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- ↑ "Hempfest 2013". Lewiston Morning Tribune . April 22, 2013. ISSN 0892-2586. OCLC 232117597 . Retrieved April 20, 2017.
- ↑ Williams, Elaine (Apr 21, 2013). "Hemp Fest rolls in a crowd: Annual Moscow event of food, music, crafts and hemp has the joint jumping". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
- ↑ Braun, Madeline. "Moscow Hemp Fest returns for 21st year". The Daily Evergreen . Washington State University . Retrieved April 20, 2017.
