Hemp Boom

Increasing numbers of Vermonters started growing hemp and millions of dollars were invested in hemp farms and the industrial labs needed to extract CBD from the crop.

Listen to Part 1 and Part 2 of hemp reports produced for VPR in 2015.

Listen to a VPR story about the hemp farming scene in 2016 before the boom.

Listen to a about the Hempfest gathering produced for VPR in 2017.

Listen to a radio story produced for VPR on the hemp boom in 2018. Here’s an NPR version of the story.

Read a VTDigger story on a $7 million investment in a Hardwick hemp farm.

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