Hemp grow. You grow.

Hemp-powered self-care from the South Side of Chicago, made to be checked: scan any label for its lab report.

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Illustrated still life of hemp self-care formats: a lavender lotion pump, a face cream jar, a cooling roll-on and a beard oil bottle beside a coil of hemp rope and shelled hemp hearts.

How hemp grows

It starts as a seed.

People have eaten, pressed and planted hemp seed for thousands of years.

Then it grows, and it grows fast.

Hemp goes from seed to harvest in a single season, planted tall and close together.

Every part has a job.

Fiber comes from the stalk, food and oil from the seed, and from the flower, the CBD in your skin care.

Watch how hemp grows (episode in production)

Hart, the Grow Notes host, says: Hey. Stick with me, I'll show you around.

So is hemp just weed?

Same species, but a different law and a different job.

Marijuana

Bred for THC-rich flower.

In Illinois it's sold only by licensed dispensaries, to adults 21 and over.

It's not what we sell.

Hemp

No more than 0.3% total THC by dry weight, the federal line from December 2026.

Grown for stalk, seed and CBD.

This is the side of the plant we work with.

Hart says: Same species, different rules. My side makes rope, paper and canvas.

Hemp and marijuana compared
TopicHempMarijuana
SpeciesCannabis sativa L.Cannabis sativa L.
Grown forFiber, seed and CBDTHC-rich flower
Sold in IllinoisShops and online, 21+ for our productsLicensed dispensaries only
What we make from itCBD skin care, bath and wellness productsNothing

Our CBD line is made for everyday routines like after-workout care, wind-down, skin care and the bath.

Learn the difference in 90 seconds

One plant, thousands of uses.

25,000 plus uses.

25,000+ uses, per Popular Mechanics, 1938

  • Rope
  • Canvas
  • Paper
  • Clothing
  • Skin care
  • Hempcrete
  • Bioplastic
  • Hemp hearts
  • Seed oil
  • Animal bedding

Rope for sailing ships, canvas, paper, hempcrete walls, and the CBD in your evening routine.

Watch: Rope, Sails and Everything Else
  1. 1619Virginia's first assembly told households holding hemp seed to plant it.
  2. 1937The Marihuana Tax Act taxed hemp farming nearly out of existence.
  3. 1942With Hemp for Victory, the U.S. asked farmers to grow it for the war effort.
  4. 2018The Farm Bill made hemp a legal crop again.

Pick your ritual.

Four routines, real products, and a lab report behind every one.

Move

After the gym, the shift or the double, cool it down and work it in.

Shop Move
Illustration: a cooling roll-on and a balm tin on a concrete ledge beside a jump rope and a gym towel.

Unwind

Phone face down, lights low, lotion on, and the day's done.

Shop Unwind
Illustration: a lotion bottle on a nightstand under a warm lamp, a phone face down beside it.

Glow

Skin care with CBD in the mix, for faces and for beards.

Shop Glow
Illustration: an open face cream jar, a beard oil bottle and a wooden comb on a bathroom counter.

Bath

Run it hot, drop one in, and take twenty minutes that belong to you.

Shop Bath
Illustration from above: a bath bomb fizzing in a hot bath, a bowl of bath salt on the tub's edge.

Not sure?

New to CBD? Start with a ritual built for you, or learn the basics first.

Learn first

Pick 2 to 4, we'll bundle it.

1 of 5

Every jar has a batch number, and every batch has a report card.

  1. 1 Match the batch.

    The lot number on your jar should match the one on the report, because same batch means same results.

  2. 2 Check who tested it.

    It should be an independent lab, not the brand, and in Illinois that means a lab approved by the state's Department of Agriculture.

  3. 3 Find the CBD.

    The cannabinoid table shows how much CBD is in the product, in milligrams.

  4. 4 Check the THC.

    Look for total THC per container, where "ND" means the lab didn't detect any.

  5. 5 Look for the passes.

    Heavy metals, pesticides, residual solvents and microbials should each read Pass.

Look up your batch See all lab results

Sample report for illustration. Not a real test result.

CERTIFICATE OF ANALYSISLavender Lotion
Lot
MH-0000-00
Product
Lavender Lotion
Tested by
Independent Lab Name
Approval
IDOA 0000
Test date
00/00/0000
Cannabinoids
Cannabinoidmg per container
CBD000
CBGND
Total THC per container
ND (not detected)
  • Heavy metals Pass
  • Pesticides Pass
  • Residual solvents Pass
  • Microbials Pass

Scan the code on any jar, and it opens that batch's report.

Founded on the South Side.

Mia's Heart Hemp Life started on the South Side of Chicago. The mission is to teach our community the truth about a misunderstood plant, and to build something that stays here.

Hemp grow. You grow.

Read our story Carry us in your shop

Our Roots and Wholesale pages are in the next build.

Learn it in 90 seconds.

Grow Notes is our animated series, with one song, one idea and one plant fact you'll remember.

Grow Notes key art: Hart, the hemp-heart host in a red corduroy coat, spins records at a folding table on a South Side block at golden hour, beside a raised bed of young hemp stalks.
Grow Notes No. 1 Hemp Is Not What You Think

Captions on. Not made for kids. 21+. Lyrics and transcript

  1. No. 1Hemp Is Not What You ThinkPremieres soon
  2. No. 2Rope, Sails and Everything ElseComing soon
  3. No. 3Read the Label, Check the COAComing soon
  4. See all six episodes
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  • Independently lab tested*
  • A lab report for every batch*
  • Founded in Chicago

*Goes live with the first real batch reports.