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Arlington loses prospective business and 14 jobs

2019-08-15

By Kurt Menk
Editor

The City of Arlington is disappointed to announce that the efforts to accommodate FEN Biotech in Arlington have been unsuccessful.


FEN Biotech wanted to occupy a warehouse on the former Seneca Foods property for hemp processing.
FEN Biotech planned to dry, store and extract CBD oil from hemp. Hemp, not to be mistaken with marijuana because of significant lower THC level, is a new agricultural product just recently approved for Minnesota. The initial plan of FEN Biotech was to dry the hemp by applying hot air, store it within the facility and extract the CBD oil on site through a proprietary process.


Officials from the City of Arlington and FEN Biotech, after repeated meetings and correspondence, were unable to reach an agreement on what type of building improvements and conditions were needed to make the endeavor a reality.

Find the complete story in the August 15, 2019 edition of the Arlington Enterprise.

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