After realizing that there were no CBD companies making high quality full spectrum CBD products, cousins Eric & Jim began their journey to launch the first-ever USDA organic CBD oils made from Kentucky-grown hemp.

SETTING THE STANDARD

Innovation & Integrity

After realizing that there were no CBD companies making high quality full spectrum CBD products, cousins Eric & Jim began their journey to launch the first-ever USDA organic CBD oils made from Kentucky-grown hemp.

SETTING THE STANDARD

Innovation & Integrity

After realizing that there were no CBD companies making high quality full spectrum CBD products, cousins Eric & Jim began their journey to launch the first-ever USDA organic CBD oils made from Kentucky-grown hemp.

OUR MISSION:

Our mission is to improve your quality of life.

Building on 250 years of Kentucky hemp tradition, Cornbread Hemp continues the Bluegrass State's legacy of delivering the highest quality cannabis products available.

OUR FOUNDERS

Eric Zipperle, Co-founder & CEO

Eric is a native of Louisville, Kentucky. He holds a degree in accounting and an MBA from Bellarmine University. As a basketball player in high school, he suffered a traumatic brain injury that left him with chronic headaches. It is Eric’s mission that every human gets access to cannabis.

Jim Higdon, Co-founder & CCO

Jim is a native of Lebanon, Kentucky. He holds degrees from Centre College, Brown University, and the Columbia University. Jim published EMS Mafia in 2012, which led to a journalism career covering Kentucky for the Washington Post and cannabis policy for POLITICO. Jim used his expertise in the hemp industry to make Cornbread Hemp a tangible CBD business with the best farmers in Kentucky.