PHOTOS: Colorado hemp harvest
October 12, 2013
In this Oct. 5, 2013 photo, Derek Cross, a chef who specializes in cooking with hemp, helps harvest the plant in Springfield, Colo. Although it canít be grown under federal drug law, about two dozen Colorado farmers grew marijuanaís non-intoxicating cousin in the summer. This is the first known harvest of the industrial version of Cannabis sativa in the U.S. since the late 1950s. (AP Photo/Kristen Wyatt) ( Food And Farm Industrial Hemp )
In this Oct. 5, 2013 photo, a volunteer walks through a hemp field at a farm in Springfield, Colo. during the first known harvest of industrial hemp in the U.S. since the 1950s. (AP Photo/P. Solomon Banda) ( Food And Farm Industrial Hemp )
In this Oct. 5, 2013 photo, Colorado farmer Ryan Loflin harvests hemp on his farm in Springfield, Colo. Emboldened by voters in Colorado and Washington in 2012 giving the green light to both marijuana and industrial hemp production, Loflin planted 55 acres of several varieties of hemp alongside his typical alfalfa and wheat crops. (AP Photo/P. Solomon Banda) ( Food And Farm Industrial Hemp )
In this Oct. 5, 2013 photo, volunteers harvest hemp at a farm in Springfield, Colo. during the first known harvest of industrial hemp in the U.S. since the 1950s. America is one of hempís fastest-growing markets, with imports largely coming from China and Canada. Most of that is hemp seed and hemp oil, which finds its way into granola bars, soaps, lotions and even cooking oil. (AP Photo/P. Solomon Banda) ( Food And Farm Industrial Hemp )
In this Oct. 5, 2013 photo, Jason Lauve, executive director of Hemp Cleans, looks at hemp seeds at a farm in Springfield, Colo. during the first known harvest of industrial hemp in the U.S. since the 1950s. Hemp and marijuana are the same species, Cannabis sativa, just cultivated differently to enhance or reduce marijuanaís psychoactive chemical, THC. (AP Photo/Kristen Wyatt) ( Food And Farm Industrial Hemp )
In this Oct. 5, 2013 photo, Derek Cross, a chef who specializes in cooking with hemp, demonstrates the burning properties of hemp oil, which he touts as a digestible bio fuel, during the first known harvest of industrial hemp in the U.S. since the 1950s, at a farm in Springfield, Colo. America is one of hempís fastest-growing markets, with imports largely coming from China and Canada. Most of that is hemp seed and hemp oil, which finds its way into granola bars, soaps, lotions and even cooking oil. (AP Photo/Kristen Wyatt) ( Food And Farm Industrial Hemp )
In this Oct. 5, 2013 photo, Jason Lauve, executive director of Hemp Cleans, looks at hemp seeds at a farm in Springfield, Colo. during the first known harvest of industrial hemp in the U.S. since the 1950s. Hemp and marijuana are the same species, Cannabis sativa, just cultivated differently to enhance or reduce marijuanaís psychoactive chemical, THC. (AP Photo/Kristen Wyatt) ( Food And Farm Industrial Hemp )
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