Hemp was supposed to benefit SC farmers. Many have ditched the crop. • SC Daily Gazette

Hemp was supposed to benefit SC farmers. Many have ditched the crop. • SC Daily Gazette

A man works on the cannabis sativa plant used to make hemp. (Photo courtesy of Cannalina Hemp Company)Thomas Garrison, a multi-generation farmer in Anderson County, said he believed the hype around hemp. Garrison, who’s farmed in Pendelton since graduating from Clemson in 1980, was among the group who pushed for a 2017 law that allowed farmers in the state to grow hemp, a plant that’s the same species as marijuana but lacks the THC that gets peo…

Hemp was supposed to benefit SC farmers. Many have ditched the crop.

Thomas Garrison, a multi-generation farmer in Anderson County, said he believed the hype around hemp.

Anderson Farmer Among Those Ditching Hemp Crop — The Anderson Observer

Shaun Chornobroff/S.C. Daily GazetteThomas Garrison, a multi-generation farmer in Anderson County, said he believed the hype around hemp.Garrison, who’s farmed in Pendelton since graduating from Clemson in 1980, was among the group who pushed for a 2017 law that allowed farmers in the state to grow hemp, a plant that’s the same species as marijuana but lacks the THC that gets people high.Despite being one of the state’s hemp pioneers, he abandon…