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The good news is we've found a plant that can save the world. The bad news is...it's illegal! Donald Trump has promised to "Make America Great Again". President-Elect Trump issued his plan for the first 100 days of his administration which includes repeal of Obamacare and the restoration of...

The Navajo Tribe is hoping to begin growing industrial hemp on its native lands next year, but there are numerous hurdles to be cleared before the first seeds can be planted. The tribe has signed a resolution and entered into the final stages of an agreement with Native American-owned...

Lincoln, Neb. - Cannabis is legally grown in Nebraska, except the crop serves a much different purpose from the typical assumption. After 2 ½ years of asking, the federal government decided to let the University of Nebraska Lincoln experiment with industrial hemp for the good of farmers...

A Florida firm is interested in purchasing an abandoned sunflower processing plant in Dove Creek to process hemp crops. Bayfront Capital, of Bradenton, Florida, is negotiating to purchase the private pressing facility located on land within a business park owned by the Dove Creek Development...

Lincoln, Neb. - After months of paperwork and navigating bureaucratic red tape, University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers have planted their first crop of legal hemp. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that about 150 plants with the distinctive frond leaf, previously relegated to roadside...

It is nothing short of infuriating that marijuana is still criminalized in most parts of the United States. Since we know that cannabis is not only completely safe, but also has countless health benefits, the fact that it is illegal to indulge in cannabis seems all the more ridiculous. Of...

Whenever an individual or a corporation goes to great lengths to keep marijuana criminalized, you immediately know that there are financial reasons involved. In 2016, nobody is dumb enough to believe that cannabis is harmful, so there's little doubt that those that are fighting against the...

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...

Lincoln, Neb. - After months of paperwork and navigating bureaucratic red tape, University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers have planted their first crop of legal hemp. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that about 150 plants with the distinctive frond leaf, previously relegated to roadside...

Grand Forks, N.D. - North Dakota voters' approval of medical marijuana makes state Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring's life a little more complicated. "This is a whole new area that makes my chest tighten," Goehring said when asked if medical marijuana will be grown in North Dakota...

Grand Forks, N.D. - North Dakota voters' approval of medical marijuana makes state Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring's life a little more complicated. "This is a whole new area that makes my chest tighten," Goehring said when asked if medical marijuana will be grown in North Dakota...

Grand Forks, N.D. - North Dakota voters' approval of medical marijuana makes state Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring's life a little more complicated. "This is a whole new area that makes my chest tighten," Goehring said when asked if medical marijuana will be grown in North Dakota...

Grand Forks, N.D. - North Dakota voters' approval of medical marijuana makes state Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring's life a little more complicated. "This is a whole new area that makes my chest tighten," Goehring said when asked if medical marijuana will be grown in North Dakota...

Salt Lake City - A Salt Lake City company is exploding in popularity around the country as dog and cat owners claim the products - with an ingredient found in cannabis - are leading to dramatic improvements in their pets' health. Eska the 2-year old husky is happy on these hemp products...

In just a few decades, we've been flooded with information about a plant that's been suppressed for nearly a century but is finally being recognized. It's surprising we didn't know all this sooner, but in my opinion, it's great that we've finally reached this point. It makes sense that it took...

When David Livingstone explored these lands in 1855 he recorded that cannabis was used by local peoples to increase work efficiency, as a sexual stimulant, and for bravery in battle. Within a century, however, cannabis was transformed on a global scale, from a benign plant used as medicine...

The folks who are waiting for the noise to die down from the agricultural fans fighting off frost on 30 acres of industrial hemp east of Sisters will have to wait a bit for quiet nights. Matt Cyrus told The Nugget last week that the harvest on a couple of parcels in the Cloverdale Road area...

Mesa County, Colo. - The legalization of marijuana in Colorado kick started another product for potential mass production, industrial hemp. It's a crop that doesn't provide the high feeling that marijuana does, but the potential economic boom it could have on our area is slowly creating quite...

You could almost say Veronica Carpio was born to sell cannabis. Aside from having a birthday on 4/20, the 38-year old Colorado native was also the first female dispensary owner in the state, ran a covert coffee shop appropriately called The Front, and now oversees the largest hemp seed exchange...

Salisbury - Much remains unclear about its future, but farmers flocked to a Wednesday workshop about North Carolina's budding hemp industry. Organized by Asheboro-based Founder's Hemp, the workshop attracted nearly 150 people from across the state. Many were farmers interested in growing the...