The great hemp hope

摘要

EVEN WITH A few setbacks, John and Melissa Williamson have faith that industrial hemp can eventually help breathe new life into Northeast agriculture. These owners of State Line Farm at Shaftesbury, Vt., know all about adapting to change.In the 1990s, low milk prices persuaded them to diversify their dairy into livestock feed and sweeteners like honey, maple and sweet sorghum syrup. Then, 10 years ago, John Williamson built a small-scale processing facility to process oilseeds into feedand biodiesel.