Interesting development in Scotland..
Driving through the rolling fields of Aberdeenshire, some eyes may be drawn to an unusual looking crop that’s beginning to sprout.
Easily mistaken for the illegal spikey-leaved cannabis plants you’d normally see in Colombia, Aberdeenshire farmers have started a new initiative; replacing their barley crops with hemp.
But it’s not for the reasons you’d expect in the world-wide drug trade.
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Aberdeenshire farmers replace barley with cannabis as they launch hemp initiative
