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2023-11-27 Olde Tyme Religion

Inside the booming business of Amish cannabis farmers in Pennsylvania where a green revolution is underway: Growers hope to sell $3M worth of crops to mega firms in California and the Midwest by 2025

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Two Amish men dive into a deep sack of cannabis, scooping out handfuls of emerald buds before smelling them intensely.

It's not a scene you ever thought you'd see.

But in the beating heart of Amish country - Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - a green revolution is underway.

This week, DailyMail.com was granted exclusive behind-the-scenes access to a network of farms where Amish growers expect to sell $3million of their produce to big buyers across the US by 2025.

It is part of a nationwide trend in which the Amish, who once relied heavily on tobacco crops, are pivoting to more profitable cannabis cultivation, feeding a newly-legalized CBD market forecast to be worth $16billion in two years' time.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-11-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 "Amish Mafia" for real?

Posted by HeavyG 2023-11-27 11:05|| 2023-11-27 11:05|| Front Page Top

#2 That’s quite a distance for a buggy haul.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-11-27 11:30|| 2023-11-27 11:30|| Front Page Top

#3 I was sure this was the Bee.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-11-27 11:53|| 2023-11-27 11:53|| Front Page Top

#4 The Amish have actually been growing it for years, as hemp.

Posted by ed in texas 2023-11-27 13:51|| 2023-11-27 13:51|| Front Page Top

#5 My sister lived in Maryland and had an interest in breeding cats as a sideline. She told me some horror stories about Amish and Mennonite 'Puppy Farms' ...ugh. When you raise and slaughter your own animals you get a different attitude about some things by necessity.

Posted by magpie 2023-11-27 18:28|| 2023-11-27 18:28|| Front Page Top

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