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Saturday, April 14, 2018

Hemp Farming Act 2018 Video and Transcripts



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McConnell Hemp Bill

McConnell Hemp Bill

By Mr. McCONNELL (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Paul): S. 2667. A bill to amend the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to provide for State and Tribal regulation of hemp production, and for other purposes; read the first time. Mr. McCONNELL.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 2667 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Hemp Farming Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. HEMP PRODUCTION. The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Subtitle G--Hemp Production ``

SEC. 297A. DEFINITIONS. ``In this subtitle: ``(1) Hemp.--The term `hemp' means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. ``(2) Indian tribe.--The term `Indian tribe' has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self- Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). ``(3) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of Agriculture. ``(4) State.--The term `State' means-- ``(A) a State; ``(B) the District of Columbia; ``(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and ``(D) any other territory or possession of the United States. ``(5) State department of agriculture.--The term `State department of agriculture' means the agency, commission, or department of a State government responsible for agriculture in the State. ``(6) Tribal government.--The term `Tribal government' means the governing body of an Indian tribe. ``

SEC. 297B. STATE AND TRIBAL PLANS. ``(a) Submission.-- ``(1) In general.--A State or Indian tribe desiring to have primary regulatory authority over the production of hemp in the State or territory of the Indian tribe shall submit to the Secretary, through the State department of agriculture (in consultation with the Governor and chief law enforcement officer of the State) or the Tribal government, as applicable, a plan under which the State or Indian tribe monitors and regulates that production as described in paragraph (2). ``(2) Contents.--A State or Tribal plan referred to in paragraph (1)-- ``(A) shall only be required to include-- ``(i) a practice to maintain relevant information regarding land on which hemp is produced in the State or territory of the Indian tribe, including a legal description of the land, for a period of not less than 3 calendar years; ``(ii) a procedure for testing, using post-decarboxylation or other similarly reliable methods, delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration levels of hemp produced in the State or territory of the Indian tribe; ``(iii) a procedure for the effective disposal of products that are produced in violation of this subtitle; and ``(iv) a procedure to comply with the enforcement procedures under subsection (d); and ``(B) may include any other practice or procedure established by a State or Indian tribe, as applicable, to the extent that the practice or procedure is consistent with this subtitle. ``(3) Relation to state and tribal law.-- ``(A) No preemption.--Nothing in this subsection preempts or limits any law of a State or Indian tribe regulating the production of hemp, to the extent that law is consistent with this subtitle. ``(B) References in plans.--A State or Tribal plan referred to in paragraph (1) may include a reference to a law of the State or Indian tribe regulating the production of hemp, to the extent that law is consistent with this subtitle. ``(b) Approval.-- ``(1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after receipt of a State or Tribal plan under subsection (a), the Secretary shall-- ``(A) approve the State or Tribal plan if the State or Tribal plan complies with subsection (a); or ``(B) disapprove the State or Tribal plan only if the State or Tribal plan does not comply with subsection (a). ``(2) Amended plans.--If the Secretary disapproves a State or Tribal plan under paragraph (1)(B), the State, through the State department of agriculture (in consultation with the Governor and chief law enforcement officer of the State) or the Tribal government, as applicable, may submit to the Secretary an amended State or Tribal plan that complies with subsection (a). ``(c) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary may provide technical assistance to a State or Indian tribe in the development of a State or Tribal plan under subsection (a). ``(d) Violations.-- ``(1) In general.--A violation of a State or Tribal plan approved under subsection (b) shall be subject to enforcement solely in accordance with this subsection. ``(2) Negligent violations.-- ``(A) In general.--A hemp producer in a State or the territory of an Indian tribe for which a State or Tribal plan is approved under subsection (b) shall be subject to subparagraph (B) of this paragraph if the State department of agriculture or Tribal government, as applicable, determines that the hemp producer has negligently violated the State or Tribal plan, including by negligently-- ``(i) failing to provide a legal description of land on which the producer produces hemp; ``(ii) failing to obtain a license or other required authorization from the State department of agriculture or Tribal government, as applicable; or ``(iii) producing Cannabis sativa L. with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration [[Page S2125]] of more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. ``(B) Corrective action plan.--A hemp producer described in subparagraph (A) shall comply with a plan established by the State department of agriculture or Tribal government, as applicable, to correct the negligent violation, including-- ``(i) a reasonable date by which the hemp producer shall correct the negligent violation; and ``(ii) a requirement that the hemp producer shall periodically report to the State department of agriculture or Tribal government, as applicable, on the compliance of the hemp producer with the State or Tribal plan for a period of not less than the next 2 calendar years. ``(C) Result of negligent violation.--Except as provided in subparagraph (D), a hemp producer that negligently violates a State or Tribal plan under subparagraph (A) shall not be subject to any criminal or civil enforcement action by the Federal Government or any State government, Tribal government, or local government other than the enforcement action authorized under subparagraph (B). ``(D) Repeat violations.--A hemp producer that negligently violates a State or Tribal plan under subparagraph (A) 3 times in a 5-year period shall be ineligible to produce hemp for a period of 5 years beginning on the date of the third violation. ``(3) Other violations.--If the State department of agriculture or Tribal government in a State or the territory of an Indian tribe for which a State or Tribal plan is approved under subsection (b), as applicable, determines that a hemp producer in the State or territory has violated the State or Tribal plan with a culpable mental state greater than negligence-- ``(A) the State department of agriculture or Tribal government, as applicable, shall immediately report the hemp producer to-- ``(i) the Attorney General; and ``(ii) in the case of a State department of agriculture, the chief law enforcement officer of the State; and ``(B) paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not apply to the violation. ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section. ``(f) Effect.--Nothing in this section prohibits the production of hemp in a State or the territory of an Indian tribe for which a State or Tribal plan is not approved under this section in accordance with other Federal laws (including regulations). ``

