When former Gov. Ralph Northam visited South Boston to christen the Golden Piedmont Labs hemp processing and CBD-extraction facility in October 2020, state and community leaders touted the project as having the potential to restore the region to pre-NAFTA, tobacco-era economic glory.
“It’s wonderful to finally have something to really rejoice about, because we’ve had a lot of downturns,” Mattie Cowan — formerly of Halifax County Industrial Development Authority — said in 2020. “This helps farmers throughout our region; I think it’s going to be exceptional for the region.”
So far, the hemp craze has not lived up to its original hype.
(Originally posted by Cannabis News)