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Peter Welch: “This legislation legalizes industrial hemp production, something that Vermonters have been advocating for for decades.…”

On the recordDecember 12, 2018
This legislation legalizes industrial hemp production, something that Vermonters have been advocating for for decades. This is going to be a boost for local agriculture in Vermont and other parts of our country. And beyond these, there are a number of additional positive changes contained in the bill. While no one got everything they wanted and many of the urgent reforms that are needed on the commodity side are not part of this, this will be a positive contribution to the well-being of Vermont agriculture.
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont
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Dec 12, 2018

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