From Hydroponic Lettuce to Hemp Homes: James Forbes on Building at the Edge of What's Legal

Most people hear hemp and think one thing.James Forbes has built two businesses around everything else.James is the founder of Good Life Growing — a hydroponic urban farm supplying local restaurants across St. Louis — and Tiger Fiber Hemp, a hemp manufacturing company turning one of the most versatile plants on earth into products most people have never considered.In this episode of Arrows in Motion, we get into the backyard chicken boom that quietly created a $7 billion market, why hemp outperforms plastic, fiberglass, timber, and cement, what it's like to build a business in an industry that was a Class A felony until recently, and what's coming next — acoustic panels, hemp insulation, EV battery casings, and hemp homes built at an affordable price point.This is an entrepreneurship story about betting on something before the world caught up. And having the patience to let it play out.🎙️ Arrows in Motion with Scott Heaton New episode out now. Subscribe wherever you listen.