Kentucky Hemp Leaders Raise the Bar!

By Katie Moyer on 1 December 2013

A bipartisan team of Kentucky officials led by Agriculture Commissioner James Comer recently sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DEA) asking them to clarify the federal position on growing hemp. Our team of hemp champions laid down the gauntlet, told the DEA that it’s time to act…or get out of the way. Read the Ag Dept press release here. For your reading enjoyment, here’s the entire letter, signed by Senator Rand Paul, Congressmen John Yarmuth and Thomas Massie, Ag Commisioner James Comer, and Hemp Commission Chairman Brian Furnish. Our hats are off to . . . → Read More

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Andy Barr Day in Lexington!

By Katie Moyer on 19 November 2013

Kentucky For Hemp is heading to Lexington November 26th for a meeting with Representative Andy Barr. A group of Hemp Warriors from varied political backgrounds will have an opportunity to meet with Rep Barr, and ask him to be a co-sponsor for Rep Thomas Massie’s Industrial Hemp legislation, H.R. 525.   This meeting would have never happened were it not for the hard work of Fred Kirsch, Director of Hemp For America. Fred traveled to Kentucky from Colorado to gather signatures and support from residents of Lexington, in the hopes that he could somehow get those petitions and letters . . . → Read More

H.R. 525, Legislation