Is there a future for Hemp farming?
Jim Barton is finally harvesting a crop of hemp, the cannabis variety used in colonial times to make rope, sailcloth and other goods. But the 80-year-old Kentucky farmer isn't celebrating the successful drive to loosen marijuana laws that also moved …
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Oregon agriculture officials drafting hemp farming rules
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – As Oregon gets ready for legal recreational pot at mid-year, some farmers are eager to put in their first crops of hemp, the marijuana cousin that won't get you high. State agriculture officials are drafting rules that would allow …
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SF Green Film Festival: Flicks about Sugar, Salt & Farming
Learn about the contamination of rice farms in the U.S. premiere on June 1 of Black, from Taiwanese director Chen-Wei Lin. As wastewater pollution infiltrates Taiwan's rice fields, Lin ably shows the growing problems that farmers and eaters face around …
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