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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
2023-11-27
[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

#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  

#4  The Amish have actually been growing it for years, as hemp.
Posted by: ed in texas   2023-11-27 13:51  

#3  I was sure this was the Bee.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2023-11-27 11:53  

#2  That’s quite a distance for a buggy haul.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-11-27 11:30  

#1  "Amish Mafia" for real?
Posted by: HeavyG   2023-11-27 11:05  

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