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Industrial hemp may now be grown in Pennsylvania

Posted 5:55 PM, July 21, 2016, by Leah Kirstein

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Since 1937 growing hemp has been illegal across the country. Changes made to the Federal Farm Act in 2014 allowed for states to make their laws about growing hemp. Wednesday, Governor Wolf signed the Industrial Hemp Act into law.

House Bill 967, now Act 92 of 2016, sponsored by Representative Russ Diamond, of Lebanon, allows for properly registered individuals to grow, cultivate, and/or market industrial hemp within the confines of the Agricultural Act of 2014. It is a law members of the Pennsylvania Industrial Council have been waiting to see pass.

"It's legal to import the seed. We can make food products out of it. We can eat it, but so far we haven't been able to grow it. This law changes that," said Les Stark, Pennsylvania Hemp Industrial Council.

Currently, companies in Pennsylvania that use hemp in their products must have it sent in from Canada or China. It is already a $500 million industry in the states.

Agencies, colleges and universities are now able to grow industrial hemp for research purposes. The new law creates the Hemp Research Board, which is now responsible for developing regulations, applications for registration, inspections, a database of registered persons, registration fees, guidelines for labeling and testing.

Source: http://fox43.com/2016/07/21/industrial-hemp-may-now-be-grown-in-pennsylvania/