The 2014 Agricultural Improvement Act -- a.k.a. the farm bill -- established industrial hemp pilot programs with state governments and at certain universities. Colorado was one of the first states to create a hemp pilot program and Colorado State University was one of the first research institutions to begin working with the reintroduced crop, starting with field experiments in 2015 at the Agricultural Experiment Station research centers across the state.
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A bee approaches a hemp plant to collect pollen for food; note the pollen baskets on the hind legs.
High-CBD hemp grows in an organic field.
A male hemp plant has hundreds of small white flowers and produces copious amounts of pollen.
A female hemp plant is grown for grain production.
Seeds mature on a female hemp plant.
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