SEC. 297C. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES. ``The Secretary shall have sole authority to issue Federal regulations and guidelines that relate to the production of hemp, including Federal regulations and guidelines that relate to the implementation of section 

297B.''. SEC. 3. FUNDING FOR HEMP RESEARCH. (a) Supplemental and Alternative Crops.--Section 1473D(c)(3)(E) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319d(c)(3)(E)) is amended by inserting ``(including hemp (as defined in section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946))'' after ``material''. (b) Critical Agricultural Materials.--Section 5(b)(9) of the Critical Agricultural Materials Act (7 U.S.C. 178c(b)(9)) is amended by inserting ``, and including hemp (as defined in section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946)'' after ``hydrocarbon-containing plants''. 

SEC. 4. LEGITIMACY OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP RESEARCH. (a) In General.--Section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940) is amended-- (1) by redesignating subsections (a) and (b) as subsections (b) and (a), respectively, and moving the subsections so as to appear in alphabetical order; (2) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated), in the subsection heading, by striking ``In General'' and inserting ``Industrial Hemp Research''; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ``(c) Study and Report.-- ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct a study of agricultural pilot programs-- ``(A) to determine the economic viability of the domestic production and sale of industrial hemp; and ``(B) that shall include a review of-- ``(i) each agricultural pilot program; and ``(ii) any other agricultural or academic research relating to industrial hemp. ``(2) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1).''. (b) Repeal.--Effective on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940) is repealed. 

SEC. 5. FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE. (a) Definition of Hemp.--Section 502(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1502(b)) is amended-- (1) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (11) as paragraphs (9) through (12), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following: ``(8) Hemp.--The term `hemp' has the meaning given the term in section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946.''. (b) Insurance Period.--Section 508(a)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(a)(2)) is amended by striking ``and sweet potatoes'' and inserting ``sweet potatoes, and hemp''. (c) Submission of Policies and Materials to Board.--Section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(h)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1)(B)-- (A) by redesignating clauses (i) through (iii) as subclauses (I) through (III), respectively, and indenting appropriately; (B) in the matter preceding subclause (I) (as so redesignated), by striking ``The Corporation shall'' and inserting the following: ``(i) In general.--The Corporation shall''; (C) in clause (i)(I) (as so redesignated), by inserting ``subject to clause (ii),'' before ``will likely''; and (D) by adding at the end the following: ``(ii) Waiver for hemp.--The Corporation may waive the viability and marketability requirement under clause (i)(I) in the case of a policy or pilot program relating to the production of hemp.''; and (2) in paragraph (3)(C)-- (A) in clause (ii), by striking ``and'' at the end; (B) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and (C) by adding at the end the following: ``(iv) in the case of reviewing policies and other materials relating to the production of hemp, may waive the viability and marketability requirement under subparagraph (A)(ii)(I).''. (d) Agricultural Commodity.--Section 518 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1518) is amended by inserting ``hemp,'' before ``aquacultural species''. (e) Research and Development Authority.--Section 522(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(b)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following: ``(K) Waiver for hemp.--The Board may waive the viability and marketability requirements under this paragraph in the case of research and development relating to a policy to insure the production of hemp.''; and (2) in paragraph (3)-- (A) by striking ``The Corporation'' and inserting the following: ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the Corporation''; and (B) by adding at the end the following: ``(B) Waiver for hemp.--The Corporation may waive the marketability requirement under subparagraph (A) in the case of research and development relating to a policy to insure the production of hemp.''. 

