Zadruga KonopKo je prva zadruga za razvoj trajnostne pridelave in predelave industrijske konoplje v Sloveniji - industrializacija konoplje in generiranje s tem povezanih lokalnih delovnih mest je področje, ki nas zanima in v katerem smo prepoznali izjemen potencial. Osnovne naloge zadruge so osveščanje javnosti o uporabnosti konoplje, povezovanje in organiziranje pridelovalcev konoplje v Sloveniji, vključno z rednim odkupom pridelka, pri čemer smo razvili tudi vse potrebne postopke spremljanja kmetovalca, preverjanja kakovosti in določili ostale odkupne pogoje ter vzpostavili lastno proizvodnjo. Aktivno sodelujemo tudi pri zakonskih spremembah na področju industrijske konoplje. Building a bridge between growers, processors, researchers, institutes, businesses, decision makers, governmental officials... in hemp related issues in Slovenia. Our long term goals are: - General hemp promotion in Slovenia. - Development of technical equipment for hemp production and processing (sharing resources). - Linking urban centers to rural areas (direct contact - farmer - cooperative - buyer). - Setting up operational units in rural areas in Slovenia. - Setting up cooperative sales (retail) units in major cities in Slovenia. - Founding a Slovenian Hemp Center for workshops, training, education. - Organization of events on the topic of industrial hemp. - Developing new hemp products (in conjunction with institutes and industry). - Generating new jobs in urban and rural areas. - Promoting hemp growing for revitalization of contaminated soil (fitoremidiation), rehabilitation of agricultural land under intensive use of pesticides, the cultivation of hemp in the area with various restrictions