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Hempstalk Fashion

HEMPSTALK FASHION — 
The Portland Hempstalk Festival boasted its first hemp fashion and live art show at Kelley Point Park in Portland, Oregon. The show was a colorful success and is now scheduled to become an annual part of Hempstalk. Titled Hemp SIlk at Hempstalk, it was co-emceed by Pony Boy of Los Marijuanos and Angela of Sea of Green Art and featured hemp clothing by a number of designers including UrbAge Designs by Scott Gordon, the Hempstalk Vending Coordinator. Photos courtesy of Angela Fairless

Montana issues first hemp license, farmer vows to grow

By Chris Conrad

A receptionist at a medical cannabis facility received the State of Montana Dept. of Agriculture’s first industrial hemp license Oct. 14. Montana is one of nine states that allow industrial hemp production or research. Laura Murphy said she plans to use her new license to defy the federal ban on farming the cash crop. A DEA spokesman said federal drug agents will be watching to see if she moves ahead without a federal permit — a formality that Murphy said she plans to skip. The DEA has not issued any commercial licenses since the WWII-era War Hemp Industries program was terminated in the 1950s.

Montana passed Senate Bill 261 in 2001, creating a hemp licensing process. The State asked the DEA to recognize its hemp law in 2002, but was summarily denied. Due to the federal prohibition, farmers and the Dept. of Agriculture have been hesitant to

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