Industrial hemp is now legal in the state of North Carolina. On Saturday, Senate Bill 313 became law and it calls for a pilot program for the growing of hemp throughout the state. Though he didn’t sign the bill, Governor McCrory said he wants to ensure that farmers and researchers participating in the program are […]
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PA Lawmaker Sees Industrial Uses For Hemp
State Rep. Marty Flynn has read a lot about hemp, the name for cannabis plant varieties grown for industrial uses, such as fiber. During his research, he kept thinking about the legal status of the plant. “To me it seemed like there was no reason for it to be illegal,” he said. Flynn, D-Scranton, became […]
Industrial Hemp Brings Political Parties Together
What do Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul, and Woody Harrelson have in common? They all are supporters of legalizing industrial hemp. Harrelson has been an advocate for many years, having been arrested in 1996 in Kentucky, the home state of the other two, for planting four hemp seeds–a protest against laws that failed to distinguish between […]
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 […]
Pennsylvania: Support For Industrial Hemp Grows
After more than a 40 year absence, the growth of industrial hemp may be coming back to Pennsylvania as lawmakers and farmers push the General Assembly to allow for cultivation of the agricultural product. Bills have been introduced in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Senate to set up a pilot program to research for […]
Lawmakers Move To Legalize U.S. Industrial Hemp Industry
Congressional leaders are moving full steam ahead to finally make hemp a legitimate agricultural crop in the United States. Lawmakers introduced the bipartisan Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015 on January 8th in the Senate (S. 134) and its counterpart (HR 525) on January 22nd in the House of Representatives. If passed, it would remove […]
Kentucky’s First Industrial Hemp Crop In Decades Shows Promise For Future
By all indications, the state’s first industrial hemp crop in decades appears to have been successful. That’s despite the fact that, this past spring, it looked as though a crop might not be planted at all. The Farm Bill allowed for research plots in states where hemp legislation had been previously passed, but the federal […]
First Retail Cannabis, Now Industrial Hemp In Colorado Spotlight
Industrial hemp producers can now begin to register with the Colorado Department of Agriculture’s industrial hemp program, but the state is warning hemp businesses to be aware of uncertainties that still exist because of federal law. “While the State passed legislation legalizing the cultivation of industrial hemp, there are still many unanswered questions on the […]
President Obama Signs Farm Bill with Amendment to Allow Industrial Hemp Research
State Hemp Research Pilot Programs to become First Step in Restoring American Hemp Agriculture and Manufacturing Industries WASHINGTON, DC — Vote Hemp, the nation’s leading grassroots hemp advocacy organization working to revitalize industrial hemp production in the U.S., is excited to report that President Obama has signed the Farm Bill which contains an amendment to legalize […]
Oregon Group Works on Rules for Industrial Hemp
Oregon farmers could put in a crop of industrial hemp next spring if a panel of experts can satisfy federal officials with a set of tightly drawn rules. The committee of agricultural experts and state policy officials has been selected by the Oregon Department of Agriculture and will come together in December, the Oregonian reported […]