Record #:

43405

Author(s):

Hughes, Leah

Abstract:

"Absent from North Carolina’s landscape for 80 years, the plant with a hundred uses finds its way back to the fields." Ryan Patterson currently farms 1,000 acres in the Broadway community near Sanford and along the Harnett County line. In 2016, he began investigating hemp production and a year later secured one of the first hemp-growing licenses in North Carolina. He is co-owner of Broadway Hemp Company. David Suchoff with North Carolina State University says a plus to tobacco with hemp production is that the infrastructure requirements are nearly the same.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 90 Issue 2, July 2022, p136-144 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Hemp industry; Broadway Hemp Company; Hemp