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This Virginia Business article highlights an early moment in Virginia’s hemp industry, when the state began opening the door for licensed industrial hemp cultivation through university-managed research. The story gives helpful background on hemp’s potential uses, including textiles, building materials, fiber, nutrition, and future commercial markets. For Pure Shenandoah, this article belongs in the press archive as historical context for the Virginia hemp movement that helped make local hemp farming, product manufacturing, and hemp fiber innovation possible.