Patagonia Makes a Strong Case for Legalizing Industrial Hemp Cultivation with 'Harvesting Liberty' Documentary

On July 4, citizens will deliver a petition supporting the Industrial Hemp Farming Act which hopes to make it legal for American farmers to grow and harvest industrial hemp. Stateside, the lucrative crop has been lumped with marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act, making it extremely difficult for farmers to cultivate the crop legally without a DEA permit. As a result, the United States has outsourced much of its hemp production to China, to the tune of almost $500M USD in imports in the ...