This summer, Georgia farmers are legally planting hemp for the first time in decades after the federal and state governments moved to allow hemp production again.
Soon, Georgia-grown CBD oil could be coming to store shelves.
Sixty-six farmers in Georgia have gotten permission from the state Department of Agriculture to grow hemp, with another 101 pending, and processors, who will make the hemp into CBD oil, have gotten permits in Georgia, too, according to state Rep. John Corbett, who has pushed to allow hemp growing here.
A bill he introduced that passed last year opened the door. Another piece of legislation he’s sponsoring this year further refines how the industry works in Georgia.
That bill got some pushback from Democratic state senators in a committee meeting Tuesday over the cost for farmers to get permits.
