hemp

Now you’ve heard everything: ride along and sing along to the ‘Cannabis Car’

Jan 18, 2018

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JOEY BUNCH

In the week the pot pastor entered politics in Weld County, why not hop in the “Cannabis Car” for sing-along and a ride-along? An Atlanta-based band people way cooler than me listen to, Aviva and the Flying Penguins, has a song Colorado should hear. It’s one of the most popular tracks on the band’s CD…
Colorado state Sen. Coram backs state’s first crowdfunding campaign — for hemp

Oct 13, 2017

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Marianne Goodl

Colorado state Sen. Don Coram on Friday announced a crowdfunding campaign that will draw ordinary investors into the hemp market – the first of its kind in Colorado. The company, Paradox Pride, completed its first harvest of 10 acres of hemp just a few hours before the press conference. The plants will be processed into…
Colorado high country town, um, high on the potential of pot and hemp

Oct 2, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

All the news you need to know for greater Rangely can be found in the Rio Blanco Herald, and this weekend the reliable paper reported on local support for hemp in the context of “community, workforce and economic development.” A local organization called Better City held a forum last week to talk about what would…
A former fair chief turned hemp fan runs for commission in pot-friendly Pueblo County

Sep 15, 2017

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Kara Mason

Former Colorado State Fair manager Chris Wiseman is jumping into Pueblo politics. The 12-year fair veteran isn’t new to the Colorado politics limelight. Being at the helm of the state fair has meant years of enduring pointed questions and political pandering over the event’s fate in calling Pueblo home. Before the fair, Wiseman, a Democrat,…
Lamar constituents hear about TABOR and hemp at Crowder, Lewis town hall

Aug 21, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Sen. Larry Crowder and Kimmi Lewis were all aboard on hemp last session and had no qualms about selling out the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, because the price was right. The Lamar Ledger this weekend provided a thorough accounting of a town hall meeting with the two southern Colorado Republicans last Thursday night at Lamar…
ICYMI: Hemp bill hot water, redistricting outcry in El Paso County, Aurora performing arts center in the works

May 30, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

? A bill designed to help an Arkansas Valley hemp farmer in a water dispute with the federal government landed state Sen. Don Coram, R-Montrose, in some hot water with at least one constituent. Coram sponsored Senate Bill 117, which recognizes industrial hemp as an approved agricultural product so it can use federal water. It…
It’ll be hemp, hemp, hooray once legislation turns on the spigot

Apr 27, 2017

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Dan Njegomir

Senate Bill 117, which won final approval from the entire legislature this week, will keep federal water flowing to Colorado’s hemp crop even amid broader differences between the Centennial State and Washington over drug policy. A Senate GOP press release says the measure, introduced by Montrose Republican Sen. Don Coram, “…ensures that Washington can’t deny hemp growers access to water…
Hemp for your heifers: Popular Colorado bill would make it possible

Feb 10, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Colorado cows might soon be into edibles. Sort of. State Sen. Kerry Donovan, D-Vail, has momentum behind her proposal for the state to explore industrial-grade hemp for livestock and animal feed. “Currently, it is illegal to sell animal feed that is deemedadulterated,” Senate Bill 109 states. “The bill clarifies that the use of industrial hemp…