× By Orion Donovan-Smith, The Spokesman-Review
Published: April 26, 2021, 1:30pm
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WASHINGTON On Saturday, thousands of people descended on a vast field in Nyssa, Ore., knives in hand. They had been summoned by a viral video on TikTok.
“If you want to know what 350,000 pounds of wasted food looks like, let me show you,” Shay Myers told his followers in the video, which by then had been viewed 2.7 million times.
Myers, CEO of Owyhee Produce, a family farm with fields on both sides of the Snake River in Idaho and Oregon, stood amid what he said was 35 acres of asparagus that wouldn’t be harvested because the visas he had requested for migrant farm workers had been delayed and he couldn’t find enough local workers, despite paying $16 an hour.
Hemp legalization to help crop diversity in rural communities, bring in additional revenue
Treasure Valley CBD retailers say they don’t expect to be immediately impacted by the new Idaho law, but there may be benefits in the near future. Author: Ryan Suppe (The Idaho Press), Rachel Spacek (The Idaho Press) Published: 2:58 PM MDT April 21, 2021 Updated: 2:58 PM MDT April 21, 2021
BOISE, Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Friday signed a bill to legalize industrial hemp, ending Idaho’s distinction as the last state to legalize the non-intoxicating crop for cultivation by farmers. The bill also allows for transportation and processing of the plant.
Hemp OK The Idaho Senate votes 30-5 in favor of the industrial hemp legalization bill. HB 126 had already passed the House. Idaho is the last state in the Union to pass Hemp legislation. Braden Jensen of Idaho Farm Bureau’s Governmental affairs: And it s on the way to Governor s desk for consideration, so we re excited to see this bill has passed the consideration of the legislature and is finally advancing for our growers, said Jensen.
Idaho growers have waited decades for a cash swing crop, that s easy to grow in Idaho. And despite getting into the Hemp game late, Jensen says there are advantages.
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The decades-long struggle to reintroduce industrial hemp cultivation to Idaho may soon be over.Idaho is the only remaining U.S. state where hemp continues to be