hemp
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Small growers see challenges in state’s cannabis market
Smaller producers have shared the difficulties they face, describing a market they’ve found to be oversaturated and offering limited retail access.
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Legislative Report: Balance brings common sense
On Friday, the Vermont House of Representatives unanimously approved the final version of the landmark S.325 bill that reigns in the overreach of Act 181
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Hemp growers receive approval by feds
Hemp growers received some good news and some bad news late last moth.
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Hemp firm eyes vacant Rt. 7 Middlebury building
MIDDLEBURY — A Vermont-based investment company is seeking to buy the former Connor Homes property at 1741 Route 7 south and use it for indoor growing of hemp…
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Federal hemp rules delayed
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal hemp regulations that were scheduled to go into effect at the end of this month have been delayed for a year, according to the…
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New hemp rules could further shrink industry
VERMONT — After the great promise hemp held out for Vermont farmers last year was dashed by poor planting weather, questionable plant genetics, limited drying and processing capacity,…
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A hemp company turns its focus on the retail sector
MIDDLEBURY — The folks at Northeast Hemp Commodities, who recently moved their offices to Middlebury, have opened their first retail store, Method Organics. Company founders plan to plan…
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Hemp conference set for South Burlington
SOUTH BURLINGTON — An internationally recognized leader in hemp research and the entrepreneurial founders of a Vermont CBD company will headline the second annual Industrial Hemp Conference, Feb.…
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Farms owed $500,000 for hemp harvest
WATERBURY — A Middlesex CBD processor was arrested this past Wednesday for allegedly failing to pay local hemp farmers $137,500 for hemp harvested this past summer and fall.…
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Letter to the editor: Plastic mulch raises concerns
The use of plastic mulch by hemp growers this past summer brought a new dimension to the Vermont landscape. We have all been aware of ‘ag plastics’ like…
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The hemp harvest has begun
BRISTOL — The industrial hemp harvest has begun. On a gray chilly day last week in northern Bristol, Eric Durand and John Murphy crisscrossed Route 116 in a…
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New hemp plants sprout up in local market
PITTSFORD — “Our secret’s out,” grinned Sam Markowski as he surveyed a dirt field full of different farm equipment. “We’re growing hemp up here in Pittsford.” A close…