The 2014 Farm Bill, also known as the Agricultural Act of 2014, was signed by President Obama and cracked open the door on industrial hemp cultivation under limited circumstances. The law allows universities and state departments of agriculture to grow or cultivate industrial hemp if the cultivation sites are certified and registered with the state and meet the following two qualifications:
“(1) the industrial hemp is grown or cultivated for purposes of research conducted under an agricultural pilot program or other agricultural or academic research; and
(2) the growing or cultivating of industrial hemp is allowed under the laws of the state in which such institution of higher education or state department of agriculture is located and such research occurs.”
