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Florida A&M University, along with the University of Florida, has been given the go-ahead to conduct research pilot projects on growing and selling industrial hemp. Gov. Rick Scott late Friday signed the Industrial Hemp Pilot Projects bill into law. It was sponsored by Sen. Bill Montford...

A bill that would allow industrial hemp to be adapted to the state's climate and be used as a crop seed was introduced in the State Assembly Saturday. The bill states the domestic cultivation of hemp would create jobs and new products that would benefit New Yorkers. State Assemblyman David...

More than 50 Hoosiers met to celebrate the eighth annual Hemp History Week and discuss ways to advocate for the legalization of hemp farming in Indiana. Right now, industrial hemp can be grown in Indiana for research purposes by organizations such as Purdue University. Members of the...

The bill is being sponsored by Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo, D-Endwell, Broome County, and Sen. Thomas O'Mara, R-Big Flats, Chemung County, who have pushed hemp as a potential cash crop for Southern Tier. ‎"Industrial hemp has proven its potential, especially in the Southern Tier, and this...

Farmers in the state have proven industrial hemp can be grown in North Dakota. Now it's time to advance from limited test plots around the state to an industry that provides income for farmers and manufacturing jobs for communities. Industrial hemp is regulated much like marijuana by the U.S...

As North Dakota’s hemp industry grows, legal questions have kept producers from making one of the crop’s most desirable products. The Bismarck Tribune (Legal haze surrounds budding hemp industry | North Dakota News | bismarcktribune.com ) reports that bottles of cannabidiol were recently seized...

A company that grows industrial hemp in La Junta for processing, packaging and distribution in Colorado Springs was featured during the recent statewide Colorado Hemp History Week promotional tour. During a stop on the multi-city tour, Folium Biosciences Vice President and Head of Global...

As growing consumer popularity and global exposure for cannabis and hemp-based products continues to expand, the demand for hemp-based products, CBD products and other forms of cannabis and legal marijuana items are rapidly trending upward. The global hemp and cannabis market is a multi-billion...

Kazakhstan has decided to profit from its natural cannabis riches and intends to start exporting hemp products to the Netherlands, Russia and China, TengriNews website has reported. TengriNews on June 15 cited the Agriculture Ministry as saying that around six square kilometers of industrial...

Commercial hemp production faded, along with its legality, many decades ago in the U.S., but enthusiasts and business people are trying to reinvigorate hemp as a modern-day cash crop in states where recent legislation has OK'd it, like in Kentucky. Things are being learned anew about how to farm...

In January, Kentucky approved 209 applications from growers to cultivate up to 12,800 acres of industrial hemp for research purposes in 2017. Kentucky has the nation's largest industrial hemp pilot project, and a new processing plant, which uses hemp and other agricultural feedstocks, is...

Rodale Institute, the nation's leading organic farming research institution, has started a new industrial hemp research project focused on examining the crop's role in soil health and regenerative organic agriculture. The PA Department of Agriculture Industrial Hemp Pilot Project granted 16...

Oahu state Sen. Mike Gabbard approached the podium during Saturday's Hawaii Hemp Conference with a guitar case in hand and, after a few bars on a harmonica, began to sing and strum to an updated version of "The Times They Are a Changin'." "Come gather round hempsters, in Hawaii Nei, It's...

As North Dakota's hemp industry soars, legal questions have kept producers from making one of the crop's most desirable derivatives. That product is cannabidiol, or CBD, a non-psychoactive substance derived from cannabis plants, which has been said to help people with seizures and anxiety...

Though South Carolina has cleared the way, when farmers can begin growing industrial hemp is still being worked out. State officials soon hope to enable farmers to apply to be part of a pilot program, in line with a 2014 federal farm bill, that allows them to grow, process and sell hemp...

Today is the final day of a celebratory week you may not have known was going on. June 5-11 was dedicated to promoting and advocating for the full federal legalization of one of America's oldest crops — hemp. Growing hemp is currently legal in 32 states, including New York. One local, and...

Hemp enthusiasts are working on the first house to be insulated with hemp grown in Kentucky. During a workshop on Friday in Lexington, participants made insulation for a house under construction on York Street. Kris Nonn, director of design and construction at North Limestone Community...

This has been a rather chill week for weed, but a big one for hemp! It's is Hemp History Week, and hemp fans everywhere are celebrating, including Mitch McConnell. But meanwhile, the DEA won't change their drug code to exclude industrial hemp from their definition of marijuana–which hampers...

NSAV Holding, Inc. announced today that the Company will develop and market a premium line of hemp beer. NSAV will use a proprietary formula that it will jointly develop with a leading U.S. hemp company. This will ensure both the quality and uniqueness of the Company's hemp beer brand. NSAV will...

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has recently signed into law Senate Bill 396, which will allow the cultivation of industrial hemp for commercial purposes. The bill would also authorize the production of agricultural hemp seed in the state. The law's approval meant that Nevada has nullified a federal...