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The stat sheet on hemp sounds almost too good to be true: its fibers are among the planet's strongest, its seed oil the most nutritious, and its potential as an energy source vast and untapped. Its one downside? For nearly a century, it's been illegal to grow industrial cannabis in the United States-even though Betsy Ross wove the nation's first flag out of hemp fabric, Thomas Jefferson composed the Declaration of Independence on it, and colonists could pay their taxes with it. But as the prohibition on hemp's psychoactive cousin winds down, one of humanity's longest-utilized plants is about to be reincorporated into the American economy. Get ready for the newest billion-dollar industry. In Hemp Bound:Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Next Agricultural Revolution, bestselling author Doug Fine embarks on a humorous yet rigorous journey to meet the men and women who are testing, researching, and pioneering hemp's applications for the twenty-first century.
About the Author
Doug Fine is a solar-powered goat herder, comedic investigative journalist, and pioneer voice in regenerative farming. He has cultivated hemp in four US states, with his genetics in five more. In addition, he is an award-winning culture and climate correspondent from five continents (for NPR, the New York Times, and the Washington Post, among others) . His books include American Hemp Farmer, Hemp Bound, Too High to Fail, Farewell, My Subaru (a Boston Globe Bestseller) , Not Really An Alaskan Mountain Man, and First Legal Harvest, a monograph that was printed on hemp paper. A website of his print and radio work, United Nations testimony and TED Talk is at dougfine.com, which is also where to book him for live events via the contact button. His social media handle is @organiccowboy.
