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North Carolina hemp farmers are bracing for an onslaught of federal regulation.
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2019 @ 10:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Workers meander through green rows of plants, glancing sideways as they go and dipping their brimmed caps against the setting sun. A white Chevy pickup stops at the top of the slope, and farmer Shane Whitaker jumps out and walks among the crops.
Published: Monday, August 12th, 2019 @ 4:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Todd Smith was out of town one Saturday when he got an unnerving phone call.
Published: Friday, August 9th, 2019 @ 12:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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If North Carolina bans smokable hemp, hundreds of farmers will lose money on their crops — and faith in their legislators, says Blake Butler, executive director of the N.C. Industrial Hemp Commission.
Published: Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019 @ 2:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Andrew Ross, a Marine Corps veteran who served in Afghanistan, in January was working private security for a cross-country delivery of hemp. Ross’s task was simple: Guard a truckload of state-approved industrial hemp, grown in Kentucky, and bound for Colorado.
Published: Monday, July 1st, 2019 @ 7:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Senate Bill 315, the North Carolina Farm Bill of 2019, passed the Senate June 17 by a 31-14 vote. S.B. 315 officially authorizes and regulates statewide hemp farming, among other things.
Published: Tuesday, June 18th, 2019 @ 12:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) applauded the President for signing the 2018 Farm Bill into law
Published: Saturday, December 22nd, 2018 @ 1:30 am
By: Thom Tillis
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