France has a long tradition of farming hemp – an old plant related to the cannabis family – that almost died out in the 1970s. But faced with the challenges of climate change, the plant is making a come-back and France is now the world's third largest producer. Franck Barbier, head of the Interchanvre body representing French hemp farmers, explains why industrial hemp has a bright future.
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