The climate crisis is, of course, an existential threat to human civilization. A Biden Administration promises action on multiple fronts. Agriculture needs to be a significant part of any solution. Insider senior editor Todd Runestad met with Simon Liegel, co-founder of Wisconsin hemp producer and processor Driftless Extracts, as they touch on how hemp can help humanity save itself from itself.
- Corn is a monoculture. We need diverse multicultures in fields.
- Hemp can be a good rotational crop with the big row crops.
- How to lock up carbon in long-term storage like plastics, packaging and textiles.