Hon. Audley Shaw participates in flag-raising exercise at the official ground-breaking ceremony for the OGH Grow Jamaica Craft Medicinal Hemp Farm
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Hon Audley Shaw (2nd right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Robert Weinstein, Co-Founder & President, Organic Growth Holdings, Inc., participate in flag-raising exercise at the official ground-breaking ceremony for the OGH Grow Jamaica Craft Medicinal Hemp Farm assisted by Devon Lawrence (left) at the Long Pond Estate in Trelawny on December 11, 2019. Looking on is Shawn Rogers, Vice-President, OGH Grow Jamaica. The 365-acre farm provides employment for several former sugar cane workers in the surrounding communities and will produce CBD oil for both the local and international markets.
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