.Hemp Cann also specializes in the manufacture of hemp fabrics and accessories.
Hemp is distinctly different from the other popular Cannabis strain – Marijuana. While the latter, if consumed in little or fair amount is enough to the user ‘high’, and has a relatively lousy reputation, the cousin hemp is creating waves in the startup industry. Its face is promoting sustainability in India, and why shouldn’t it be.
References:
https://homegrown.co.in/article/803605/7-indian-companies-on-the-forefront-of-the-hemp-revolution
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/306962
https://news.crunchbase.com/news/top-10-cannabis-startups-with-the-most-green/[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
