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Florida hemp industry fears for the worse as regulations loom
Hemp entrepreneurs from all parts of Florida have made the trek twice to Tallahassee this month to testify against a legislative proposal that they say poses an existential threat to their livelihoods...
Hemp industry fears THC proposal will stunt its growth
Some consider Louisiana a haven for legal cannabis in the Deep South, even though recreational marijuana remains off limits. Read full article…
Industry Leaders’ hemp vision for the 2023 Farm Bill falls far short
With the hemp industry in a deep trough, the U.S. Farm Bill now before Congress is an opportunity for a desperately needed reset. But if a recent Farm Bill position paper “Endorsed by Industry Leaders...
Farmers are still waiting for CBD product regulation 5 years after U.S. legalized hemp
Demarkius Medley, an urban farmer in Galesburg, Illinois, decided not to grow hemp last year, a crop that was at one point the most profitable part of his business. Read full article…
Hemp Can Be Crucial To Control Climate Change And It’s Destined To Be Wildly Profitable, Win-Win?
By Maureen Meehan A team of scientists from Hudson Carbon, a research center in upstate New York that studies carbon storage, say cannabis could be the missing player in humanity’s fight against clima...
Cows fed hemp act stoned and produce milk containing THC
By Nicoletta Lanese The dairy cows wobbled unsteadily on their hooves, their tongues lolled about and the membranes of their eyes reddened. What triggered these odd symptoms? A diet of industrial hemp...
Hemp production could be a sustainable economic future for indigenous communities, but barriers remain
By Cody Mello-Klein At 6 a.m. on Aug. 24, 2000, Alex White Plume was woken up by a call from his brother. All he said was, “They arrived.” White Plume knew exactly who his brother meant. Walking outsi...
Wisconsin’s first Native American owner of cannabis business launches national nonprofit to strengthen industry
By Frank Vaisvilas, Green Bay Press-Gazette The proprietor of Wisconsin’s first Native American independently owned CBD company is creating a national organization to help other Indigenous entre...
The ‘uncertain’ future of hemp in Tennessee
by: Chris O’Brien Back in 2019, there were nearly 3,000 licensed growers in Tennessee. “There was an oversupply, the market corrected, the price dropped,” Hatcher said. “A lot of people got...
What’s next for hemp? N.C. farmers look to the future
BY HEATHER FORDHAM ORANGE COUNTY, N.C. — Hemp farmers and retailers in North Carolina are looking to the future of the hemp industry after state lawmakers narrowly avoided a deadline in June that woul...
Louisiana Governor Signs Ten Cannabis Bills, Including Significant Medical Marijuana Expansions
By Kyle Jaeger The governor of Louisiana has approved a slew of marijuana reform bills, including one key measure that would expand the number of medical dispensaries that can operate in the state and...
‘Not fair’: As hemp deadline looms, hemp business owners fear going out of business
By Laura Leslie, WRAL capitol bureau chief Sean Parekh has worked in the hemp business since 2019 as the owner of Cannabliss Dispensary in Chapel Hill. Next week, Parekh could be out of business if th...