The Southern Tier is getting ready to welcome its third hemp processor.
Great Eastern Hemp is reconfiguring a former sheltered workshop in Johnson City to produce CBD from industrial hemp, according to CNYCentral.
The company bought the space for $2.2 million and will start work at the facility later this year.
Canadian company Canopy Growth broke ground on a processing plant in Broome County in July.
Southern Tier Hemp hopes to start operating at the former Gannett newspaper printing facility.
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