How Legal Hemp Could Change the Game for Home Builders and Farmers in Louisiana

By Missy Wilkinson, Nola.curbed.com

Louisiana’s 2019 legislative session is underway, and a bill by Rep. Clay Schexnayder would legalize industrial hemp as authorized by the recently passed Farm Bill. ”Industrial hemp is an alternative specialty high value crop with the potential to create new industries and enhance economic development for Louisiana,” Schexnayder stated in a press release.