US VT: Vt., 8 States Allow Hemp Growth Fed Law Conflicts

The News-Item, 22 Jul 2013 – WAITSFIELD, Vt. (AP)- Some Vermont farmers want to plant hemp now that the state has set up rules to grow it. But some advocates for a free market of industrial hemp say they’d be risking their farms because federal law doesn’t allow them to cultivate the crop that’s a cousin of marijuana.