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Happy Thanksgiving weekend! Hopefully you enjoyed a tasty meal yesterday, and if you spent time with relatives, that you were able to cope without pulling out too much hair. Meanwhile, in the world of weed, a report shows hemp acreage growing across the United States, a Swiss Company sells 'low...

If you're under the impression that marijuana and hemp are grown the same way, Garry Meier wants to put that notion to rest. A recent report released by Johnson Shoyama School of Public Policy about legalizing and regulating marijuana suggested Saskatchewan hemp farmers could help facilitate...

Prague based eco-friendly footwear brand Bohempia makes shoes out of hemp. Hemp in the US is a contentious topic, often misunderstood because of the plant's association with marijuana. However, with brands such as Patagonia trying to revive the hemp industry, there is growing interest in this...

Two years ago an idea mooted by then chief minister Harish Rawat to promote hemp farming in Uttarakhand was ridiculed by the BJP. Now, there is a role reversal. The BJP is in power in the hill state and chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat sees immense potential in the hemp farming. "The...

James Woolsey, former director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, was the keynote speaker during an industrial hemp webinar. "It's time to end the federal prohibition and scheduling of this plan under the Controlled Substances Act," Woolsey said. "It's time to bring back hemp to...

Hemp, Inc., a global leader in the industrial hemp industry with the largest multi-purpose industrial hemp processing facility in the western hemisphere, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Hemp University, LLC will hold its most vital and anticipated educational symposium of the...

The Indiana Hemp Industries Association wants to make industrial hemp a billion-dollar industry over the next two years, but its greatest obstacle may be overcoming stigma. The association announced its legislative priorities for 2018 at the statehouse Monday. Executive Director of the...

Australia's newest "superfood" - hemp - is now available after being legalized to be sold as food in Australia after 20 years in the making. And with hemp seed oil to hemp seed beer, the industry is hastening to bring more products to the shelves for consumers. The new regulations came...

Two state senators say they see no reason why Gov. Scott Walker won't sign into law a bill that would make it legal for Wisconsin's farmers to grow industrial hemp. Both the state Senate and Assembly approved a bill earlier this month that would establish a pilot program to allow farmers to...

Along a quiet country road in Boring is a sign warning people that the cannabis plant they're seeking isn't worth the headache. "From people driving by and thinking, Oh great, I'm going to go sample this myself," said Barry Cook. "I've lost 500 to 600 plants." Cook runs Boring Hemp...

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2017 - HempAmericana, Inc. (OTC:HMPQ) (the "Company") is excited to announce that, having executed on its financial schedule, the Company has been advised by the manufacturer of its new Super Critical CO2 Extractor Machine that the high-capacity device is now in the...

Chris Martin is a medical-marijuana pioneer. He's also a biker, ex-con, and father of five – a nice guy with a rough side, lots of tattoos, and a head full of business ideas. He got out of prison in February after serving a two-year sentence on a weapons violation related to a 2012 raid on his...

Expect a lot of hype about hemp next week. A great source of protein with a distinctly nutty flavor, hemp, derived from the same species as cannabis, will be legalized for Australian consumption from Sunday, November 12. That means food made with hemp products can be legally sold as food...

For the first time, from tomorrow, Australians will be able to legally consume hemp food products. It could be hemp muesli, hemp muffins, hemp slices or hemp smoothies. If farmer Chris Blake and brewer Hamish Coates have their way, it will also be hemp beer. Dr Weedy's Hemp Ale will be...

When Neil Reiten grew hemp this year for the first time on his North Dakota farm, he knew the crop would get his neighbors talking. He also knew it would attract the attention of the U.S. government, specifically the FBI. Reiten and his employees were fingerprinted and put through...

Keystone Agricultural Producers is asking the federal government to remove industrial hemp from regulations governing the cultivation of marijuana. KAP members passed a resolution on this issue at a district advisory committee meeting in Portage la Prairie on Nov. 2. "We want a separate...

Prepare to see hemp seeds everywhere – but don't expect to get a buzz. The controversial seeds, which have long been associated with drug culture, will be legal to consume in food products from November 12, and have been touted as the next big 'superfood' packed with vitamins and...

Seven years ago, Chad Wilson was anti-industrial hemp, but that's mostly because he didn't really know what it was. He thought industrial hemp and marijuana were the same thing. But they're not. Industrial hemp is different from marijuana, even though they are part of the same plant family...

Cereal sprinkled with hemp seeds, hemp ice cream, hemp as a pizza topping and even hemp beer – this will all be possible from Sunday, as legal changes come into effect in Australia and New Zealand. Back in April, food regulation ministers agreed to a proposal from Food Standards Australia...

In Upstate New York, some farmers believe that they've found the state's next big cash crop - hemp. Other farmers are saying hemp may be the next super food like kale. JD Farms is located in Eaton, about 30 miles Southeast of Syracuse. It's the states first legal hemp farm in 80 years...