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CT NOFA Board Member, Freedom Gerardo, Featured on New Hampshire Public Radio

Many things can be made from industrial hemp, including these sunglasses.

July 24, 2024

CT NOFA board member, Hector “Freedom” Gerardo, was recently featured on New Hampshire Public Radio’s podcast, Outside/In. Gerardo is, among other things, a Connecticut-based industrial hemp farmer, whose experience provides insight into the past, present, and future of industrial hemp as a U.S. agricultural product on their episode “Reefer Madness, the CBD Bubble, and the Future of Hemp.”

Visit their website to stream the episode.

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