The conference featured marijuana advocates, entrepreneurs and elected officials to make sure people in the community know the laws and opportunities around pot.
Feb. 13, 2010, is a red-letter day for this humble column. That was the Texas Tavernâs 80th birthday. And in a column promoting that, I disparaged the dinerâs food. The reader reaction was astonishing.
Half praised me to telling an uncomfortable truth they felt reluctant to utter. The other half lobbed accusations like âscurrilous liar,â and acted as if Iâd hand-butchered a live cow in the middle of Church Avenue.
I never thought that column would get a run for its money in terms of reader feedback. But one recent column about QAnon and militia nuttiness in Bedford County, and a second about procuring marijuana seeds, are getting close.
By ALLISON BROPHY CHAMPION
CULPEPER STARâEXPONENT
A Lignum hemp farmer will host the Virginia Cannabis Conference on Aug. 28 at Culpeper Countyâs own legal moonshine distillery, Belmont Farms.
Mike Sauer of Honey Hill Hemp in Culpeper is organizing the daylong, 21-and-older ticketed event to recognize the state law that makes recreational use of marijuana legal in Virginia, letting adults possess an ounce of it and grow up to four of their own plants. The event will run from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sauer also wants to share his hands-on knowledge about growing industrial hemp on a small farm off State Route 3 in eastern Culpeper County. Industrial hemp is cannabis, but lacks enough of the psychoactive compound THC to make someone âhigh.â Recreational marijuana is also cannabis, but with a higher THC level.