Group laying groundwork for hemp co-op

Group laying groundwork for hemp co-op

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An experimental hemp seed plant grows in a small test plot in eastern Garfield County, part of a local effort to eventually establish a hemp growers cooperative under Colorado’s new regulatory program.
A participant in a recent tour of a local hemp test plot snaps a stem of one of the plants to check the core density to help determine if it is a pure hemp plant or if it has been contaminated with marijuana.

Group laying groundwork for hemp co-op

An experimental hemp seed plant grows in a small test plot in eastern Garfield County, part of a local effort to eventually establish a hemp growers cooperative under Colorado’s new regulatory program.
A participant in a recent tour of a local hemp test plot snaps a stem of one of the plants to check the core density to help determine if it is a pure hemp plant or if it has been contaminated with marijuana.