1998 was the first hemp project in Lancaster County in Pequea PA at the old Silver Mine.
In 1997-1998 I was approached by a young idealist and huckster who had experience with local promotion and bands and wanted to hold a festival but needed my connections, product and passion. It was a good idea. I learned & financially took a big hemp hit that hurt but hemp heals. Ralph still owned Hempzels and was the only one that profited as he made hemp ice cream that day and sold it. Thanks to Tom Grassel and the Conestoga Township for speaking up in favor as Pequea township tried to derail it as a "marijuana festival" - live and learned from it.
