hemp

First annual Vermont Hemp Festival To Be Held on Saturday, September 9, 2017 at the Burke Mountain Hotel and Conference Center includes exposition, educational workshops, business pitch competition. As the future of recreational and medical marijuana remains uncertain, the national hemp...

Some industrial hemp farmers in Madison County are rooting for a bill that would take the plant off the federal government's Schedule 1 list of Controlled Substances and into the homes of New Yorkers as food products, like a baby green or protein bar. JD Farms in Eaton last year grew the...

The North Dakota Department of Agriculture and three pilot producers in NDDA's industrial hemp pilot program will co-host industrial hemp field days in August. "The pilot program allows producers to grow industrial hemp for the purposes of agricultural or academic research," said Agriculture...

White City, Ore.-Industrial hemp is now growing in White City. The people behind it are taking steps to make sure the site doesn't attract crime. Hemp farms like the one in White City are popular throughout Southern Oregon. Unlike marijuana, hemp has a low THC level; meaning if you were to...

According to a repot by the Hemp Business Journal and Vote Hemp, the total retail value of hemp products sold in the U.S. in 2016 was $688 million. Items such as shelled seed, protein powder, soaps and lotions have continued to increase in sales. The successful hemp cultivation pilot programs in...

With new product innovation surging, highly nutritious hemp in its various forms, is an ingredient on a health mission with widespread applications. According to research from Innova Market Insights, hemp claims have climbed up 42 percent CAGR for NPD (Global, 2011-2016). North America and...

During a swing through upstate New York, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture to designate industrial hemp a specialty crop – a move that would allow farmers to obtain critical crop insurance coverage. Gillibrand, D-N.Y., visited JD Farms in Eaton, Madison...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation that aims to boost hemp production. Also on last week, the Democratic governor announced $10 million in state funds to boost industrial hemp research and development. While hemp is a variety of cannabis, it does not contain the level of...

Looking over their field of 5,000 thriving hemp plants, Marianne and Marvin Yong, the owners of Wholly Hemp Farm, said their mission is to educate the Klamath Falls community about the industrial plant's potential, ranging from textiles to building material to medicine. "It got kind of lumped...

Cornell plant breeding expert Don Viands loves to show off new things. This year, it's trials of industrial hemp. Viands was one of the presenters at a seed growers field day on July 6 at a Cornell research farm in Ithaca. "You can see that already this has mushroomed into being...

The first legal hemp seeds planted in Perry County, Pennsylvania soil in 80 years are growing steadily into hearty plants. The five-acre crop of industrial hemp planted in Juniata Township on June 7 has exceeded expectations. Landowners Bill and Martha Roberts were recipients of one of just...

CBD is popping up all over the Burlington area - from the wellness department at South Burlington's Healthy Living Market to the pastry case at Monarch and the Milkweed. What is CBD, and how is it made? CBD is an acronym for "cannabidiol," a compound found in cannabis. Alejandro Bergad, the...

The first hemp conference in the U.S. to bring together industry professionals, scientists and policymakers will be Sept. 8-11 at the Lexington Center and Hyatt Regency Hotel. The Hemp Industries Association's 24th annual hemp conference is a partnership between the association, University of...

As a collaboration between Fibershed, Rezolana Institute and Adams State University’s Community Partnerships, hemp has been grown, decorticated, blended with wool, spun and woven into fabric that provides a San Luis Valley fabric sample in Fibershed’s national research project. By blending...

Senate Bill 261 passed in Montana in 2001 allowing the production of hemp as an agricultural crop. But farming officials say it's taken the past 16 years to get the crop into the ground due to federal regulations surrounding hemp's cannabinoid status. Montana is now one of three states to...

On July 20, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the Energy and Water Development appropriations bill for fiscal year 2018, authorizing $38.4 billion in spending. Wedged into this bill was the Industrial Hemp Water Rights Act, a piece of bipartisan legislation introduced in part by...

In a case of one hand not knowing what the other is doing, the 2014 Farm Bill authorized the U.S. Department of Agriculture to license farmers to grow industrial hemp. At the same time, however, the federal Bureau of Reclamation prohibits water in lakes and other storage facilities that it...

A bill in the Illinois General Assembly would legalize the production and sale of hemp. Senate Bill 1294 creates the Industrial Hemp Act, which would require licensing for any person desiring to grow, process, cultivate, harvest, process, possess, sell or purchase industrial hemp or...

When you think of hemp clothing, you usually conjure up images of hippie dippy tie-dye clothes. Scratchy and made of dull colors available at rock festivals or retailers that favor green causes. Now hemp is going high fashion with emerging apparel brand Bad Decision Adventure Club (BDAC)...

It is Hemp Day on the farm, and two dozen people, including a few notables, are standing on the edge of a one-acre plot in the middle of Rodale Institute's experimental organic farm in Maxatawny Township. A cow moos in the distance. There’s nothing to see yet, but it is a momentous occasion all...