A South Carolina energy company is donating money to a group of college students working on building an eco-friendly 500-square-foot house made party of hempcrete. The donation from Duke Energy is part of grants worth a total of $240,000 to five state organizations focused on “engineering initiatives that will help grow the energy industry’s workforce […]
State agriculture officials in Michigan are seeing more interest in hemp production this year, despite more than half of growers failing to find a market for their 2019 crops and many reporting crop failures and heavy pest and weed pressure. Authorities tell Hemp Industry Daily that the state has licensed 13,225 outdoor acres and 11 million […]
Deployment of artificial intelligence-enabled technology in agricultural crops has been in the news, explaining how automated data dissection and automation can reduce labor, streamline production of food crops and help producers improve the efficiency of their operations. That same technology is now being applied to marijuana and hemp operations to optimize growers’ production and management […]
When I started NORML in late 1970 I realized that our movement would need the support of some courageous doctors and other health experts to overcome the widely-held perception that existed at that time that marijuana must remain a crime to protect the public health. I found that support in Dr. Lester Grinspoon, Dr. Norman Zinberg, and others.
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In the world of cannabis investing, the hemp sector is often considered to be a gateway because of its federally legal status. Yet, current market conditions that have tested businesses in the U.S. hemp industry, from regulatory uncertainty to the coronavirus pandemic, have created significant challenges for investors and potential financial backers. The clock is […]
When I started NORML in late 1970 I realized that our movement would need the support of some courageous doctors and other health experts to overcome the widely-held perception that existed at that time that marijuana must remain a crime to protect the public health. I found that support in Dr. Lester Grinspoon, Dr. Norman Zinberg, and others.
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 […]
