not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources merry hempsters news newspapers books scholar jstor free images november 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message merry hempsters type private industry hemp founded 1994 headquarters eugene oregon products bodycare number of employees 10 website www.merryhempsters.com the merry hempsters is a manufacturer of certified organic and vegan hemp seed oil based products located in eugene oregon united states . history edit the merry hempsters started in eugene oregon in 1994 and became an oregon corporation in 1997 . 1 it was one of the first hemp companies in the united states . citation needed the name was created as a play on words on the merry pranksters . the merry hempsters produce herbal medicinal products such as lip balm and salves using hemp seed oil from canada . hemp seed oil comes from the cannabis sativa plant . cannabis sativa has not been grown legally in the united states since the passage of the controlled substances act . all hemp products are currently produced from plants grown outside the united states . on may 13 2009 gerry shapiro president of the merry hempsters and christina volgyesi of living harvest testified in favor of oregon senate bill 676 . 2 3 the bill allows for the cultivation of low thc varieties of hemp to be grown in oregon . the bill won support in both the oregon house and senate and went on to be signed into law on august 4 2009 by oregon governor ted kulongoski . 4 references edit business name search . oregon secretary of state . retrieved 16 november 2015 . http www.leg.state.or.us 09reg measures sb0600.dir sb0676.a.html archived july 23 2009 at the wayback machine . the vote hemp report . retrieved 16 november 2015 . oregon passes hemp bill sixth us state to say yes to hemp in 2009 . salem news.com . jun 29 2009 . retrieved 16 november 2015 . external links edit merry hempsters official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title merry hempsters & oldid 702295967 categories companies based in eugene oregoncosmetics companies of the united statesskin careprivately held companies based in oregon1994 establishments in oregonhidden categories articles with wayback machine linksarticles with topics of unclear notability from november 2009all articles with topics of unclear notabilityall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from november 2009 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 january 2016 at 18 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view