New York has released new guidelines for how hemp and CBD products will be cultivated, processed and sold. The real trouble for farmers are new temporary federal guidelines that could classify the lion’s share of their product as illegal. Also, a scallop die-off on Long Island may receive help from the federal government. And the burgeoning kelp industry in Connecticut might be a bust. Our guests:
- David Falkowski, owner, Open Minded Organics
- Stephen Tettelbach, Ph.D., shellfish ecologist, and Kim Tetreault, community aquaculture specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County
- Anoushka Concepcion, assistant aquaculture extension educator-in-residence, Connecticut Sea Grant and UConn Extension Program
- Bren Smith, executive director and co-founder, Greenwave, and owner, Thimble Island Ocean Farm