Source: Jodi Helmer, CAROLINA PUBLIC PRESS, 3/8/21



Leon Moses is honest about the challenges of growing hemp. From access to land and the cost of hemp clones to labor-intensive crop management and the lack of stable retail or wholesale markets, the process is risky and difficult. “Hemp is a high-risk crop,” said Moses, farm superintendent and member of the Industrial Hemp Program at N.C. Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro.  The risks are even greater for Black farmers.

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