hemp

Despite hemp only recently being legalized for human consumption in Australia, it is already being promoted as the newest superfood to hit the local markets. Hemp — a variety of the cannabis sativa plant species — has been grown in Australia for two decades as an industrial product, but last...

The Police in Benue State have arrested a 70-year-old man with 21 bags of dry leaves suspected to be Indian hemp in Afia village of Sankera-Zaki Biam in Ukum Local Government Area of the state. State Commissioner of Police, Bashir Makama, paraded the suspect, Kwaghir Adzua alongside his teenage...

Demand for cannabis infused animal products to treat the ailments of beloved family pets is soaring as states across the country legalize marijuana. Several companies, largely on the west coast, are taking advantage of loosening pot laws by focusing on alternative treatment options for pets...

Former Clemson football coach Danny Ford and ex-Rep. Chip Limehouse are two of the 20 farmers in South Carolina picked to legally grow hemp. The 20 farmers were chosen last week from more than 130 applicants in a hemp-growing pilot program approved by state lawmakers this year. The farmers...

Plans have been made to build a plant to commercially process pharmaceutical grade Cannabidiol (CBD) isolate. Kings Royal Biotech of Kentucky partnered with an industrial hemp development company from China to build the facility. Organizers say the plant will process CBD isolate, which is...

Alison Ettel, MBA, has never got high for fun, but she'd like to feed your dog cannabis. Why? Alison is the CEO of TreatWell Health, a Californian firm making medical marijuana products for people - and their canines. Her rivals include Treatibles, which sells a hemp oil "for animals of...

Hemp, marijuana's non-psychoactive counterpart, can be turned into a large variety of products. And in 2016, Colorado farmers produced half of the hemp grown in the United States. Even after more states started growing the crop in 2017, Colorado still planted over three times more of it than any...

Police have apologized after mistakenly ripping out a cannabis crop that turned out to be legal - and have promised the owner they will pay him back. Willie Kaa is a licensed hemp grower who lives in Ruatoria on the East Coast. He is part of a collective of growers working with Hikurangi...

Call me old-fashioned, but I thought the point of hemp was to get high, if only in a last-ditch, ditch-weed kind of way. But I was set straight – and remained that way through five courses – at the recent Hemp + Hops Dinner at Zenbarn in Waterbury Center. Hemp may not blow your mind, but it...

Vermont Business Magazine With interest in legal, non-psychoactive hemp and CBD products growing rapidly, and the explosive growth of legal hemp cultivation, processing, and products being made in Vermont, Heady Vermont presents CBD 101: Cannabidiol for Winter Sports Athletes and Weekend...

In a long overdue move, the Thai government this past week decided to relax the narcotics law and allow hemp to be grown as a cash crop in six provinces in northern Thailand. The decision to allow hemp in 15 districts of six designated provinces — Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Nan, Tak, Phetchabun...

A clutch of people cheered a few weeks ago as a crane lifted and human hands guided the last of the 16 prefabricated panels into place on a tiny house being built in the Living Well Community. It was a special occasion for Marty Clemons, who will live in the house on a little street called...

Earlier this month we exclusively reported on the birth of the industrial hemp industry in South Carolina. Is this good news? Absolutely. Better late than never ... Unfortunately, the delayed launch of this cash crop — more than three years after it was legalized by the federal...

Back in September, industrial hemp made the news in eastern North Carolina when five Edgecombe County men were arrested for either stealing or attempting to steal industrial hemp plants from a farmer's field in the county. This illustrates one of the greatest challenges for growing industrial...

With Gov. Scott Walker signing a bill legalizing hemp production in Wisconsin last month, farmers wait for the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) to create hemp regulations and permitting processes before deciding if hemp is a crop they want to grow...

Washington's hemp program, not yet a year old, has stopped issuing licenses because of a budget deficit. Restarting the program for a second growing season may depend on whether state lawmakers are willing to invest $287,000 into nurturing a hemp industry that faces high regulatory costs...

Pennsylvania is eyeing a major expansion of its resurgent industrial hemp industry, offering more than three times the number of permits currently issued as part of a pilot program. Hemp, once a major cash crop used to make rope and other textiles, returned to the state last year as the state...

ROCKLEDGE, Fla., Dec. 06, 2017 - Kona Gold Solutions, Inc. (OTC Pink:KGKG), a hemp lifestyle brand of exclusivity and status, is pleased to announce that the Company's management team has personally bought out all of the outstanding liabilities on the Company's balance sheet to leave Kona Gold...

Nowadays, hemp seeds are available at any supermarket. In recent years, CBD oil has been on the rise as a nutritional supplement. Space cake from Amsterdam coffeeshops is world-famous. The cannabis plant is mainly known for its flowers, which can be smoked, but it is also proving to be a...

Hazleton native Nate Eachus, a former NFL player and state wrestling champion, has seen the benefits of hemp, a derivative of the cannabis plant. His grandmother began taking the product after she was diagnosed with cancer and it helped her, he said. "Doctors gave her a few months to live...