HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut hemp farmers looking for higher incomes are working to change the recreational marijuana law to give them better odds — or even assurances — of becoming licensed growers.
Hemp farmers say the current recreational marijuana laws put them at a disadvantage for being chosen to grow marijuana and favor wealthy companies, many of them based out of state.
“The farmers are being ignored up to this point. It’s not fair,” said Brant Smith, the owner of Hemp House Farm in Cheshire which has a 70,000-square-feet greenhouse on 18 acres. “It will be highly fulfilling when I can make a reasonable profit.”
