Morgan Tweet, co-founder and CEO of IND Hemp, talks about how the company’s machines break down hemp to access material that will become fiber Jan. 23, 2026, in Fort Benton. IND Hemp was formed in 2018, around the time that Congress lifted federal restrictions on growing and distributing the marijuana-adjacent plant. (Lauren Miller, Montana Free Press, CatchLight Local/Report for America)
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American-made hemp shirt experiment: Two Montana companies led creation of a domestically made shirt from hemp
How two central Montana companies led the creation of a domestically made shirt from hemp, a crop that had been illegal to grow in the U.S. for nearly a century.