The Navajo Nation Department of Justice is suing a tribal member over what authorities say is an illegal hemp farming operation in northwestern New Mexico. The complaint, filewd Thursday, names Dineh Benally, Native American Agriculture Co. and Navajo Gold Co. Benally and his businesses are accused of running an industrial hemp operation within the reservation’s […]
Colorado and Illinois are joining the ranks of nearly a dozen states where CBD and other hemp-derived products can be sold at marijuana dispensaries for the first time, opening a new sales outlet for the growing industry. In the absence of guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, states are taking their own approaches […]
Photo courtesy HempFlax This is the first of a two-part series on the prospects for hemp-derived construction materials in the post-Covid-19 era. Europe’s largest independent hemp grower and processor doubled down on the crop’s potential in the EU construction sector last month when it bought an insulation manufacturer in Germany and launched its own sustainable […]
Hemp farmers in Portugal may soon face a quartet of regulators to inspect and verify their crops, according to local media. Citing a draft amendment to Portugal’s medical cannabis legislation, the Lusa news agency reported on Tuesday that the cultivation of EU-certified industrial hemp could soon be regulated by four state agencies: The Agriculture and Fisheries […]
Juice and snack giant Ocean Spray is testing a line of sparkling CBD water in Colorado. The Middleborough, Massachusetts, company says the sparkling CBD water was developed by Ocean Spray’s new CarryOn brand, Food Business News reported. The flavors are called Elevate and Descend, one with 10 milligrams of CBD and the other with 20 milligrams […]
A Davis, California-based agricultural biotech company has entered a binding agreement to acquire a hemp breeding and seed company based in Oregon. Arcadia Biosciences Inc. will purchase the commercial and genetic assets of Industrial Seed Innovations, including its seed varieties, germplasm library and intellectual property. According to the deal, three ISI hemp seed varieties – […]
An investment firm is providing $2 million to a Georgia-based industrial hemp company to use for working capital and buying new equipment. The firm, Advantage Capital, said the money will also allow GAXtracts to hire 30 people as the company expands. GAXtracts CEO Don Barden said the investment will “provide much-needed jobs in the rural […]
A third-party consumer research study looking at CBD’s effects on humans, meant to help gather liver safety data that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration needs to move forward with regulation, is set to begin in July. The protocol for the study, sponsored and led by ValidCare, a Colorado-based firm that conducts clinical and market […]
A third-party consumer research study looking at CBD’s effects on humans, meant to help gather liver safety data that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration needs to move forward with regulation, is set to begin in July. The protocol for the study, sponsored and led by ValidCare, a Colorado-based firm that conducts clinical and market […]
Texas hemp farmers and businesses are fighting back against the state’s proposed ban on selling smokable hemp. Texas hemp groups challenge state’s proposed smokable hemp ban is a post from: Marijuana Business Daily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs
