Month: May 2014

Clark County, Nevada braces for ‘Green Rush’ – Video

Jeannie Herer
Reported by: Kelsey Thomas Email: kthomas@mynews3.com
Latest News from News 3
LAS VEGAS (KSNV & MyNews3) — People are calling it the “Green Rush” in Nevada.
Clark County, a magnet for entrepreneurs, is looking into funding potential cannabis startups.
The county is still sorting through stacks of applications from those who want to grow or sell medical marijuana.
 
Full Article & Video:
http://www.mynews3.com/content/news/medical_marijuana/story/Clark-County-braces-for-Green-Rush/Dgho8Mxuak6xZHo1a1Uvyg.cspx

Colorado hemp farmers ask for nearly 1,300 acres for crops this year

Jeannie Herer

By Yesenia Robles The Denver Post
Colorado farmers growing hemp
Hemp farmer Ryan Loflin handles a batch of a particular kind of hemp seeds that produce vast amounts of hemp oil. (AAron Ontiveroz, Denver Post file photo)

Hemp could be growing on more than 1,000 acres of Colorado farmland later this year — among the first legal grows since the 1950s.

The state registration period to grow hemp — legalized along with recreational marijuana through Amendment 64 — closed Thursday.

Farmers applied to grow hemp on 1,273 acres. Not all applications have been approved, and a few more could trickle in by mail if they were postmarked by Thursday.


Full Article:

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_25679565/colorado-hemp-farmers-ask-nearly-1-300-acres