Canada’s hemp acreage and export value are both up more than 20% this year, the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance reported after its annual gathering. “The Canadian hemp industry continues to grow in 2020 despite the challenges posed by COVID-19,” CHTA board chairman Keith Jones said in a statement after the group’s annual meeting, held online […]
Europe’s hemp industry hit a milestone last week when the European Union’s top court liberated CBD from the jurisdiction of an international drug treaty, declaring that hemp-derived cannabidiol is not a narcotic. Hemp groups in France and elsewhere in Europe gave the five judges a standing ovation for the Kanavape ruling, which declared that France’s […]
The North Carolina Industrial Hemp Association has expanded to seven states and rebranded as a regional group. The new Southeast Hemp Association includes some 650 hemp farmers and processors in seven states. The group added members from Georgia, Florida, Maryland, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Blake Butler, executive director of the former North Carolina group, […]
The Tennessee Department of Agriculture has issued a $50,000 grant to a CBD business through a program aimed at supporting agribusinesses that have a positive impact on the state. The award to Rossville-based Hemp2Lab comes from the Agriculture Enterprise Fund, which was created in 2017. Since then, the fund has doled out $4.3 million to […]
Brianna Kilcullen found the remedy to mildewy towels in hemp fiber. Turns out, the plant has a molecular structure that reduces the growth of bacteria and smell of mildew in a hemp-based towel, said Kilcullen, founder and CEO of Jacksonville, Florida-based Anact. Kilcullen got the idea to make towels with hemp fiber when she saw […]
Hemp is touted as a potential green solution for everything from building materials to plastics — and that’s precisely where they have value in the automotive sector. A car entirely made from hemp would save a lot of non-renewable materials from their inevitable fate in the junkyard. Many would like to see cars become more sustainable […]
The Nasdaq stock exchange has completed its delisting of California hemp company Youngevity International for failing to file required reports and because its stock has fallen below $1. Youngevity grows and sells commercial coffee in addition to hemp. It also has a third division focused on omnichannel marketing. The delisting notice went out in October. Youngevity […]
Federal food and drug regulators this week highlighted the challenges they’re facing in regulating CBD and other cannabis-derived products, emphasizing the knowledge gaps that still exist due to a continued lack of data regarding the science of CBD and other cannabinoids. Kaveeta Vasisht, director of the FDA’s Office of Women’s Health and associate commissioner for […]
Wyoming state lawmakers have rejected a bill to ban smokable hemp and products containing CBD. The proposal came at the request of law enforcement who say they have no way of distinguishing between marijuana and hemp when they’re on patrol, the Casper Star-Tribune reported. A state Senate committee defeated it earlier this week During testimony […]
Curious about the developing Latin America cannabis market? Then tune in to the Latin America Market Forum on Friday, Nov. 20, at MJBizCon’s Passholder Days. Topics include regional updates, the prospects for exporting from Latin America and revenue opportunities within Latin America. More information is available here. The Mexican Senate approved legislation to establish a hemp and […]
