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Healing Maori land through hemp

Country Life

English - June 24, 2022 09:33 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
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Isaac Beach felt like Neil Armstrong on the moon when he first stepped foot on a block of land he's now planting up with hemp. The crop is part of efforts to heal the land and involve its Maori landowners. Matauranga Maori - traditional knowledge - is being fused with contemporary technology to produce nutritious food products including hemp milk.