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WEBVTT >> THIS IS A 1953 ALT CROP , DEFINITELY AN ANTIQUE. I AM GUESSING IT IS THE ONLY ONE BEING USED FOR HIM. >> WHY ARE YOU USING THIS? >> SHOW PEOPLE YOU DON’T HAVE TO HAVE A BUNCH OF BIG EQUIPMENT A BUNCH OF FANCY STUFF AND YOU CAN GROW THIS. >> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE DECADES, FARMERS IN WISCONSIN ARE LEGALLY GROWING HEMP. AT TURTLE CREEK GARDENS IN DELAVAN THEY’RE LEADING THE WAY FOR OTHERS, LIKE DAWN SCHULZ. >> WISCONSIN IS WHERE I GREW UP, COLORADO, MICHIGAN. I WENT TO SAN DIEGO EARLIER IN THE YEAR. >> SHE WANTS TO TURN THE CROP INTO CASH IN CHICAGO, BUT IS DOING RESEARCH FIRST. >> YOU CAN’T BET THE FARM ON A CROP AND LESS THERE ARE SOME ASSURANCES IT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. >> THESE FARMERS STARTED HARVESTING AFTER GETTING GOOD NEWS THEY PASSED THE STATE REGULATED TEST, MAKING SURE THEIR HEMP DOESN’T HAVE TOO MUCH THC, THE CHEMICAL IN MARIJUANA THAT MAKES YOU HIGH. THEY WILL SELL THESE PLANS TO OTHER FARMERS TO START THEIR OWN FARMS. YOU HAVE HOPE THIS COULD MAKE YOU A LOT OF MONEY? ENOUGH TO DO IT AGAIN NEXT EAR, HOPEFULLY. I AM NOT DOING IT FOR THE MONEY, BUT THE VIABILITY OF A SUSTAINABLE CROP TO SUSTAIN FA

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Farmers in Wisconsin are one step closer to selling their hemp legally in Wisconsin. For the first time in 50 years farmers in the state can legally grow hemp.Steve Tomlins and Janet Gamble started harvesting one of their crops this week at Turtle Creek Gardens, an organic vegetable farm in Delavan. They used equipment from the 1950s and 1970s to do the job. "This is what we had on hand," Tomlins said. "And we want to show farmers you don't have to have a bunch of big equipment, a bunch of fancy stuff and you can still grow this and make an income." To get to the harvest, the farmers had to pass the state regulated THC test. A surveyor checked the plants to make sure they don't have more than 0.3 percent THC, the chemical in marijuana that makes users high. "It's the culmination of passion," Tomlins said. "But there are still some unknowns. We still have a lot of work to do." According to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, about 135 farmers are growing hemp in Wisconsin. Dawn Schulz wants to get in on the effort and potentially start a hemp farm in the Chicago-area. She spent time shadowing Tomlins and Gamble during the harvest. "They are making history here," Schulz said. "People need to get the experience to pull it all together to reduce the risk for other farmers to do this next year. They can't bet the farm on a crop unless they have assurance its going to be successful." Tomlins and Gamble will use some of their hemp plants to sell seeds to other farmers who want to plant hemp. Some of the buds will be used for Cannabidiol or CBD oil and a variety of other products including bedding.