Southern Hemp Marketplace

Southern Hemp Marketplace was a private U.S. hemp-industry company that organized auction and market events connecting hemp growers, processors, traders, and buyers. In 2019 it launched the International Hemp Auction & Market (IHAM) in Franklin, Tennessee, positioning the event as a venue for price discovery and bulk transactions in hemp biomass, smokable flower, and CBD-related products. The company also promoted a Holiday Hemp and CBD Market alongside the auction and partnered with Auction Flex for webcast bidding and with Eurofins for onsite lab analysis. Based on the available public record, it appears to have been an event-driven hemp commerce business rather than a biotech, pharmaceutical, or healthcare company, and there is little evidence of sustained operating activity after its 2019 event cycle.