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Charlotte's Web Builds Massive Crop Circle to Honor Hemp

July 22, 2020 10:42AM

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Charlotte's Web partnered with Shepard Fairey’s Studio Number One to create the Trust the Earth campaign.
Industrial hemp was legalized at the federal level almost two years ago, but some states (looking at you, Idaho and Mississippi) still prohibit hemp farming, while others are dragging their feet through the process. Charlotte's Web, a hemp and CBD brand based in Boulder, figured that some agricultural art might put pressure on hemp haters, and partnered with Shepard Fairey’s art studio and a maze designer to create a work of field art measuring over 3 million square feet. But don't worry: This is a wheat field, so no hemp plants were harmed in its creation.

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