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    Colorado has the First Hemp Harvest since the 1950s

    Supermarkets and health food stores all over the country sell hemp milk, hemp tortilla chips and chocolate covered hemp seeds. The hemp they’re made from is imported—from Canada and from China. Now, Colorado farmers are harvesting the first commercial hemp crop known in the US since the 1950’s.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Supermarkets and health food stores all over the country sell hemp milk, hemp tortilla chips and chocolate covered hemp seeds. The hemp they’re made from is imported—from Canada and from China. Now, Colorado farmers are harvesting the first commercial hemp crop known in the US since the 1950’s. Melanie Asmar is a staff writer at Westword, an alternative weekly in Denver.

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    A Third Week of Government Shutdown, Three Days Until Default
    1. 0:00Three Days from Debt Ceiling Limit, Markets and Global Economies on Edge
    2. 8:19Washington’s Debate Over the Shutdown and Debt Default Continues
    3. 43:55Colorado has the First Hemp Harvest since the 1950sYou’re reading this
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