Photo courtesy 40 Acre Co-op As Black farm ownership hits historic lows, Minnesota entrepreneur Angela Dawson thinks hemp could be part of the solution. And she’s looking to an old-fashioned model – cooperative farming – to do it. Dawson left a career in food writing and marketing to start 40 Acre Co-op, a network of […]
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His impact on NORML and the drive to legalize marijuana has been unique, and significant. Willie is a living billboard for marijuana smoking!
New regulations clarifying the types of hemp and CBD products that are legal to sell and purchase in Iowa took effect with the enactment of the Hemp Consumer and Public Safety law on Wednesday. The law changes certain provisions of the Iowa Hemp Act, which Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed to legalize hemp production in […]
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said a hemp company is investing more than $3 million to build the state’s first large-scale processing facility for extracting CBD oil. BRD Extraction, LLC will be located in the town of South Boston in Halifax County and will do business as Blue Ribbon Extraction. Northam said Thursday the company will […]
Canadian hemp company Sweet Earth Holdings Corp. has named former politician Amrik Virk as its new president. The company said in a news release that Virk will also be joining the board of Sweet Earth. Virk has previously held senior positions in Canadian government, including Minister of Advanced Education and most recently Minister of Technology […]
U.S. farmers are planting less hemp than they did last year due to regulatory uncertainty, a surplus of hemp flower and biomass held over from 2019 and continuously falling wholesale prices. As of Thursday, licensed total hemp acreage to date has reached 465,787 acres for the 2020 production season, with 47 state departments of agriculture […]
Florida agriculture officials say they’re finding elevated lead levels in some hemp products on store shelves and have alerted federal agencies. The state’s hemp czar, Holly Bell, told the Florida Hemp Advisory Committee this week that random bottled samples that were pulled from stores showed “a toxic-waste-level concentration” of lead, WFSU reported. The federal limit […]
On Thursday, members of the New Jersey state Assmebly approved legislation to decriminalize the possession and distribution of up to two ounces of marijuana by adults.
Hemp-derived CBD companies increasingly face class-action claims by consumers and stockholders, driven by industry growth, product claims, regulatory uncertainties and preventable mistakes by the companies themselves. Companies can reduce their exposure by being more transparent and forthright when disclosing their financials, the potential of their products and other relevant information, legal experts say. A U.S. […]
