Tribes prepare hemp, CBD strategies after USDA approval – By Jean Lotus (UPI) / April 24 2020
DENVER, April 24 (UPI) — Newly approved federal plans for tribal industrial hemp production are giving U.S. sovereign nations a competitive advantage in growing the plant and selling CBD, the tribes say.
As U.S. farmers rush to plant industrial hemp after 80 years of prohibition, tribal sovereign governments find they have an advantage because they can cut through red tape and become the first entrepreneurs in state markets to offer their own CBD and hemp products.
“The tribe is very excited about hemp,” said Joseph VanGorp, hemp operations director for the Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa. “It’s been a long time coming.”
The 2018 Farm Bill allowed tribes to apply directly for approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for hemp programs. USDA has approved 20 tribal nations’ plans, with 18 more under review or in drafting stages.
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