Hemp farmers and their supporters are bullish about the future as they prepare to harvest their first crop under a state program that started five months ago. “Hemp can change everything if we utilize it right,” said Andrew Johnson, a licensed hemp processor and founder of Wisconsin Hemp Strategies. Gov. Scott Walker and legislators in […]
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Industrial Hemp Is On The Rise In Virginia
Somewhere near Cape Charles, eight acres of cannabis nods in an Eastern Shore breeze. It looks like pot. It smells like pot. Don’t call the law. The cops already know. This is a test plot of industrial hemp – a member of the marijuana family that could become a common sight across the state if […]
At George Washington’s Mount Vernon, a luscious crop of cannabis nears harvest time
Dean Norton, director of horticulture at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, pulls out his cellphone and cranks up some Jimi Hendrix as he walks toward the cannabis patch on the founding father’s estate. The weed is tall, planted in tight rows, and has the serrated leaf edges of your classic ganja. As Hendrix’s 1968 epic “Voodoo Child” […]
How a Pair of Kentucky Pols Are About to Legalize Hemp
On nights that Congress is in session, Rep. James Comer, a farmer from Kentucky, lays down on a fold-up mattress in his office on the fifth floor of the Longworth building and hits the lights by 10:30. Before he does, he reaches for a small bottle of CBD oil (made from Kentucky hemp) and squeezes […]
As first crop of SC hemp nears harvest, scores of farmers line up for scarce permits
Off a dusty dirt road in northern Sumter County, an experiment unprecedented in South Carolina is taking place. In between rows of okra and corn, small hemp plants struggle to stay alive among encroaching weeds in the sandy Midlands soil. Most are losing the fight. But in one section, 4-foot-tall plants stretch above the weeds, […]
California’s exploding market for hemp CBD products rocked by sporadic crackdowns
The pink menus at Coffee Dose, a Costa Mesa coffee shop, list lattes infused with trendy ingredients such as tumeric powder and grass-fed butter. The menus also have several ingredients carefully hidden by lines of Wite-Out. But look closely enough and you can make out two words: “CBD oil.” Cannabidiol, known as CBD, is one […]
ASTM International Cannabis Committee Approves Industrial Hemp Subcommittee
PRESS RELEASE CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., July 25, 2018 – A new ASTM International subcommittee will focus on industrial hemp. The group (D37.07) will be part of ASTM’s newly formed cannabis committee (D37). According to organizers, the subcommittee plans to develop practices and guides relevant to industrial hemp, a variety of the cannabis sativa plant species. Industrial hemp is used for many applications including food, natural health products, animal feed, and […]
CBD: Don’t Wait For Direction, Move Forward
With a double-digit annual growth rate and products available nation-wide, cannabidiol (CBD) presents the cannabis industry with an opening to mainstream consumers and distribution channels, especially nonpsychoactive CBD derived from hemp. With a broad variety of health claims, CBD products give the industry access to a cross-section of consumers using prescription medications and shopping for […]
Texas Advocates Are Pushing To Legalize Hemp
Farmers in Texas are well positioned to be top producers of what’s poised to become the next major U.S. cash crop — hemp — but only if state lawmakers let them, advocates told a legislative committee at the Capitol on Tuesday. “Texas could lead the nation’s hemp economy,” said Shawn Hauser, a representative of the […]
California Bans Hemp-Derived CBD Oil
Despite the fact it has received little media attention, a recent decision from Sacramento bureaucrats has potentially far-reaching implications for the cannabis industry — and for patients who have come to rely on CBD to treat a wide range of ailments. On July 6, the California Department of Public Health issued a memo making it clear that CBD oil […]
