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Seven Hemp Farms. Two Continents. One Revived Industry
Doug Fine Doug Fine

Seven Hemp Farms. Two Continents. One Revived Industry

First Legal Hemp Harvest Update American Hemp Is On Its Way to Your Car Battery And Your Bookstore The first digital age domestic hemp crop is being harvested as I write. The subtle decrease in seismic activity currently puzzling Virginia geologists can be traced to Thomas Jefferson ceasing to spin in his grave for the first time in 77 years….

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Hemp Returns To Humanity
Doug Fine Doug Fine

Hemp Returns To Humanity

I’m writing these words ten minutes after President Obama has legalized hemp. (If you’re not yet among the throngs pausing for collective pinching of self and recitation of, “God Bless America,” you will be, pretty soon.) He did this by signing the 2014 Farm Bill, which included a tucked-in bi-partisan amendment that allows university research of the crop. I’m happy…

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