hemp

A month after the rides went down, the blue ribbons were given out and the 4-H animals sold at auction, another type of fair came the Clatsop County Fairgrounds. The Hemp & Cannabis Fair, a traveling, all-in-one display for one of Oregon's newest industries, set up shop over the weekend...

Over a year after the Virginia General Assembly passed a bill allowing certain institutions to grow hemp, seeds finally went into the ground this summer at Virginia Tech. Virginia House Bill 699 authorized the creation of the Industrial Hemp Research Program and set criteria for growing hemp...

Medical marijuana has two primary cannabinoids that are medicinally proven and understood to some extent, THC and CBD. They can both regulate each other and cooperate harmoniously. THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) is the psychoactive cannabinoid. CBD or cannabidiol was the un-heralded major...

Medical marijuana has two primary cannabinoids that are medicinally proven and understood to some extent, THC and CBD. They can both regulate each other and cooperate harmoniously. THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) is the psychoactive cannabinoid. CBD or cannabidiol was the un-heralded major...

I'm talking only about industrial hemp, not medical cannabis/marijuana, which continues to prove its merits and gain acceptance. Industrial hemp's use should be a no-brainer. But it's a complex boondoggle of legal and bureaucratic nonsense even without THC, the molecule that leads to "Reefer...

The cannabis plant is one of the most versatile on the face of our planet. While cannabis is best known for its use as a recreational or medical drug, industrial hemp, which contains only trace amounts of THC, has a myriad of other applications. Apart from being one of the easiest crops to grow...

Industrial hemp conjures images of rope, seeds for your morning smoothie and the quirky Dr. Bronner's soap, but farmers have discovered an unexpected and potentially lucrative use for the crop: Oil billed as treatment for everything from cancer to autism. The oil offers a much higher return...

Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) is pleased that legislation allowing agriculture-related universities in Pennsylvania to grow and research products associated with industrial hemp under the supervision of the state Department of Agriculture has been signed into law by Governor Tom Wolf. The...

Albany - The state's first legal hemp crop in more than 70 years is thriving on 30 fertile acres of upstate New York, and demand is building for its seeds and stalks. JD Farms, in the rural Madison County town of Eaton, is growing the hemp as part of a project with Morrisville State College...

Hemp plastic is a lightweight, biodegradable material that has the ability to replace most petrochemical plastics — so why doesn't it? Although the material has been legalized since 1998 in Canada and has begun to be used in the production of cars, musical instruments and water bottles, it is...

Astoria - Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 3 and 4 will see the arrival of The Hemp & Cannabis Fair at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds. Locally produced and managed in Southern Oregon, The Hemp & Cannabis Fair - THC Fair - brings together local dispensaries, smoke shops, horticulture and hemp-based...

Astoria - Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 3 and 4 will see the arrival of The Hemp & Cannabis Fair at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds. Locally produced and managed in Southern Oregon, The Hemp & Cannabis Fair - THC Fair - brings together local dispensaries, smoke shops, horticulture and hemp-based...

When this entrepreneur quit his day job to sell hemp products online, he ran into trouble with Facebook, Shopify, and more. Why? Hemp, though not marijuana, is often associated with it. While it originates from the same plant, cannabis sativa, hemp does not have significant levels of THC...

Ashland, Ky. - The crop was harvested Tuesday morning by United Hemp Industries, a Kentucky processing company that plans to incorporate the crop into a new line of hemp products. The goods, ranging from tea to bird feed, will be sold in Ashland, along with several other historic hemp-related...

Hemp, rather foolishly, long carried a torrid reputation based on the intoxicating effects of its cousin, marijuana. Though hemp doesn't carry the same properties, for many years products made from it were illegal in the U.S. (not since 1998), as was growing it. It's still illegal to grow it...

We're tromping across a farm in the Whitethorne section of Montgomery County. Out past the sheep pasture, past the grain bins, past the corn field ... whoa, wait, is that a field of marijuana? Are they really growing cannabis here, right out in the open? No. And yes. This is hemp. It sure...

You could be forgiven for thinking a field full of tall, leafy crops in Baileys Brook is an illicit operation — but it's perfectly legal, and not for smoking. Bradley Jardine and Doug MacEachern are the owners of Northumberland Hemp, with 150 acres of industrial hemp growing in the province —...

I am not going to say the name of the sponsor as I do not think that would be right. I just have a question about something I saw on one of their sites. When you reach the home page, a pop-up appears that requires you to be living in a country where hemp seeds are legal (and that you are at...

Ottawa — Auto-components researchers are developing the use of grasses such as hemp or flax to make tough but lightweight bioplastics that also help reduce a vehicle's carbon footprint by using a renewable resource. A key innovator is Bruce Dietzen, president of Renew Design, a Florida-based...

When you drive past the acres of hemp fields in Galeton, you might mistake the green spongy plants for marijuana. It would be an easy mistake to make, but it is a mistake - and it's one that's causing a struggle for the emerging hemp industry. As the director of agronomy with Colorado...