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Small hemp farmer urges transparency as county considers cannabis zoning changes

Freeborn County Board of Commissioners · May 5, 2026
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Summary

A Freeborn County hemp farmer told commissioners that a local cannabis committee produced late recommendations and asked that the committee be subject to open‑meeting rules and public records so small growers can anticipate zoning changes; no immediate policy change was made.

Jeff Frankman, who said his family operates an eight‑acre certified organic hemp farm under Superior Cannabis Company, told the board that state changes and county zoning deliberations have constrained small farmers and that the county’s cannabis committee produced recommendations without timely notice to affected landowners.

Frankman described a long engagement with the zoning commission and a later cannabis committee…

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