Indiana Hemp Progress Is Slow Growing
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The subscription service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.More than a year after Indiana lawmakers legalized a so-called cash crop, the coffers are still empty.
Legislation signed into law in 2014 approved the commercial growth and research of the versatile industrial hemp plant, which is a non-intoxicating form of cannabis.
But lack of federal approval has stalled the state from moving forward.
Jamie Petty, the founder of the Indiana Hemp Industries Association, says the plant could be a boon for Indiana agriculture and manufacturing.
“We have empty factories in Anderson and Kokomo that could be converted,” she says. “It becomes the hemp processing plant.”
Her advocacy group hosted a Hemp History Week expo in Noblesville on June 6 to encourage a state market for hemp. Businesses displayed an array of products with hemp: soap, clothing, paper products, wine, crackers, salad dressings, pet toys and more.
Take a look inside the Indiana Hemp Industries Association Expo:
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