Ohio cannabis company, Ohio-grown hemp: Motive CBD strives to lead Ohio market Virginia Brown For Columbus CEO Thousands of green plants covered in narrow, saw-toothed leaves grow in long rows along 6 acres on a rural Ohio farm. Row after row, the hemp plants stretch upward, each about four feet tall on this Centerville land. Just a year ago, the farm would have been illegal, but today it’s a critical element of Kelly Hondros and Corey Poches, co-founders of Motive CBD, a locally grown and processed CBD product line. They launched the Motive CBD brand, first outsourcing hemp before it was legal to grow in Ohio. A law passed in 2019 made growing hemp in Ohio legal.