6 Show me farmers keep it 'legit'.

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A new constitutional amendment forever guarantees Missourians the right to farm--they just need to be sure their crops are "legitimate," a judge decided. A public defender for a Jefferson City woman arrested in 2012 for allegedly growing marijuana in her basement argued that she was protected by the right-to-farm amendment, added to the state constitution last year. The "argument that growing marijuana in a basement constitutes a 'farming or ranching practice' goes way beyond the plain meaning of 'farming or ranching practice,'" the county judge wrote. "Simply...