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Tucked away off a narrow country road in Clark County, in the middle of a farm, 27 acres of hemp grew all summer. Now, the plants will be harvested and processed. Kentucky, hailed as a leader by industrial hemp advocates, has grown the hemp. Now the state is working on growing the industry...

Canada has been a leader in hemp production and its utilization since production was legalized in 1997, but now it risks being supplanted by the United States because of archaic Canadian laws, Kim Shukla, executive director of the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance (CHTA) says. "We have a...

Hemp equals hippie. Does it not? Only bearded dudes talk about all things leafy. But this inquiry is purely from an environmental perspective. With carbon being pronounced a dirty word after the Paris Summit, the hemp industry in India and elsewhere is asking to be taken seriously as a producer...

By spring, New York farmers may be able to grow hemp legally for the first time in decades. The Hemp Research Bill, introduced in Albany by Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo and Senator Tom O'Mara, was signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo last year. As its title suggests, the bill allows researchers to...

A newly-formed group of hemp farming advocates will ask state lawmakers to loosen regulations holding back Oregon's hemp industry. The Oregon Industrial Hemp Farmers Association plans to lobby hemp-friendly legislators to fix issues that the state's nine hemp farmers faced during the first...

When the State of Hawaii accepts medical marijuana permit applications for growers and dispensaries in January 2016, expect candidates to include rock stars, former politicians, major land holders and even major land trusts, according to news leaks. But, "our well rounded, local, grassroots...

When I think of hemp, that cult hand cream from The Body Shop everyone had in their lockers in high school comes to mind. It was stinky, but pretty good at moisturizing super dry hands. And, it had the 'cool' stamp of approval since it contained hemp, something that made it feel illicit. The...

By next summer, some North Carolina farm fields could be filled with cannabis plants - not marijuana, but hemp, which is marijuana's near-twin in appearance but has little of the ingredient that makes people high. For the first time in decades, hemp will be a legal crop in this state...

Uttarakhand government's decision to allow farmers to cultivation of hemp plants is the first of its kind in India. Farmers from across the state except Terai and Bhabhar regions can now legally grow hemp. While in countries like the US, many states have legalised the cultivation of cannabis...

After years of importing hemp from other countries, recently several states, including Vermont, have begun legalizing hemp farming for industrial and agricultural purposes. Prior to this, the federal government's ban on the plant kept them from doing so. However, because so many types of goods...

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to clarify that industrial hemp research programs are eligible for existing federal research dollars. Wyden was among a bipartisan group of 12 senators, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and...

Sales of hemp products will reach $500 million nationwide in 2015, according to a preliminary analysis by the new Boulder-based Hemp Business Journal. That's up 25 percent over 2014, when Americans bought about $400 million worth of such hemp-based products as clothing, cosmetics and building...

A northern Wisconsin tribe has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice for the right to cultivate industrial hemp. The Menominee Nation argued in the case it "should have the right under the Farm Bill to cultivate industrial hemp in the same manner as Kentucky, Colorado and other...

The Menominee Nation filed a lawsuit Wednesday asking a federal judge to clarify that the tribe has a right to grow industrial hemp – a crop related to marijuana – on its Wisconsin reservation. The lawsuit comes after federal and state agents seized 30,000 hemp plants the tribe was growing on...

The fight to change laws that govern medical hemp oil has taken a central Iowa woman to Washington D.C. this week. She and a group of mothers from around the country are meeting with members of Congress. The issue is therapeutic hemp oil, which many Iowa patients are using now because they...

Wayne Hauge is on a quest of sorts to be able to grow an acre of industrial hemp on his farm located near Ray in northwestern North Dakota. Hauge has applied to be one of those selected for the upcoming North Dakota Department of Agriculture's (NDDA) industrial hemp pilot program. The pilot...

A plant the federal law says is a Schedule I controlled substance was used to make the U.S. flag that will fly over the Capitol on Veterans Day. Industrial hemp could be a boon for small farmers, say proponents, including the U.S. veteran who grew the hemp used to make the flag. An American...

Has anyone tried the products from Realhemp? I was thinking of trying a few things. I was actually amazed at the nutritional content of the hulled seeds and protein powder. The hulled seeds have the perfect 3:1 ratio of Omega 3 to Omega 6. That is pretty good. Plus the protein has fiber to...

With the passing of Amendment 64 in 2012, the State of Colorado opened the doors on an entire new set of industries, and the industries surrounding hemp and cannabis have the potential for unleashing literally thousand of new kinds of businesses. So far we've seen hundreds of retail stores...

We hereby petition the General Assembly and Governor Terry McAuliffe to pass legislation that licenses and regulates the production of Industrial Hemp as an industrial and agricultural commodity. Help us save the world with Hemp. Signez la pétition Virginia Delegate Joseph Yost introduced House...