State officials are asking lawmakers to allow marijuana dispensaries to grow hemp plants and produce and sell therapeutic hemp oil. The dispensaries want to sell the oil as a treatment for children who suffer from seizures and other neurological symptoms, according to Lindsay Wells, marijuana program administrator at the Department of Public Safety. Wells and […]
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Vermont Wants To Grow Hemp At MMJ Facilities
State officials are asking lawmakers to allow marijuana dispensaries to grow hemp plants and produce and sell therapeutic hemp oil. The dispensaries want to sell the oil as a treatment for children who suffer from seizures and other neurological symptoms, according to Lindsay Wells, marijuana program administrator at the Department of Public Safety. Wells and […]
How Hemp Buildings Can Change The World
If you’ve spent any time around marijuana consumers, you’ve no doubt run into the Hempster. He or she is that proponent of industrial hemp who preaches the gospel of Hemp Will Save the Planet, who reminds you at every opportunity that marijuana may be great for medicine and getting high, but the real value of […]
Colorado: Polis, Entrepreneurs Discuss Hemp
The passing of Amendment 64 in 2012, which legalized hemp and marijuana in Colorado, brought hemp growers and entrepreneurs out of the shadows — where they may have already been experimenting with growing hemp — and into the experimental phase of growing industrial hemp in the state. Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., who has been at […]
Philadelphia: Local Hemp Movement Is Budding
More than 8,000 people packed the Festival Pier late last month for the 4th Annual Hemp Heals Music Festival. The sold-out show featured musical performances by Sublime, Matisyahu and other heavy hitters, but the real crux of the event was to bring attention to the benefits and myriad uses of a plant called hemp. “The […]
Afends Presents: Skating in Australia’s Largest Hemp Field
Down under atAfends, they've jumped on the hemp bandwagon and are riding this proverbial train to more sustainable pastures. To celebrate their self-proclaimed sustainable legend status, they headed out to the largest hemp field in Australia, threw together a ha… Read article here: High Times
Industrial Hemp Focus Of University Field Day
The agronomic and economic potential of industrial hemp, as well as the legal issues surrounding its production, will be the focus of a Purdue Extension field day Aug. 25. Hemp, one of the world’s oldest cultivated crops, was once an important source of oilseed and fiber in the United States, where the hemp industry flourished […]
Hemp Vs. Marijuana: Researcher Finds Genetic Difference
A University of Minnesota plant biologist has identified a key gene that distinguishes hemp from marijuana. George Weiblen is one of only a few scientists in the country who has been granted a waiver on a federal law prohibiting hemp. He joined MPR News’ Tom Weber to discuss the significance of his discovery. What are […]
Legalizing Hemp ‘To Solve’ Australia’s Jobs Crisis
Legalizing cannabis farms to make clothes, building materials and beauty products could be part of the solution to South Australia’s looming post-Holden manufacturing crisis, a hemp industry expert and state politician say. The newly formed Industrial Hemp Association of SA and Greens MLC Tammy Franks say hemp farms would create new jobs and inject much-needed […]
Oregon Hemp Growers Celebrate Bill’s Rejection In State Legislature
A bill that opponents said favored outdoor marijuana growers over future hemp farmers failed to pass out of the Oregon Legislature in its final day, allowing farmers with plants already in the ground to continue growing what will soon be the state’s first legal hemp harvest. House Bill 2668 would have frozen the hemp industry […]