Cannabis Cash From High-Less Hemp Beckons to Ailing U.S. Farmers
- Congress poised to legalize hemp with new farm-bill agreement
- Advocate sees millions of acres planted across the country
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Where tobacco once flourished on Gator Williams’ North Carolina farm, he now plants 1,380 acres of cannabis.
Williams isn’t growing marijuana but hemp, a kind of cannabis plant that offers the medicinal benefits of pot without the high. At his Lazy Gator’s Hemp Farm in Kinston, he’s breeding seed lines, experimenting with cultivation techniques and making products such as skin creams and gummy candies.