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Advocates urge feasibility study, support for industrial hemp production and manufacturing
Summary
Farmers, entrepreneurs and advocacy groups testified in favor of HB 67 82 to study and stimulate industrial hemp production and manufacturing in Connecticut, pointing to crop uses from coastal protection to graphene batteries and to precedents in other states.
Multiple witnesses from the agricultural and small‑business communities urged the Commerce Committee to support House Bill 67 82, a proposal to study the economic potential of industrial hemp in Connecticut and to consider federal and state mechanisms to subsidize certain production costs. Witnesses described uses ranging from shoreline erosion control and biodegradable building materials to advanced applications such as hemp‑derived graphene for batteries.
Duncan Markovich, owner of Better Ways LLC (and a Connecticut…
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