SEC. 6. CONFORMING CHANGES TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT. (a) In General.--Section 102(16) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802(16)) is amended-- (1) by striking ``(16) The'' and inserting ``(16)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the''; and (2) by striking ``Such term does not include the'' and inserting the following: ``(B) The term `marihuana' does not include-- ``(i) hemp, as defined in section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946; or ``(ii) the''. (b) Tetrahydrocannabinol.--Schedule I, as set forth in section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812(c)), is amended in subsection (c)(17) by inserting after ``Tetrahydrocannabinols'' the following: ``, except for tetrahydrocannabinols in hemp (as defined under section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946)''. 

SEC. 7. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. Nothing in this Act authorizes interference with the interstate commerce of hemp (as defined in section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as added by section 2).

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Kenaf Seeds 2018 Planting Season Available

Are you unable to grow Hemp in your state? Have you considered growing Kenaf? 

If you are searching for Kenaf seeds for the 2018 springtime planting season. Let me know by filling in the contact form and I'll happily share your needs with the Kenaf Seed dealers I am currently working with.

I am getting ready to place a 1,000-pound order for Kenaf Seeds for 2018 springtime planting season. If anyone else is in need- a quantity discount will make it less expensive for everyone



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Sunday, January 28, 2018

Will This be the year Missouri Farmers are allowed to Grow Hemp?

update on Missouri Hemp Legalization.  

The bill is waiting for Governor Greitens to sign.  Hemp legalization has passed both the House and Senate in Missouri.  







MOhemp Energy is seeking Missouri Farmers to work with
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Current Bill Summary

SCS/SB 547 - This act modifies provisions relating to industrial hemp.


 Missouri Senate Bill Legislation SB 547 Modifies provisions relating to industrial hemp

Currently, marijuana and marihuana are considered Schedule I drugs for purposes of the Comprehensive Drug Control Act. This act defines industrial hemp, and exempts industrial hemp from the Comprehensive Drug Control Act.


This act creates an industrial hemp agricultural pilot program to be implemented by the Department of Agriculture to study the growth, cultivation, processing, feeding, and marketing of industrial hemp. Under this act, growers and handlers of industrial hemp are required to obtain a registration, and growers and handlers of agricultural hemp seed are required to obtain a permit, from the Department of Agriculture. An application for an industrial hemp registration or agricultural hemp seed production permit shall be accompanied by an application fee and shall include certain information as set forth in this act.

Upon fulfilling the application requirements, upon completing a satisfactory fingerprint criminal history background check, signing an acknowledgment that industrial hemp is an experimental crop, and signing a waiver holding the Missouri Department of Agriculture harmless, the Department shall issue a registration or permit. All information relating to registration and permit holders shall be forwarded to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Any registration or permit is nontransferable except to certain family members, is valid for 3 years, and is renewable.


Under this act, the Department may revoke, refuse to issue, or refuse to renew an industrial hemp registration or agricultural hemp seed production permit, and may impose a civil penalty of not less than $2,500 and not more than $50,000 for violating registration or permit requirements, Department rules, industrial hemp plant monitoring system requirements, or certain Department of Agriculture orders. A registration or permit shall not be issued to any person that has been found guilty of any felony offense under any state or federal law regarding a controlled substance within the previous 5 years.


Under this act, any person growing industrial hemp who does not have a valid registration shall be subject to an administrative fine of $500 and shall have 30 days to obtain such registration. If such person receives such registration within 30 days, he or she shall have their fine refunded in full. However, if such person fails to obtain such registration within 30 days, he or she shall be fined $1000 per day until such registration is obtained, or their crop may be destroyed by the Department of Agriculture after 30 additional days.


