Three Residents In Our Area Could Become Some Of The First Legal Hemp Farmers In The State. Hemp Has Industrial Applications From Cloth To Plastics. Currently The State’s Pilot Growing Project Is Pending Approval By The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. It’s Unclear If Or When The D.E.A. Will Approve It, But All Three Farmers Have Said They Intend To Wait It Out. Once The DEA Gives Approval, The Farmers Will Be Able To Get Growing. .