The inaugural Green Acres Hopfest is on April 19. | Photo courtesy of Jester King Brewery © CultureMap Austin Hill Country brewery to debut hemp sparkling water at free festival A free family-friendly festival is coming to the Hill Country: CultureMap’s 2024 Brewery of the Year Jester King Br…

Green Acres Hop Fest & Springtime Art Market April 19 – Free We’re very excited to announce the inaugural installment of Green Acres Hop Fest & Springtime Art Market on SATURDAY, APRIL 19TH! This FREE, ALL-AGES event promises to be the most creative, high-flying, far-out event we’ve…

Spring Market + Green Acres Hopfest At Jester King Join Jester King for the first Spring Market + Green Acres Hopfest! Featuring guest brewerie IPAs from around the country, over 60 local artists to shop from, live music and of course amazing local food! It will be a wonderful day to indulge in all…

Austin Chronic: Getting Terpene Boosted With Tejas Tonic In a crowded industry, Texas’ first cannabis seltzer still stands apart Entering a ranch house outside Dripping Springs, I take note of the cowboy boots laying on the doormat – they have cool spurs on them. It’s probably discourteous to ask a…

Texans Can Now Get (a Little) Stoned From Seltzer After federal restrictions around hemp loosened in 2018, Texas brands swooped in to provide drinks—from canned cocktails to seltzer to vodka—that deliver a light buzz. Ever since the Farm Bill legalized the production of hemp and removed it from the…

Texas Sees Its First Hemp Harvest in 80 Years Entrepreneurial farmers navigate state regulations and unsteady market, but still sees a bright future It’s an overcast October morning in the farmland south of Dripping Springs. The crystalline voice of reggae pioneer Desmond Dekker emits over a…

Price slump saps Texas hemp crop, but optimism still blooms Aaron Owens says he’s confident he’ll turn a profit from the two-acre hemp crop he’s growing just south of Dripping Springs, despite a steep drop in commodity hemp prices over the past year. Owens said he’s able to…

CBD is A-OK: Dripping Springs produces first hemp crop since new law 2020 is going to be a year of firsts, including Texas’ first certified hemp crops. According to Illisa Nolan, executive director of the recently formed Texas Hemp Coalition, 5,500 acres have been set aside for hemp production in T…

Texas sees first hemp harvesting season after 2019 hemp bill passed. The owner of one hemp farm in Dripping Springs says the COVID-19 pandemic has only impacted some logistics of the operation, but believes the industry is growing.

Hemp Grows in Texas for the First Time in Decades

Hays County young farmer grows his first hemp crop

Tejas Hemp begins harvesting their first season of Texas Hemp in Dripping Springs Texas