Hemp Oil Processor Buys Upstate NY Gannett Printing Plant

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Dave Lucas

Published February 5, 2019 at 3:48 PM EST

A former upstate New York shoe factory that was converted to a newspaper printing plant will soon be extracting oil from industrial hemp.

Southern Tier Hemp announced Tuesday that it's buying the 100,000-square-foot former Gannett printing plant in Johnson City. The company will develop, manufacture and sell hemp CBD oil wellness products.

The company says it will hire more than 100 people during the next three years. A $650,000 state grant will support construction of the processing center, which is expected to be operational for this year's harvest.

Southern Tier Hemp has established a partnership with Binghamton University to research the pharmaceutical benefits of CBD oil.

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Dave Lucas

Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.

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