Pennsylvania’s agriculture secretary announced on Thursday that the state will be distributing $392,265 in matched funding to promote the hemp market—including by creating a curriculum to teach high school and college students about the “many uses” of the cannabis plant.
The bulk of the grant funds ($315,765) will support the student initiative, with money being used to create a STEM curriculum “to effectively engage in industrial hemp production, management, and cultivation by promoting and marketing industrial hemp for its many uses such as food, fiber, fuel, industrial, and personal care products.”
The Pennsylvania Departments of Agriculture and Education previously announced in 2020 that K-12 students would be learning about how to make sustainable plastic using hemp.
Florida has similar worked to foster interest in the hemp industry among students, with the state Agriculture Department overseeing an essay contest on innovative uses for the crop for students grades 5-11 last year.
Under the new Pennsylvania grants, another $56,000 is being awarded to the Pennsylvania Industrial Hemp Council to fund a campaign “to promote the benefits of hemp and create new markets for hemp-based products.”
“The council is building a dynamic collaboration among farmers and other businesses, investors, government agencies, and communities
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