Under this act, any grower may retain seed from each industrial hemp crop to ensure a sufficient supply of seed for that grower for the following year without the requirement to obtain a hemp seed production permit. Such seed shall not be sold or transferred, and does not have to meet hemp seed standards established by the Department of Agriculture.


Each grower and handler shall be subject to an industrial hemp plant monitoring system and shall keep certain records as required by the Department of Agriculture. Upon 3 days notice, the Department may require an inspection or audit for purposes of ensuring compliance with industrial hemp laws, regulations, permit requirements, monitoring system requirements, and Department orders. Additionally, this act allows the Department to inspect any industrial hemp crop during the crop's growth phase. If such crop contains an average THC concentration exceeding 0.3%, or the maximum amount allowed under federal law, the Department may detain or seize the crop.


This act requires the Department of Agriculture to develop standard identification documentation for industrial hemp and associated commodities. The Department may assess growers and handlers registered under this act a fee for developing such system. All fees assessed to growers and handlers shall be deposited in the Industrial Hemp Fund created under this act, which shall be used by the Department of Agriculture for administration purposes.


Further, this act allows an institution of higher education, in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, to engage in the study of the growth, cultivation, or marketing of industrial hemp and seed. This act also allows the Missouri Crop Improvement Association, in collaboration with the Department, to establish and administer a certification program for agricultural hemp seed. Under the program, the Department may breed, plant, grow, cultivate, and harvest cannabis, and collect seeds from wild cannabis plants. Such program shall be voluntary for growers of industrial hemp.

Currently, a food is considered adulterated if it meets certain criteria. Under this act, a food shall not be considered adulterated if it contains industrial hemp, or an industrial hemp commodity or product.

This act is similar to HB 170 (2017). source: SB 547 Modifies provisions relating to industrial hemp

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Missouri Legislative Committees to Consider Hemp Bills

Ganjapreneur-Jan 22, 2018
The Missouri Senate Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee is set to consider an industrial hemp pilot program bill today, which would allow the state to issue licenses for industrial hemp cultivation and allow the cultivators to market their products, according to a report from ...
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Legislator wants Missouri to allow industrial hemp cultivation

Herald-Whig-Jan 11, 2018
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- State Sen. Brian Munzlinger is hoping that in the 2018 legislative session, Missouri will join about 38 other states in allowing industrial hempcultivation. The Republican lawmaker from Williamstown is sponsoring Senate Bill 547, which would create an industrial hemp pilot ...
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Missouri Senate Ag Committee Chair proposes industrial hemp ...

Missourinet.com-Jan 23, 2018
Legislation that would create an industrial hemp pilot program in Missouri is being considered by the Senate Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee. The bill, sponsored by State Sen. Brian Munzlinger, R-Williamstown, would create a pilot program to allow those licensed by the ...
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Industrial hemp bill goes before Missouri Senate Agriculture ...

Missourinet.com-Jan 22, 2018
... licensed by the Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA) to grow, cultivate and market industrial hemp. Munzlinger, who represents 14 counties in northeast and north central Missouri, chairs the committee. Under his legislation, applicants would undergo a fingerprint criminal history background check.
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CBD, hemp changes advancing in state Capitols

Marijuana Business Daily-Jan 26, 2018
Indiana's governor said this week he won't enforce a late January deadline to take products off shelves because the legislature is still debating CBD's legal status. Another Midwestern state, Missouri, is taking another look at authorizing hempproduction. According to Missourinet, hemp legislation now has ...


Monday, January 8, 2018

We Need Regenerative Farming, Not Geoengineering

Geoengineering has been back in the news recently after the US National Research Council endorsed a proposal to envelop the planet in a layer of sulphate aerosols to reduce solar radiation and cool the atmosphere.

The proposal has been widely criticised for possible unintended consequences, such as ozone depletion, ocean acidification and reduced rainfall in the tropics. Perhaps even more troubling, geoengineering is a technological fix that leaves the economic and industrial system causing climate change untouched.

The mindset behind geoengineering stands in sharp contrast to an emerging ecological, systems approach taking shape in the form of regenerative agriculture. More than a mere alternative strategy, regenerative agriculture represents a fundamental shift in our culture’s relationship to nature.

