The state Senate reconvened for a two-hour long floor session today. One bill passed today changes how the state regulates the hemp industry. Wisconsin legalized hemp in 2017, but this bill makes hemp regulations consistent with last year’s federal farm bill. One change in the bill makes the state agriculture department’s current pilot program for […]
Michael Fields Agricultural Institute
Perry Brown, Executive Director, of Michael Fields Agricultural Institute along with Devon Hamilton, one of MFAI’s Policy staff, discuss sustainable agriculture….including cover crops, urban agriculture, youth work, genetic contamination, and industrial hemp. MFAI focuses on sustainable agriculture research, policy, youth work, urban farming, and farmer-led watershed conservation. MFAI is a non-profit organization in East Troy, […]
The Revival of Industrial Hemp in Wisconsin
This year marked the first year that hemp became legal to grow in Wisconsin in over half a century. The Wisconsin legislature passed a law creating a pilot program allowing farmers to grow hemp plants legally. This fall, just a few weeks ago, about 100 farmers across the state harvested their first crop. For today’s […]
It’s Unanimous: (Industrial) Hemp Is Good For Wisconsin!
It’s not often that anything passes unanimously in the Wisconsin Senate, least of all legislation making it easier to produce a controlled substance. Yet that’s exactly what happened with SB 119, which allows for the production of industrial hemp. After the Senate passed the bill unanimously, it passed the Assembly 62- 30, and was signed […]
