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A bill that would legalize hemp oil for treating seizures advanced Thursday to the full Kansas Senate, but not before a committee made extensive changes. The Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee amended Senate Bill 489 to forbid in-state hemp oil production, create different standards for...

It seems like every few weeks, a new superfood sprouts up and works its way into health food stores. This includes several seeds, the latest one being Hemp. It belongs to the cannabis family and is commonly confused with marijuana, even though the two plants are quite different. Hemp contains...

Even before the Federal Farm Bill passed in March 2014, several states were investigating the viability of growing industrial hemp. This was seen as a way to help farmers and the production of textiles and plastics, among other industries. One early advocate of industrial hemp in Virginia...

Kentucky is accelerating hemp production in the third year of testing its potential as a cash crop. The state Department of Agriculture said Friday it has authorized planting of nearly 4,500 acres of hemp this year in the next round of statewide pilot projects, up from about 900 acres of hemp...

To Steven Wilson's knowledge, Missouri is one of the most misinformed states about industrial hemp. He founded the Central Missouri Industrial Hemp Network to educate Missourians about the potential positive effects of legalizing the product. On Wednesday morning, Wilson and other members of...

The Colorado Department of Agriculture is hoping to help bring hemp into the limelight with a new program that's a first for the country. Under its brand-new seed certification program, created in conjunction with the Colorado Seed Growers Association (CSGA) and Colorado State University, the...

As the debate on cannabis continues nationwide, WVU holds its first Strategic Cannabis Conference. Speakers at the conference Thursday discussed the medical and industrial uses of hemp, a cannabis plant. The federal Farm Bill of 2014 authorized hemp production in West Virginia for research...

It is a green week in Pennsylvania, and not only because today is Saint Patrick's Day. Two pieces of legislation passed yesterday that put the state closer to reviving its cannabis industry. First, the Senate passed an industrial hemp bill with 49 members voting yes. The passage of the...

Colorado's fledgling hemp industry just got one step closer to turning some of the state's amber waves of grain into fields of emerald green. State agriculture officials, research scientists at Colorado State University and the state's Seed Growers Association are launching what they say is...

Indian archaeologists have discovered that hemp played a key role in preserving the ancient Ellora caves in the western state of Maharashtra. New findings have revealed that a mixture of hemp, clay and lime plaster prevented the UNESCO World Heritage site from decaying. Hemp, locally known as...

Marijuana's useful cousin hemp could soon be sprouting on test plots in Nevada after a legislative subcommittee gave final approval Thursday to regulations overseeing the pilot project. Robert Little, plant division administrator at the Nevada Department of Agriculture, said the agency...

American Farmer announced today that they will feature Colorado Hemp Project (CHP) in an upcoming episode, airing third quarter 2016. American Farmer airs Tuesdays at 8:30aET on RFD-TV. Check your local listing for show times. Hemp is an unparalleled agricultural commodity with a diverse...

Companion bills in the Alabama Senate and House of Representatives is aimed at opening a new market by allowing farmers to grow industrial hemp. Sen. Paul Bussman, R-Cullman, and Rep. Ken Johnson, R-Moulton, are sponsoring the bills. The legislation would authorize the state Department of...

A Colorado man was in the capital city on Thursday to talk with lawmakers about the benefits of industrial hemp. Rick Trojan, founder of the Hemp Road Trip, was at the statehouse today. His group is advocating for the passage of the Industrial Hemp Farming Act before Congress in...

Rep. Willie Dove (R-Bonner Springs) has introduced House Bill 2634, The Alternative Crop Research Act; legalizing industrial hemp in Kansas. The bill authorizes the Kansas Department of Agriculture and state universities to begin research into planting, cultivating, processing and analysis of...

A new bill hopes to grow Alabama's economy through industrial hemp. The bill's sponsors think this version of the cannabis plant could be a new cash crop. The biggest challenge facing the bill may be separating the crop from it's cousin, marijuana. "The first thing we have to do, and the reason...

The Sydney tar ponds, once considered one of Canada's most toxic waste sites, is now a green space after decades of work and hundreds of millions of dollars spent on cleanup. Part of the former coke ovens site in Sydney is going to look a lot greener come spring. That's when a local...

The Hemp Road Trip made a stop in Downtown Johnson City on Tuesday. A group of hemp advocates from across the United States are following the presidential primaries and traveling cross country in a bus filled with items made from industrial hemp. The purpose of this national grassroots...

Pam Bosch of Bellingham is trying to build a future for industrial hemp in the United States. The 62-year-old artist acknowledges that hemp, which generally refers to the inside stalk and seeds of the cannabis plant, gets a bad rap because of its association with marijuana. But she says hemp...

A measure on track for the November statewide ballot would open the doors of the Massachusetts marketplace to legal use of recreational marijuana. But a small section in the proposed ballot measure promoted by the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol would also regulate the...