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Federal Hemp Regulations Trip Up Vermont Growers
In 2018, Sam Bellavance decided to take a chance on cannabis. That year, Congress legalized commercial production of hemp, and Bellavance saw an opportunity… -
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New Industrial Hemp Company Plans Big Footprint in Vermont
The iconic E.T. & H.K. Ide grain mill buildings in St. Johnsbury have been sold to a company that plans to use them for… -
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Arts + Culture
Sunflowers and Hemp Could Reduce Lead in Burlington Soil
When Laura Hill bought a house in Burlington's Old North End, she was warned about the lead. Until it was banned in the U.S.… -
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Before Banking on Marijuana, Growers Can Learn From the Recent Hemp Boom-to-Bust
Just two years ago, hemp looked like a crop that could inject some life into Vermont's flagging agricultural economy. At Statehouse meetings, entrepreneurs, lawmakers… -
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Arts + Culture
WTF: Why Do Vermont Hemp Growers Use So Much Disposable Black Plastic?
One would be hard-pressed to find an agricultural product more versatile or environmentally friendly than hemp. For centuries, this hearty and fibrous plant, which… -
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Food + Drink
Dining on a Dime (and a Joint): Prohibition Pig and Zenbarn Farms
When I decided late Monday afternoon to drive to Waterbury for a free joint at Zenbarn Farms, I figured I’d make a little road trip… -
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Full Circle Microbes Converts Hemp Waste Into High-Yield Fertilizer
September marks the start of hemp harvest season in New England, but this year Vermont's landscape has far fewer skunky-smelling fields. Many growers passed… -
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The Cannabis Catch-Up: Weed's for Sale in Yet Another State
A new year, another state has opened a regulated cannabis market for adults. That would be Illinois, where dispensaries opened their doors January 1… -
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The Cannabis Catch-Up: NYC to Drop Charges Filed in Vermont Hemp Case
It was a case of mistaken canna-dentity. The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office says it will drop felony drug charges filed against a New York… -
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The Cannabis Catch-Up: The Trouble With Hemp
A recent kerfuffle involving a Vermont hemp farm and the New York Police Department laid bare the evolving understanding of cannabis laws. In case… -
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Sow Much Hemp: A Large Harvest Prompts Fears of Oversupply
Last week, Sam Markowski pulled his pickup truck into a field where he once planted 10 acres of feed corn. Instead of neat rows… -
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The Cannabis Catch-Up: Has Vermont’s Hemp Bubble Popped?
Vermont is in the middle of a hemp boom. Hundreds of farmers of all sizes and skills registered with the state about 9,000 acres… -
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Arts + Culture
What Are Those New 'Trees' Being Planted in Fields Across Vermont?
"What's up with all the trees that have suddenly been planted in the town of Charlotte in unused farm fields along Route 7?" asked… -
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The Cannabis Catch-Up: Really Powerful Weed
Vermont’s Statehouse, small and mighty, topped with a golden dome, earned another descriptor last week — cannabis plantation. That’s right: The Capitol Police Department… -
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Vermont State Police Won't Investigate Champlain Valley Dispensary
The Vermont State Police has declined to investigate allegations that Champlain Valley Dispensary illegally grew hundreds of marijuana plants at a Craftsbury vegetable farm. The… -
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Vermont Hemp Company and Grower Agree to Settle Lawsuit
A Burlington woman who sued the Vermont Hemp Company last year has settled with the business. Cynthea Hausman said she drained about $15,000 in… -
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Rules Would Put a Premium on Hemp Products Made in Vermont
The skunky aroma of cannabis greeted a visitor at the door of Kria Botanicals' small South Burlington lab last week. Inside, a shiny silver… -
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Vermont's Lucrative Cannabis Sector Banks On a Local Credit Union
When Scott Sparks opened Vermont Hempicurean in downtown Brattleboro, he faced a challenge familiar to every entrepreneur in Vermont's budding cannabis industry: finding a… -
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New Haven Man Cautions Cannabis Growers After Thieves Steal His Plants
Nestled beside the vegetables and a seaberry bush, Mark Krawczyk was raising two cannabis plants in the garden on his 12-acre New Haven property.… -
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Scenes From the First Vermont Cannabis Convention
So abundant were the CBD-infused treats Saturday at the Vermont Cannabis & Hemp Convention that even the dogs were getting in on the action.… -
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Pro-Gun Vermont Senator John Rodgers Considers Run for Governor
Sen. John Rodgers (D-Essex/Orleans), one of the most vocal opponents of gun control in the Vermont Statehouse, said Tuesday that he’s considering a run… -
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The Cannabis Catch-Up: Will the Feds Legalize Hemp Cultivation?
Vermont legalized the cultivation of hemp in 2013 and several states have followed suit in the years since. One of those was Kentucky, the… -
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Vermont Hemp Company Responds to ‘Unfounded’ Lawsuit
A lawyer for the Vermont Hemp Company says a lawsuit filed by a woman who claims the business took her crop is “unfounded” and… -
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Lawsuit: Vermont Hemp Company Founder Lifted Cannabis Crop
A Burlington woman has sued the Vermont Hemp Company and its founder, Joel Bedard, in a dispute over a hemp harvest. Cynthea Hausman is… -
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Food + Drink
Sampling CBD-Enhanced Cuisine at Zenbarn
Call me old-fashioned, but I thought the point of hemp was to get high, if only in a last-ditch, ditch-weed kind of way. But…
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