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Cannabis Farmers Hit Hard By Fire

Redwood Valley farmer Ashey Oldham lost her house to the Redwood Fire, but not her greenhouse

Oct 17, 2017 -- Cannabis farmers were already heading into an uncertain year, with a rapidly evolving legal situation and a long, costly permitting process. The fires that tore through Mendocino County last week destroyed an unknown number of cannabis plants, just as farmers were preparing for the harvest. In this piece, we'll start exploring what that means, and how some farmers are planning their recovery.

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