AUSTIN, Texas --- America’s burgeoning hemp industry faces significant barriers that can only be torn down by the full legalization of this potentially lucrative crop. Hemp was once one of America’s essential crops, grown by presidents and cash croppers alike, and wars were fought over access to this valuable commodity. It became illegal to
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‘Anyone who is coming in has to build the infrastructure from the ground up, and it’s very difficult finding anyone who wants to take that kind of risk,’ one industrial hemp grower tells MintPress News.