This story came down on the NBC news wire today. Sustainable agriculture may be on the comeback. IT WAS A BIG DAY FOR THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. HEMP SEEDS WERE PLANTED, LEGALLY, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES. THE SEEDS WERE PLANTED IN LEXINGTON IN A FIELD OPERATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY. THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAS EIGHT PILOT PROJECTS PLANNED ACROSS THE STATE. RESEARCHERS WILL MONITOR THE HEMP CROPS TO SEE WHICH VARIETIES GROW BEST IN THE STATE. THE SCIENTISTS WILL LOOK AT POTENTIAL WEED PROBLEMS, DISEASE AND INSECT PROBLEMS, ALONG WITH THE EFFECTS OF NITROGEN FERTILIZER. THE GOAL IS TO MAKE HEMP A CASH CROP SO THAT IT CAN BE USED IN CLOTHING, LOTIONS AND A WIDE VARIETIES OF OTHER PRODUCTS. HEMP WAS BANNED IN KENTUCKY IN 1970 BECAUSE ITS A DISTANT COUSIN OF MARIJUANA. HEMP BY THE WAY, DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME INTOXICATING PROPERTIES.
Posted on: Tue, 27 May 2014 20:49:03 +0000
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