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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….
HEMP BOUND Live
Thomas Jefferson’s Favorite Crop Is Back in American Soil — Today Read All About It “Hemp Bound is the best book of the year…Doug Fine has created a blueprint for the America of the future.” –Willie Nelson Since Hemp Bound was published just three weeks ago, four more states have legalized hemp cultivation. And not just those you might call…
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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