There’s a glaring disparity issue in industrial hemp production just 6% of producers are Black. A couple in Missouri hopes to create the state’s first Black-owned hemp processing site.
There’s a glaring disparity issue in industrial hemp production just 6% of producers are Black. A couple in Missouri hopes to create the state’s first Black-owned hemp processing site.
There’s a glaring disparity issue in industrial hemp production just 6% of producers are Black. A couple in Missouri hopes to create the state’s first Black-owned hemp processing site.
The hemp industry is worth more than $800 million, according to a recent report. The same report showed just 6% of hemp growers are Black. Cannabis has been a hard market for people of color to break into, but some hope hemp could offer a new way in.