Hemp on the Slope
July 21, 2018
Hemp on the Slope 3 is a hemp-centric event focused on the topics of farming industrial hemp for food, fuel, fiber, animal nutrition and bedding, building materials, paper and textiles, dietary supplements and many other benefits of the non-psychoactive cannabis-hemp crop. This event is not a medical or recreational marijuana event.
Saturday, July 21, 2018
10 AM – 4 PM
Be sure and get your tickets in advance! Fees go up at the gate.
Tickets on Sale Now!
Hemp on the Slope is Presented by Bluebird Botanicals
Hosted by Salt Creek Hemp Company
Produced by Colorado Hemp Company
#LetsTalkHempCollbran
Featuring
Doug Fine
International Hemp Evangelist
Margaret MacKenzie
Co-founder Salt Creek Hemp Co
Aaron Rydell
Co-founder Salt Creek Hemp Co
Tim Gordon
President of Functional Remedies & COHIA
Rick Trojan
Founder The Hemp Road Trip
Summer Star
Co-founder Envirotextiles
“Wild” Bill Billings
Co-founder Colorado Hemp Project
Tom Dermody
Bija Hemp
Sponsors
Schedule
10:00 – Gates open
10:10-10:20 – Welcome – Margaret MacKenzie & Lizzy Knight
10:20-10:40 – Doug Fine
10:40-11:00 – Regulations Update
11:00-11:35 – Soil preparation
11:35-12:10 – Seeds and Genetics
12:10-12:45 – Planting & Growing
12:45 – 1:30 – Lunch – Tim & Richard music set / Composting demo / COHIA Hemp Cake auction
1:30-1:45 – Bluebird Botanicals
1:45 – 2:05 – Lab Testing
2:05-2:30 – Harvesting
2:30-3:05 – Processing
3:05 – 3:30 – Financial Planning, Taxes and Accounting
3:30 – 4:00 – Manufacturing-Marketing-
4pm – Harvest Demo – End of Event
Saturday, July 21, 2018
10 AM – 4 PM
Be sure and get your tickets in advance! Fees go up at the gate.
Tickets on Sale Now!
Presented by
BLUEBIRD BOTANICALS
Produced by
COLORADO HEMP COMPANY
Salt Creek Ranch
Collbran, Colorado
July 21 , 2018
10-4
- Farm & Ag Demo
- Building Workshop
- Live Music
- Networking
- Industry Speakers
- Hemp Food
- Vendors
- Community
Plateau Valley Grand Mesa
The Colorado Hemp Industries Association will be at Hemp on the Slope, July 21st hosting the second annual ‘Let Them Eat HEMP – Cake Auction’
The live auction will promote healthy hemp foods by featuring hemp-flour cakes baked by local 4-H kids and professionals. The live auction promises to be fun and fast paced, encourage your friends and colleagues to bid and if you do not win a cake of your own, the COHIA booth will also have a traditional hemp bake sale to satisfy every sweet tooth!
Exhibitors
BUILDING A LOCAL HEMP INDUSTRY
Become a Sponsor or Exhibitor
Join Salt Creek Hemp Company and CoHempCo for the 3rd Annual Hemp on the Slope! This community farm event takes place on the beautiful Salt Creek Ranch in Collbran, CO.
We invite you to share your industry knowledge, products and services with the western slope of Colorado and become a sponsor or an exhibitor. Limited spaces remain, apply today!
Now Accepting Call for Speakers
LET’S TALK HEMP: We’ll discuss farm and agriculture best practices, building with hemp, processing & extraction, hemp products, hemp food, technology for growers, nutritional supplements and more!
Directions
60799 Salt Creek Road (60 1/2 Road), Collbran, CO 81624
Directions to Salt Creek Ranch – PRINT AS GOOGLE CAN LEAD YOU IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS/OR NO CELL SERVICE
From Denver: Take I-70 West to Exit # 62 Debeque. Take 45 ½ Rd South 13 miles until it ends, turn left (CO 65). Turn left again after about 300 yards onto JCT 330 East (follow sign to Collbran & Vega). Take 330 East 11 miles, into the town of Collbran. Just past the Mesa Tavern, you will turn left onto Main Street (no stop sign, follow short detour). At the end of Main St. turn right and follow 330 East up the hill. After 2.5 miles turn right onto Salt Creek Road, AKA 60 ½ Rd. (the turn is just past the yellow cemetery sign and goes downhill). Go ½ mile and you’ve made it! Look for the big covered arena on the right side of the road and the entrance is right there to Salt Creek Ranch.
From Grand Junction: Take I-70 East to Exit 49, CO 65 South. After 10 miles, turn left onto JCT 330 East. Take 330 East 11 miles, into the town of Collbran. Just past the Mesa Tavern, you will turn left onto Main Street (no stop sign. follow short detour). At the end of Main St. turn right and follow 330 East up the hill. After 2.5 miles turn right onto Salt Creek Road, AKA 60 ½ Rd. (the turn is just past the yellow cemetery sign and goes downhill). Go ½ mile and you’ve made it! Look for the big covered arena on the right side of the road and the entrance is right there to Salt Creek Ranch.
Lodging
Alpine Motel, 103 Spring St. Collbran, Co 81624 970-487-3220
The Alpine Hotel has 14 rooms which range from $59 to $69 per night. Please contact them for availability.
Vega Lodge, 67270 64 6/10 Rd. Collbran, Co 81624 970-487-3733 www.vegalodge.com
Vega Lodge has cabins for rent and RV camping spots.
There are 6 cabins on hold for this event, price range from $90.00- $175.00 and sleep from 1-8 people. Make reservation under Hemp on the Slope.
Wagon Wheel Motel, 10900 CO-65, Mesa, CO 81643 970-268-5220
There are 8 rooms on hold, Group name- Hemp on the Slope.
Slopeside Inn at Powderhorn Resort, 48371 Quakie St. Mesa, CO 81643 970-697-2001 slopesideskiclub.com
16 rooms and condos available
CAMPING
There are two campgrounds around Vega Reservoir, Vega State Park, tent and RV camp sites are $18 per night. Reservations are recommended.
Other local campgrounds:
- Mesa, Grand Mesa RV Park
- Island Acres- details here
- Grand Junction- James M. Robb Colorado River State Park
- Clifton- RV Ranch at Grand Junction
Alpine Lodge
Vega Lodge
Vega State Park
