Industrial hemp
Hemp HoodLamb cofounder Douglas Mignola visiting the site in China where hemp is harvested, made into fabric and stitched into his company's winter jackets.
Mignola and Dunn would prefer to cultivate the crop for their hemp clothing business in the U.S. Several states, including North Dakota and Oregon, are challenging a federal ban on industrial hemp cultivation.
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