Casey O’Neill: So what’s the story with hemp? (opinion)

Editor’s note: The following is an opinion column from our occasional columnist Casey O’Neill. If you’d like to take Mendocino County’s hemp survey follow this link.

As a farmer born and raised in Mendocino County, I care about our communities and want to see us thrive. As an advocate for sensible cannabis regulation, I have often been frustrated by the complicated and expensive process that we have seen unfold. Many of the small farmers who participated in medicinal cannabis production during the past decades are now locked out of the new process, and this is of grave concern to the economic well-being of our area.