Infinite Organics: An Interview with Eric Kleffner
Jun 11
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Jennifer Walker: Please give us a little bit of personal background…
Eric Kleffner: I’m currently living in an area called Erie, Colorado which is actually where I grew up. I’ve lived all over the Denver area over the years.
JW: Obviously, being in Colorado (a pioneer state in the hemp/cannabis industries) you have been exposed to plant medicine for a while now. How did you get introduced to plant medicine?
EK: As a teenager, I had an infatuation with the recreational culture and benefits of CBD and hemp. But it really wasn’t until later on when I was diagnosed with psoriasis that I became more interested in the benefits of hemp. At first, I was looking to make hemp-based food items like pizza and ice cream, in an attempt to cure my psoriasis. My recipe experiments didn’t turn out that good, so I pivoted to the CBD industry after I spoke with some peers in Colorado who were already in the industry. They told me about all of the possibilities within the industry. At the time, I didn’t know much about it. I knew about THC, but CBD was all new to me.
JW: I think it’s cool that you were looking to cook with hemp and incorporate it for medicinal reasons. We are all about alternative and organic health at Vegas Wellness Magazine…
EK: Yea, I was trying gluten-free at first, the Vegan lifestyle next, all in the name of curing my psoriasis. I was open to anything at that time. I later found another cure for my psoriasis, and learned that vitamin D deficiency is huge for people with inflammatory diseases, which is what led me to my cure. But CBD helped with recovery and pain for me, for sure!
JW: Aside from dabbling with hemp/CBD in order to troubleshoot your health issues, what was your initial involvement with that industry? Do you grow hemp?
EK: I used to grow hemp. I grew mainly within my first four years in the industry. I have amassed a large amount of CBD oil that I had extracted, and it doesn’t really degrade at all, so I can still use it. We farmed in Colorado at first, and then moved our grow to New Mexico where the climate was much more favorable.
JW: How did you shift into running
Infinite Organics?
EK: In the beginning, my partners were mainly interested in selling biomass- that was a huge deal back in 2017/2018. When that market fell through with Covid, I told my investors that was when we needed to pivot to making quality products. I started making products like creams and bath bombs at first. Tinctures came next. Now, I am open to making anything!
JW: Currently, what are your most popular products?
EK: I would definitely say that the CBD creams and tinctures are my most consistently popular products. They tend to cover the majority of the pain that people are dealing with. Pain cream will solve most people’s issues.
JW: I think that CBD pain creams are great! Especially for people who are just starting out using CBD and hemp products…
EK: Yes, creams are generally the most universally accepted products. You can give a CBD pain cream to your mom and not have to worry about explaining what’s in it, or if there’s a lot of THC or something that she wouldn’t like. A quality, organic CBD pain cream can do wonders.
JW: You have definitely been through many changes within the hemp/CBD industry over the years. Even though you have been at this for a long time, I’m sure you still get inspired to put out new products. Is there anything new and exciting on the horizon for Infinite Organics?
EK: We have some new pet CBD products coming out made with organic animal ingredients. I also have a mango pain gummy that is coming out that has both CBG and CBD. It’s a really effective pain management option.
JW: That’s great! Is there anything else that you would like our readers to know about Infinite Organics?
EK: I would also like to mention that I donate 5% of my profits for building hemp homes for the homeless. My goal is to scale that up and get it to $1 million per year- that’s the ultimate goal! I really want to make a larger impact. Currently, my donations are a small percentage of that, but every little bit helps the cause. The nonprofit I work with is based out of New Mexico (where I have grown hemp)... it’s called St. Francis Challenge. I’d love your readers to support their cause. They were already building hemp homes when I found out about them, and I was so inspired by that, I decided to partner with them. The fact that they are a small nonprofit was the appeal for me; I know where the donations are going. It’s something close to my heart and that I’m really passionate about.
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