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SETTING THE HEMP AMONG THE VINES

HE impact of legal recreational marijuana as a potential disruptor for wine is being closely watched by the global wine industry, but in New Zealand, it’s the drug’s fast-growing cousin hemp that’s attracting attention. In late 2018, Marlborough grapegrower Kirsty Harkness obtained a licence to grow hemp among vines, trialling its potential benefits for the vineyard and wider environment. A strain of the cannabis sativa family, hemp has none of marijuana’s psychoactive compounds, instead being valued for its versatile fibre which can

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