Think Out Loud

The federal farm bill passed last year legalized the cultivation of hemp. In Oregon, the number of licensed hemp growers has tripled, and they are planting five times more acres than last year. We’ll talk about the benefits and pitfalls of this new industry with Sunny Summers, cannabis policy coordinator at the Oregon Department of Agriculture, Jay Noller, director of Oregon State University’s Global Hemp Innovation Center, and Ken Iverson, co-owner of Iverson Family Farms.