American Hemp Farmer

American Hemp Farmer: Adventures and Misadventures in the Cannabis Trade is the inside story of the world's most lucrative crop from award-winning journalist turned hemp farmer Doug Fine.  Hemp, the non-psychoactive variant of cannabis and one of humanity's oldest plant allies, has quietly become the fastest industry ever to generate a billion dollars of annual revenue in North America. From seed to fiber to the currently ubiquitous cannabinoid CBD, hemp is leading the way to a new regenerative economy that contributes to soil and climate restoration – but only if we do it right.  In American Hemp Farmer, Doug Fine gets his hands dirty with healthy soil and sticky with terpenes when growing his own crop and creating how own hemp products. He shares his adventures and misadventures as an independent, regenerative farmer and entrepreneur, all the while laying out a vision for how hemp can help right the wrongs of twentieth-century agriculture. Copyright 2020. Softcover. 320 pages. Prais