Heritage or a Kentucky Agronomist, Who Influenced US Hemp Policy?
- Travis Cesarone
- Mar 29
- 8 min read
Updated: Mar 30
The Agricultural Improvement Act was signed into law in 2018 and entirely altered the landscape of federal hemp policy. We investigated two poles within a sphere of influence. On one side, the wife of one Farm Bill author worked with the Heritage Foundation and received a sizeable compensation. She was later nominated to the Cabinet as the Transportation Secretary. And the Domestic Policy head on Donald Trump’s first-term term Transition Team happened to be Heritage’s founder and former president. In contrast to legal hemp, though, Heritage's founder called for a public health campaign against cannabis use. On the other pole of influence, though, were Kentucky's tobacco farms and one agronomist concerned about US hemp policy.
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