It looks like pot. It smells like pot. But it’s hemp, marijuana’s legal cousin, and it’s taking over the Bluegrass state. Across the rolling hills of Kentucky, which just two decades ago was the most tobacco-dependent state in the country, farmers are planting less of the crop after growing health concerns shrunk demand. Instead, they’re […]
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Hemp Is The New Tobacco For Kentucky Farmers
It looks like pot. It smells like pot. But it’s hemp, marijuana’s legal cousin, and it’s taking over the Bluegrass state. Across the rolling hills of Kentucky, which just two decades ago was the most tobacco-dependent state in the country, farmers are planting less of the crop after growing health concerns shrunk demand. Instead, they’re […]
West Virginia Farmers Work Toward Hemp Revival
Parkersburg – The half-acre plot of fledgling plants along a hillside at Cedar Lane Farm puts into perspective the return of hemp to West Virginia soil – a resistance-riddled movement struggling to rise out of infancy. Owner Dave Hawkins arrives with a few signs to post around the plot warning trespassers that the area is […]
Hemp Is Eco-Friendly – So Why Won’t The Government Let Farmers Grow It?
Rob Jungmann wants to see everyone in a hemp t-shirt by 2020. That’s the tagline for his hemp-loving company Jungmaven. The conservationist and entrepreneur wants to convince Americans that hemp should be in their wardrobes as much as cotton. And his campaign comes at the right time. In July, Congress will consider a bill to […]
How Would a Bayer-Monsanto Merger Affect Workers, Farmers, Investors?
Bayer wants to buy Monsanto for $ 62 billion, hooking up the German chemical and drug company with the St. Louis-based producer of seeds and weed-killers. The deal would create a global giant in agriculture technology. Read article here: High Times
Burmese Opium Farmers Protest Eradication
The White House hasannounceda partial lifting of sanctions on Burma in recognition of progress in its democratic transition. Read article here: High Times
Kentucky: Farmers Embrace Hemp Industry
Tucked away off a narrow country road in Clark County, in the middle of a farm, 27 acres of hemp grew all summer. Now, the plants will be harvested and processed. Kentucky, hailed as a leader by industrial hemp advocates, has grown the hemp. Now the state is working on growing the industry. “In two […]
Texas Police Blame Bigfoot for Inability to Bust Illegal Pot Farmers
Texas law enforcement agencies are now blaming Bigfoot for their inability to track down the culprits behind an illegal marijuana cultivation site in the northeast portion of the state. Read article here: High Times
U.S. Senator: Ban on Hemp Production Hurts American Farmers
Industrial hemp could, once again, become a great American cash crop. It would bring an end to the downtrodden inflicted upon farmers across the nation, pulling them out of the dark red and into the green. This is the message that resonated through the halls of the U.S. S… Read article here: High Times
Black Farmers Getting Screwed Under Florida’s Low-THC Law
While Florida lawmakers continue in their attempt to hash out the rules for the state’s low-THC medical marijuana bill, which was passed earlier last year, a legion of black farmers have come forward and professed their disdain over the law’s participatory con… Read article here: High Times