West Valley Hemp Revisited

by Skip Via
skip@westvalleynaturalists.org

If you have driven down West Valley Drive north of West Reserve this spring, you have probably noticed the large number of hemp bales in the fields on either side of the road near the intersection with Coclet.. There are only two hemp growers in the valley and this operation of about 400 acres total between the two fields is one of them. 

Baled hemp, West Valley Drive.
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Growing Hemp in the Valley

by Skip Via
skip@westvalleynaturalists.org

Hemp field on the corner of Coclet and West Valley Drive.

If you have driven down West Valley Drive this summer, you have probably noticed a new agricultural crop growing in a couple of the fields near Coclet. It’s hemp, and I wanted to know more about it.

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