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Every bride-to-be wants her wedding to be special. And trying to incorporate cannabis into your festivities is about as unique as it gets. With the increasing popularity — and legality — of hemp and cannabis products, trend watchers are predicting that we'll start to see more of these...

In its most recent session Wyoming legislators approved the growing of industrial hemp, initially in trial plots under the auspices of the Wyoming Department of Agriculture. Now it's time for the regulatory bureaucracy to allow Wyoming to reap the benefits. The WDA is charged with issuing...

Moses Lake farmer Shane Palmer drove a seed drill across a Central Washington field earlier this month and planted hemp, marking the state's entry into the country's resurgent hemp era. Palmer said he wanted to diversify his crop line-up and try something new, and that he expects the hemp in...

Hemp, Inc. is pleased to announce the huge success of its 3rd Hemp University educational symposium held this past weekend which focused on The Art and Science of CBD Greenhouse Growing. The educational symposium was held at Louisburg College in Louisburg, North Carolina. A team of experts...

Farmers and Ranchers in the western half of North Dakota have been looking to the sky, begging for rain for months. Producers of one crop, however, aren't sweating as hard as the rest. Industrial hemp may look like marijuana, but it has none of the ingredients that give smokers a high. It...

A local college student says her capstone project in her Sustainability Technologies class was inspired by nature. Cape Fear Community College student Leigh Humphries chose hemp as a building material to construct a doghouse. Hempcrete is created by mixing the hemp core or 'shiv' from the...

It doesn’t get you high, but it’s causing quite a buzz among medical scientists and patients. The past year has seen a surge of interest in cannabidiol (CBD), a non-intoxicating cannabis compound with significant therapeutic properties. Numerous commercial start-ups and internet retailers have...

I'm looking for a good legal source of CBD's. I have schizophrenia and I've recently seen a study that indicates it could be beneficial to me. I want to try hemp flower. Now correct me anywhere I am wrong here. I've done minimal research into this. OK. So I've found that I can buy...

The Montana Department of Agriculture on Monday refuted a federal decision to deny irrigation water to a Helena Valley hemp farmer, department officials said. Kim Phillips, the hemp farmer, is in full compliance with state and federal regulations on industrial hemp, and is not in violation of...

Just when I think I've heard everything, my hippy friend tells me she's using hemp diapers on her baby boy. That's right, marijuana diapers. Don't tell me there's a difference between hemp and marijuana – the internet says they are the same, so it must be true! (Haha) "Everybody is...

A Spring Hope hemp plant is continuing its efforts to make hemp the next cash crop for local farmers. Industrial Hemp Manufacturing on N.C. 581 in Spring Hope, a subsidiary of Hemp Inc, recently announced its farming associates, who are licensed by the N.C. Industrial Hemp Commission, have...

Just outside a subdivision overlooking Lake Helena, a sandy, 12-acre field scattered with sagebrush and gopher holes lies almost barren. Sparsely strewn throughout the dry tilled field, little green sprouts no taller than an inch cling to the last bit of moisture from the spring rains. They...

In early June, Brian Bullman and Brian Morris, founders of Asheville-based Carolina Hemp Co., were about halfway through an all-hands-on-deck planting process. "We've been out here planting every day, including the weekend," says Bullman. The growers are thrilled to finally be planting hemp...

School might be out for the summer but class is still in session at the Hemp Farmacy, but don't worry, this isn't summer school. The store in downtown Wilmington offers free educational classes to the public every Thursday at 5:30 p.m. for those interested in learning about hemp and its many...

South Africa's cannabis community wants to know why they are being arrested for lighting up a joint when a "legal cannabis plantation" is quietly growing in a greenhouse next to Durban's King Shaka International Airport. In March this year the Western Cape High Court ruled that laws...

Once upon a time, hemp was ubiquitous. The "king of fiber-bearing plants" was used in sailcloth, cordage and more. Then "reefer madness" and the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 effectively killed the industry, despite a brief revival during World War II. Since then, the plant's association with...

Governor Henry McMaster signed a new industrial hemp bill Wednesday, making it legal for farmers across the state to grow the plant. Hemp is used to make everything from fuel to fabric and legislators see more of a profit than an illegal plant. "To allow our farmers to grow. produce...

Elev8 Brands, Inc., a holding company focused on the commercial development of hemp and CBD-based products including hemp coffee, tea, and E-juices which target the health and wellness markets, announces an awarded contract from Toledo Hemp Center to produce a customized hemp coffee product...

Bertie County farmer Fen Rascoe was late getting his hemp seed in the ground — not so late that it will damage the crop, but he had hoped to have his seed planted by early May. It was almost June before the first 10 acres were planted. There are still more acres to plant. There is seed from...

I eat organic food. I use non-toxic cleaning supplies. I try to choose the safest lotions and soaps – and even toothpaste. I thought I'd covered all of the bases. Nope. I forgot home base. I can't say I'd ever thought about the ingredients in what the grocery stores so stiffly label...