GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (via WOOD TV) — The longest-running farmers market in the Grand Rapids area says it’s not ready to allow hemp-related sales.
It’s a decision one frustrated hemp farmer is hoping to change through an online petition.
"I just don’t think it’s fair," said Sean Duffy, owner of Rising Moon Farms in White Cloud. "I don’t understand it. ... It’s a health product. In my mind, it would no different than if I were selling chamomile tea. It helps you relax at the end of the day and fall asleep. That’s about it."
Duffy reached out to the Fulton Street Farmers Market last fall about selling his cannabidiol — more commonly known as CBD oil — and industrial hemp flowers, but he said the market told him it was waiting for guidance from the government.
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