"Right now, it's like the Wild West." A bill signed by the governor earlier this month will bring much-needed regulation to Virginia's market for CBD products. Gov. Ralph Northam recently signed a bill that would define hemp extract, such as CBD, as food, and usher in...
Virginia’s Legal Landscape Shifts As Support For Cannabis Grows
With cannabis decriminalization, cultivation, and legalization at the forefront of political conversations in Virginia, farmers and legislators are grappling with a changing legal and cultural landscape. “We do grams, eighths, quarters, half ounces, pounds, wholesale...
Pollinating The Commonwealth
A new VA Dept. of Agriculture program gives you the opportunity to receive free beehives and equipment from the government. But is honeybee cultivation really the environmental solution it seems to be? If the quintessential ecological battle cry of the seventies was...
Could Hemp Join Tobacco As A Big Cash Crop in Virginia?
As tobacco production fades into the past and more permissive laws go into effect, hemp is poised to become the way of the future for Virginia farmers. At first glance, it looks like a stoner’s paradise: acres of plants that resemble marijuana. But this crop is hemp,...
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