Inside the drug discovery lab at Ebbu, I peer into a cup that’s about the size of a Big Gulp at 7-Eleven to look closer at the slimy substance within. This cup isn’t holding an unreasonable amount of soda, it’s housing the makings of thousands of genetically identical hemp plants.
“Each of these little green dots is potentially a plant,” says Robert Roscow, Ebbu’s director of genetic research, pointing to the tissue culture in the cup. He explains that Ebbu has plans to grow hemp on an unprecedented scale by taking internodes — small pieces of living hemp stems — and growing them in hormones.
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