Mitch McConnell Announces Bill To Legalize Industrial Hemp March 27, 2018 AggregatedNews Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments The head of the U.S. Senate announced on Monday that he will soon be filing a bill to legalize industrial hemp and allocate federal money for cultivation of the crop. "We all are so optimistic that industrial hemp can become… Read More→
Virginia Tech Planted First Plot of Industrial Hemp This Summer September 26, 2016 AggregatedNews Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Industry News 0 Comments The passing of the federal Farm Bill 2014, which features Section 7606, allows state departments of agriculture and universities to cultivate industrial hemp for purposes of research. The law requires that grow sites be certified by, and registered with, their respective… Read More→
Minnesota Farmer Plants State’s First Industrial Hemp Crop in 66 Years June 30, 2016 AggregatedNews Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments HASTINGS, Minn. – Last week, John Strohfus became part of state history as the Hastings-based farmer had the honor of planting the first industrial hemp crop in Minnesota since 1950. The business consultant and second generation small family farmer received… Read More→
Petition Asks DEA to Quit Treating Industrial Hemp Like Marijuana June 14, 2016 AggregatedNews Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Industry News 0 Comments A Portland attorney and a Southern Oregon environmentalist are asking the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to take industrial hemp off the federal government’s list of controlled substances. The petition, filed June 13, is the latest move by people who believe… Read More→
Could Hemp Help Former NFL Players With Brain Injuries? March 10, 2016 AggregatedNews Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Industry News 0 Comments Former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon calls himself “old school,” including his use of marijuana both during and after his career. Yet McMahon’s stab at self-medicating could be ahead of its time. Researchers at Johns Hopkins plan to test whether… Read More→
South Dakota Considering Bill That Would Legalize Industrial Hemp February 2, 2016 AggregatedNews Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments Some South Dakota lawmakers are attempting to overcome perceptions about hemp's family ties to marijuana to explore the economic potential of the crop with a bill patterned after North Dakota's industrial hemp law. Cultivation of the plant could be a… Read More→
New York Universities Seek State Licenses for Experimental Industrial Hemp January 25, 2016 AggregatedNews Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Industry News, Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments Cornell University and SUNY Morrisville both plan to pursue state licenses for experimental crops of industrial hemp now that state regulations for the crop have been established. The state Department of Agriculture and Markets published final regulations governing experimental industrial… Read More→
Florida Lawmakers Looking to Legalize Industrial Hemp October 26, 2015 AggregatedNews Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Industry News, Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments Two Democratic lawmakers have breathed new life into an effort to legalize hemp as an agricultural crop in Florida. Proponents of the program are pitching it as an economic boost to Florida. Sen. Jeff Clemens of West Palm Beach and… Read More→
In the South, It May Be “No” to Marijuana But It’s “Yes” to Hemp October 16, 2015 AggregatedNews Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Industry News, Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments For more than 100 years, Jane Harrod’s family set aside a corner of their farm to grow tobacco. The 20 acres they grew when she was a girl was only a fraction of the 400 acres the family owned outside Lexington, Ky., but it… Read More→
Kentucky’s Great Hemp Experiment October 13, 2015 AggregatedNews Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Industry News, Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments The Shell Farms & Greenhouses is an expansive 1,000-acre property in Garrard County, 37 miles south of Lexington, Kentucky. The five-generation family farm is operated by 31-year-old Giles Shell and his 60-year-old father, Gary. The two are whizzes at making… Read More→
New York Finally Releases Proposed Rules For Industrial Hemp October 2, 2015 AggregatedNews Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Industry News, Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments More than a year after passage of a bill legalizing “industrial hemp” research, New York state regulators Wednesday released proposed rules to let Cornell University and other colleges grow non-psychoactive marijuana. The new rules permitting agricultural research were published in… Read More→
The Latest Trend: Using Hemp in Homebuilding July 6, 2015 AggregatedNews Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Industry News 0 Comments STUYVESANT, N.Y. — It started with Hurricane Katrina: the flooded houses in New Orleans festering with mold, many uninhabitable to this day. Then came the earthquake in Haiti: thousands dead, crushed by homes that should have been their sanctuaries. James… Read More→
Bill Passes Allowing The Growing of Industrial Hemp in Washington State February 5, 2015 AggregatedNews Hemp Business Executive 0 Comments Industrial hemp would be allowed to be grown in Washington state under a measure passed by the Senate. Senate Bill 5012 received unanimous support Wednesday in the Senate and now heads to the House for consideration. The measure authorizes the… Read More→
Congress Introduces Industrial Hemp Farming Act with Bi-partisan Support January 30, 2015 AggregatedNews Hemp Business Executive 0 Comments WASHINGTON, DC – Vote Hemp, the nation's leading grassroots hemp advocacy organization working to change state and federal laws to allow commercial hemp farming, is pleased to announce the introduction of complementary bills in both the Senate and House, S.… Read More→
Rhode Island Law January 3, 2006 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal, Rhode Island Rhode Island Medical Marijuana January 3, 2006 SUMMARY: The Edward O. Hawkins and Thomas C. Slater Medical Marijuana Act took effect immediately upon passage on January 3, 2006. The law removes state-level criminal penalties on the use, possession and cultivation… Read More→