Bad weather is good at highlighting poor clothing choices. I'd chosen to wear walking boots for my trip to Margent Farm as it was a wet summer's day. But as owner Steve Barron walked me through the rain-soaked, knee-high grass surrounding one of his fields, and cold water began leeching up my jeans, I saw the wisdom of his decision to wear Wellingtons.
Steve's 21-hectare farm in Cambridgeshire used to grow wheat but, since he took over in 2016, it has become home to a different crop. When I visited in June 2021, the plants sown just a few weeks earlier were already a metre high in places. Although difficult to identify from a distance, up close they were unmistakable: Steve was growing cannabis.
LETTER OF THE LAW
Cannabis is a Class B drug and has been a controlled substance in Britain since 1928. As such, it's unlawful to possess, supply, produce, import or export the drug - and it is an offence to cultivate cannabis plants. But Steve is in no danger of being arrested, because not all cannabis plants are illegal to grow.
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