Regenerative agriculture comprises an array of techniques that rebuild soil and, in the process, sequester carbon. Typically, it uses cover crops and perennials so that bare soil is never exposed, and grazes animals in ways that mimic animals in nature. It also offers ecological benefits far beyond carbon storage: it stops soil erosion, remineralises soil, protects the purity of groundwater and reduces damaging pesticide and fertiliser runoff.


Read More/Article Source Link/Credit(FAIR USE):

https://prepareforchange.net/2018/01/...










Wednesday, December 27, 2017

The Gaian Dragon: Meet Fracking and Water 2

The Gaian Dragon: Meet Fracking and Water 2: Meet Fracking and Water 2 Fracking Loophole Tied To Pollution Of Drinking Water Dangers of Horizontal Hydraulic Fracking




Here is a way to use plants to clean up mankinds pollution: in re to Fracking and Water Contamination> Phytoremediation Rafts with Electrokinetics

Part 5 Plants as Water Protectors blog information series.



Article 5- Phytoremediation Rafts with Electrokinetics

Article 4- Plants as Water Protectors

Article 3- Citizen Science Phytoremediation Research StLouis

Article 2- St Louis IKEA Phyto Buffer Zone pt2

Article 1- IKEAs lesser known environmental project





Q: Kimberly asked, “Can ElectroHemp BioRad System remediate hydraulic fracturing chemicals?"



A: Yes the ElectroHemp BioRad System can remediate hydraulic fracturing chemicals in both soil, wastewater, and water recycling and can be accomplished a few different ways.

 1: Phytoremediation Rafts

 2: Storage Tank Separation

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Sunday, November 5, 2017

Health Ranger to Offer Cannabis Testing 2018



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Who performs independent testing on your Hemp and Cannabis CBD and Hemp Oil products? Do you test for Pesticides, Heavy Metals, Fungicides, and other contaminants? 

With the great phytoremediation and phytoextraction qualities of the Cannabis Plant see [ElectroHemp Bio Rad] it is better to be safe than sorry.

Peering into my crystal ball on the future of Cannabis for Human Consumption. Lack of testing could hurt the Cannabis Industry as a whole.


I would feel safer if more Canna business used an Independent Testing Services for the Cannabis products they sell. Scotty 

Certifying CBD products to be authentic, clean and green

This new service, to be launched by CWC Labs, is designed to help consumers recognize safe, high quality hemp extract products that are independently verified by a third party laboratory to be authentic, clean and green. Product certification involves multiple tests on three different mass spec instruments, including ICP-MS and HPLC-MS-TOF.

As one of the pioneers in cannabis quantitation and validation, I am the co-author of a science paper published in the LC/GC science journal entitled, “Liquid Chromatography–Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry for Cannabinoid Profiling and Quantitation in Hemp Oil Extracts.” Since that science paper was published, my lab has developed even more precise mass spec analysis techniques that allow us to validate the following properties of CBD oil / hemp extracts:
  • Accurate quantitation of CBD, CBDA, THC and other compounds typically found in hemp extracts.
  • Molecular verification of accurate molecules, eliminating any possibility of counterfeit chemicals. (Using a combination of accurate mass, ion fragmentation, isotopic abundance, etc.)
  • The absence of pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and other agricultural chemicals. (This is a huge issue, as many hemp products sold today are derived from cannabis plants that are heavily sprayed with toxic pesticides.)
  • The absence of toxic solvents and extract chemicals that are frequently used in the industry even though they may pose a very real danger to consumers. Some hemp production companies, for example, are currently extracting hemp products using isopropyl alcohol (IPA), which is extremely toxic to the human body when ingested.
  • The absence of toxic heavy metals, and the presence of nutritive minerals such as zinc and magnesium.
In other words, we are testing CBD products for not just CBDs, but also for pesticides, industrial chemicals and heavy metals as well. 

Article Souce Natural News: https://www.naturalnews.com/2017-11-02-health-ranger-to-announce-lab-verification-service-for-cbd-oils-and-hemp-extracts.html

https://www.naturalnews.com/2017-11-02-health-ranger-to-announce-lab-verification-service-for-cbd-oils-and-hemp-extracts.html

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