Hemp got U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s attention during a visit this week to Lincoln University, where he announced the federal government will offer $1 billion in grants to support climate-friendly farming.
“The hemp project is really interesting because it has so many different potential opportunities,” Vilsack said Monday during a tour of the University’s Dickinson Research Facility, which studies agriculture. “Industrial hemp is just a tremendous crop – the fact that you can have building material, you can have clothing and a variety of other things is pretty interesting,” Vilsack said…
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