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How AJA Acres Strives to Increase Diversity and Inclusion in the Hemp Industry

Nicole Carter, founder and CEO of AJA Acres, gives an inside look into the company’s operations and social equity and community efforts.

Nicole Carter, Founder and CEO, AJA Acres
Nicole Carter, Founder and CEO, AJA Acres
Courtesy of AJA Acres
Andriana Ruscitto
October 13, 2022

Sitting on 6 acres in Elora, Tenn., is AJA Acres, a minority woman-owned hemp farm that cultivates and manufactures CBD health and beauty products and is dedicated to increasing minority farmer representation in the hemp and CBD industries.

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