{"id":4031,"date":"2019-08-13T10:20:50","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T14:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/?p=4031"},"modified":"2019-12-23T16:59:21","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T21:59:21","slug":"nj-hemp-farming-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/insights\/nj-hemp-farming-act.html","title":{"rendered":"NJ Hemp Farming Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A5322, known as the \u201cNew Jersey Hemp Farming Act\u201d finally became law on Friday August 9, 2019. The New Jersey Hemp Farming Act (\u201cNJHFA\u201d) establishes a program for the cultivation, handling, processing, transport, and sale of hemp and hemp products in the State in accordance with federal law. The bill also repeals New Jersey\u2019s hemp pilot program, and replaces it with a permanent program, administered by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture that complies with federal law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just like the 2018 Farm Bill, NJHFA defines \u201chemp\u201d the plant Cannabis sativa L., any part of the plant, and all derivatives thereof with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (\u201cTHC\u201d) concentration of not more than 0.3 percent, consistent with federal law. In other words, if the hemp has more than .3 percent THC, it will no longer be legal on a state or federal level.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Because hemp is a viable agricultural crop and the state wants to promote the cultivation and processing of hemp, the New Jersey now allows famers and businesses to cultivate (plant, grow, or harvest), handle (possessing or storing \u2013 exclusive of finished hemp products), process (convert hemp into a marketable form) and sell hemp products for commercial purposes. Farmers and businesses looking to cultivate, handle, process and sell hemp products for commercial purposes must submit an application to the New Jersey Department of Agriculture (\u201cNJDOA\u201d). The application must contain GPS coordinates of the hemp farm, written consent from the cultivator allowing law enforcement and other officials to enter the property at will, a criminal background check of the applicant, and a non-refundable application fee. Other information may be required by the NJDOA as they implement this application process.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lindabury.com\/firm\/insights\/nj-hemp-farming-act.html\"  title=\"Continue Reading NJ Hemp Farming Act\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A5322, known as the \u201cNew Jersey Hemp Farming Act\u201d finally became law on Friday August 9, 2019. The New Jersey Hemp Farming Act (\u201cNJHFA\u201d) establishes a program for the cultivation, handling, processing, transport, and sale of hemp and hemp products in the State in accordance with federal law. 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