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Apr 20, 2016

Marketplace for Wednesday, April 20, 2016

How start-ups and farmers are working together to grow the cannabis business; Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced plans for the new $20, $10 and $5 notes, with the portrait of Harriet Tubman to be featured on the front of the new $20; and how Japan’s baby problem is tied to the country’s cultural ideas about the workplace.

Well-trained plant breeders can now entertain a new calling: marijuana. Breeding programs, like this one at The Farm in Boulder, Colo., are becoming a significant commercial enterprise.
Well-trained plant breeders can now entertain a new calling: marijuana. Breeding programs, like this one at The Farm in Boulder, Colo., are becoming a significant commercial enterprise.
Luke Runyon/ KUNC and Harvest Public Media

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How start-ups and farmers are working together to grow the cannabis business; Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced plans for the new $20, $10 and $5 notes, with the portrait of Harriet Tubman to be featured on the front of the new $20; and how Japan’s baby problem is tied to the country’s cultural ideas about the workplace.

Marketplace for Wednesday, April 20, 2016