Hemp the non psychoactive form of cannabis has a complicated history in the u.s. Many of the founding fathers grew him and praised the plant as a cash crop then in 1937 a tax law essentially made the plant illegal during World War 2 The u.s. Government changed the rules again begging farmers to grow hemp and 94214000 acres of fiber hemp were harvested in the United States a goal for 943 is 300 acres. Hemp kind of. Staging a strong comeback and now after decades of redoes ignition as an illegal controlled substance Colorado farmers are leading the way in yet another major hemp comeback with the plant s high value and possible drought tolerance taking center stage there is sort of a gold rush craze right now for at However researchers like Katie Russell manager of Colorado State University s southwestern Colorado Research Center one of multiple groups doing extensive study on hemp Strout tolerance say hemp may be getting more credit for tolerating dry conditions than it currently deserv
Founder and president of the group Fair Vote He joins us by phone from Tacoma Park Maryland welcome back to counter span Rob Richie thank you didn t well we spoke with you in that weird sad hit on the head moment in the immediate wake of the 2016 presidential election when we were just trying to see a way forward you talked then about ranked choice voting which had just passed in Maine as a meaningful reform of an electoral system that lets us down I wonder if you could explain a little what you mean about the ways in which the current voting system lets us down yet have a current system creates incentives and outcomes that really limit what we as voters experience both with the candidates who ultimately are seen as credible or even offer themselves at all and what we can do as voters and again our support for them and when you have a single choicest m which people might think like 0 $1.00 person one vote that has to be single choice and that s not when one person one vote mean it mea
Good solid and. Hear all those fast moving notes young folks gong probably didn t know or even care how difficult it would be to play it he was only concerned with the folks that were paying him to write it. They were at prominent Salzburg family known as the Hofner s. Mozart even nicknamed this piece of music after them appropriately enough Mozart s Hofner symphony and all of its difficulty and beauty coming up later this hour stay tuned. Is something on the more contemporary side of things to get you warmed up for the Mozart symphony That s ahead composer Kenji Bunch wrote this one just a few years ago it s called the lowdown see what you think. Clearly modern but deeply respectful of tradition that s how The Washington Post describes the composer you just heard from Mr Congi bunch he called that tune the lowdown a really cool performance over there by the alias Chamber Orchestra. McQueen a very good very early Saturday morning to you and thanks for stopping in for a bit of classic
And streaming live on the Internet at k.r.s. Dot org We are community radio connecting cultures along the upper Rio Grande day my name is Debbie on the host here this morning with ballads and bluegrass. And prior to Jess in the ground we heard the latest from the Garrett Newton band she s not. Featured per se but Lorraine Jordan composer and. Musician and producer co-producer of the album is a member of the group and from the Jesse or I m sorry the Garrett Newton band we heard back to Hancock County and a long range Orden compositions family graveyard the latest cd by the Garrett Newton band is titled bluegrass barn It is also on Pine Castle records. Now before I forget the mean give you a brief weather forecast for today in our listening area in the San Luis Valley sunny skies with projected highs near 50 today anonymous and San Luis the mid forty s today in so watch and Crestone tonight in the San Luis Valley mostly clear and cold. Projected low in Alamosa 6 degrees 22 in San Luis 1
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