Black farmers see new opportunities in the budding industrial hemp industry

Black farmers see new opportunities in the budding industrial hemp industry

ByHarvest Public Media

Just northwest of Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks, past Mennonites in horse-drawn buggies, there’s a curvy road that leads to a forgotten piece of Missouri’s Black history – Lake Placid. The Black-owned cabin retreat thrived in the mid-1900s. P.C. Turner, a doctor from Kansas City, designed it as a place of restoration and refuge for…

217 Today: Government reform advocates say Illinois needs further ethics reform after Madigan indictment

217 Today: Government reform advocates say Illinois needs further ethics reform after Madigan indictment

ByFarrah Anderson

Friday, March 25, 2022 Today’s headlines: Illinois lawmakers Thursday gave final approval to spending $2.7 billion in leftover federal COVID aid to pay the deficit in the state’s unemployment insurance fund. It’s looking to be a volatile season for farmers and consumers alike with inflation and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine creating more uncertainty in global…