Hemp Cultivation for CBD

Growing hemp for CBD starts with defining your activities: cultivation, harvesting, storage and supply to a licensed business. GrowLegally helps you map your project, prepare your industrial hemp application and plan the next steps before you invest in a crop.

Cultivation and extraction require different authorizations. An industrial hemp licence can authorize growing approved hemp varieties and supplying harvested material within the licensed industry. It does not, by itself, authorize extracting CBD or manufacturing CBD products for sale. Those activities require a cannabis processing licence.

Before applying, identify your proposed cultivation location, access to the land, intended crop and prospective licensed buyers. Your plan should address harvesting, drying, storage, testing and transport. Confirm the activities permitted by each licence rather than treating hemp cultivation as permission to sell finished CBD products directly to consumers.

GrowLegally supports application preparation and project planning for hemp grown for CBD. We help you distinguish the industrial hemp pathway from cannabis processing and identify the information needed for your proposed operation. Approval timelines depend on Health Canada's review and the completeness of your application.