[Vision2020] Technology trumps ideology

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of today’s Lewiston Tribune with thanks to Marilyn Beckett.

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Technology trumps ideology

The news only speaks to the increase in Idaho markets and hope for young farmers. But this crop gives us a viable option to the wheat monoculture we are so attached to. Hemp will put nitrogen back into the soil as opposed to wheat’s depletion of it. This is huge.
 
Can we can do it with less ammonia and herbicide? What level of THC infers improved yield? What is science telling farmers on best practices? We don’t know because, even though Rep. Caroline Nilsson Troy tried for a research bill since 2015, she couldn’t even get it printed.
 
The University of Idaho brings approximately 75 percent of the state’s research dollars. Why aren’t legislators focused on research to promote the industry we have just legalized?

Are they more interested in John Birch Society ideology, censoring education over social justice and critical race theory? Apparently so, since they are withholding funding to do so.
 
Will the Legislature recommend burning Plato’s “Republic” soon?
 
Here’s to Tom Trail, a trailblazer for Idaho’s industrial hemp legislation. Many thanks to Nilsson-Troy for making it happen.
 
Marilyn Beckett
Moscow

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LEGALIZE IT!  REGULATE IT!  TAX IT!

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Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
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Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”
- Roy E. Stolworthy
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