On October 13, 2009, a group of farmers and hemp business owners planted industrial hemp seed on the lawn at Drg Enforcement Administration (DEA) headquarters (700 Army Navy Dr, Arlington, VA). The group included Vote Hemp board members David Bronner of Dr. Bronner’s, Steve Levine of Santa Barbara Hemp Company, farmer Will Allen of Vermont, farmer Wayne Hauge of North Dakota, business owner Isaac Nichelson and Adam Eidinger. The group was protesting DEA’s refusal to allow licensed farmers to grow hemp in states like North Dakota.
