A Southern California marijuana company is teaming with a rural water projects developer to start growing hemp in the Mojave Desert. Glass House Farms of Carpinteria, California, says it has created a joint venture with water developer Cadiz Inc. to grow 60 acres of hemp starting next month in Cadiz, in rural San Bernardino County. The […]
Every day NORML Chapters from around the country invest countless hours in advocating for meaningful marijuana law reforms on the local, state and federal level! Here is a brief rundown of some of their most recent media accomplishments.
Kristen Nichols is the editor of Hemp Industry Daily. (This is an abridged version of a column that appears in the July issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) Hemp is worth 10 times as much as soybeans. No, 20 times. No, 100 times. Sound too good to be true? Farmers I know and trust insist that gold-rush […]
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed into law a measure authorizing CBD sales and the commercial production of industrial hemp in the state. The law takes effect immediately and allows CBD to be sold outside dispensaries. Before, CBD was legal in Ohio but only in medical marijuana dispensaries. Highlights of the Ohio hemp law include: CBD […]
(Photo courtesy of Hempen) The case of Hempen, the United Kingdom’s not-for-profit farming cooperative, illustrates the extra hurdles British hemp farmers face in not being able to use the flower, the most valuable part of their crop. Based in Oxfordshire, Hempen had been growing hemp since 2015. And, until last year, the harvest was used […]
One of the largest cannabis companies in the world made a significant move into the U.S. hemp industry Monday by breaking ground on a new industrial park for hemp processing in New York. Canadian cannabis pioneer Canopy Growth Corp., based in Smith Falls, Ontario, unveiled plans for its new $150 million Hemp Industrial Park in […]
Cannabis investment company SOL Global Investments purchased additional common shares to raise its ownership in its CBD-focused wellness subsidiary HeavenlyRx to 44.53%. As part of a larger private offering, the Toronto-based international investment company announced Monday it spent an additional $18.1 million (23.9 million Canadian dollars) on HeavenlyRx. The announcement comes just weeks after Sol […]
After federal regulators warned cannabis giant Curaleaf last week against making unsubstantiated medical claims for its CBD products, the company has taken action. The Massachusetts cannabis company removed its blog and deleted social media posts and articles on its website saying its products can be used to treat medical conditions such as cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, chronic […]
Some in Michigan’s fledgling hemp industry are concerned that a state privacy law preventing agriculture officials from disclosing hemp farmers’ identities and locations could negatively affect their businesses. As a stipulation under the 2018 Farm Bill, applicants who seek to produce and process hemp must give their GPS coordinates. But the Michigan attorney general’s office […]
GW Pharmaceuticals announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended approval of the British company’s cannabis-based medicine Epidiolex. The CHMP is responsible for preparing the European Medicines Agency (EMA)’s opinions on questions related to the marketing of human medicines. The CHMP opinion was adopted July 25, and the final decision now rests […]
