US (CO): Rural county approves first hemp greenhouse
Commissioners in rural Logan County in northeast Colorado have approved an application for an industrial hemp research and development processing facility, as well as a 2-acre greenhouse.
The hemp greenhouse will be Colorado’s first and could eventually employ between 15 and 25 people, said hemp activist Jason Lauve of Broomfield, who spoke in favor of the application, The (Sterling) Journal-Advocate reported Wednesday.
“The hemp project to me is really important, because it’s going to start to give us the ability to demonstrate that we can utilize industrial hemp for specific purposes such as building, textile purposes, adhesives,” he said.
The goal of the greenhouse will be to develop a stock of hemp seed suited to growing in Colorado.
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