Agriculture
Supporting policies that increase food freedom and access to markets for our farmers and producers.
“Why Everything They Say About Climate Change Is Wrong”
That’s the title of a piece by Michael Shellenberger that appeared in Forbes today. Shellenberger begins by making it clear that he is not a climate change denier. On the…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Brooke Conrad reports for Carolina Journal Online on federal rules that could stifle North Carolina’s growing hemp industry. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains how a new report about the Atlantic…
Impossible Whopper Wednesday
As I hinted this morning, a few of us at the John Locke Foundation and Carolina Journal did participatory research and journalism this afternoon. We intended to compare Impossible Whoppers and…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Brooke Conrad reports for Carolina Journal Online on N.C. hemp farmers’ struggle to meet stringent state THC standards. The Daily Journal explains how the recent debate over a new N.C.…
Becki Gray Discusses Loans, Lawsuits, and Legislatures with North Carolina Public Radio’s Jeff Tiberii
Last week, JLF’s Becki Gray made her regular appearance on North Carolina Public Radio WUNC with host Jeff Tiberii. Becki and fellow guest Rob Schofield from the N.C. Justice Center…
JLF’s Rick Henderson Discussed Smokable Hemp on After SPIN!
This month, an installment of NC SPIN’s “After SPIN!” featured Carolina Journal’s Rick Henderson. Henderson spoke with the show’s host, Tom Campbell, about the smokable hemp provision in the “North…
CJ Reports: Indiana injunction could affect hemp legalization in North Carolina
This week, Carolina Journal’s Kari Travis reported on a new development in the laws surrounding hemp. Travis writes: You can’t criminalize smokable hemp, a federal judge has told Indiana lawmakers.…
CJ Reports: Smokable hemp rules likely to be settled in court, Dixon says
This week, Carolina Journal’s Kari Travis reported on the latest version of North Carolina Farm Act of 2019. Travis writes: A new version of Senate Bill 315, North Carolina Farm Act…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Kari Travis reports for Carolina Journal Online that a leading N.C. legislator believes rules tied to smokable hemp are likely to be settled in court. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains…
New Carolina Journal Online features
Kari Travis reports for Carolina Journal Online on farmers’ reaction to the trade dispute with China. Andy Taylor’s Daily Journal explores shifting coalitions on the U.S. Supreme Court.
New Carolina Journal Online features
Brooke Conrad reports for Carolina Journal Online on confusion surrounding N.C. law and smokable hemp. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains how trade wars hurt N.C. workers.
CJ Reports: North Carolina farmers high on prospects for state’s newest cash crop
This week, Carolina Journal’s Brooke Conrad reported on hemp cultivation in North Carolina. Conrad interviewed one hemp farmer, Shane Whitaker, who characterizes hemp as the new tobacco. Conrad reports: Tobacco…