Hemp Health Benefits are increasingly being recognized by health professionals. Hemp seeds are nutritional powerhouses, similar to flax and chia seeds. Dr. Ann Kulze, a physician, author and speaker from South Carolina, promotes hemp seeds as “nutritionally...
The topic of Hemp vs. Marijuana is being raised more often these days, as industrial hemp gains awareness. Although hemp stems from the same plant as marijuana, it contains a mere fraction of THC, the ingredient in marijuana that gives the “high.” Hemp has...
Hemp Foods Australia put Hemp in the News last week, when it received a grant from the government’s Accelerating Commercialisation program. The hemp manufacturer, which is the largest hemp food company in the southern hemisphere, was awarded $589,337. The money...
One of the many Uses of Hemp is for clothing, and it’s a much more sustainable crop than cotton. Although cotton harvests more profit than any other non-food crop in the world, it is not efficient when it comes to resource efficiency. Cotton plants needs...
CBDRx, a hemp oil company based in Boulder, Colorado, grew 50,000 lbs of hemp this year, exclusively for the production of Hemp as Medicine, in the form of CBD (cannabidiol) oil. Until now, hemp has mostly been grown in order to produce fabric and building materials,...
In Pueblo, Colorado, a former Boeing manufacturing plant puts Hemp in the News. The plant will be transformed into a hemp oil production site. The Pueblo Economic Development Corp. says that by 2018 there will be 163 employees at the facility. The city of Pueblo owns...
There is yet another benefit to add to the long list of Uses of Hemp – cleaning soil that has been polluted with radiation or other toxic matter. The scientific method of using plants to clean soil is called ‘phytoremediation.’ Although mustard...
In early 2014, the Farm Bill was passed in U.S. congress, allowing state agriculture departments and universities to grow hemp for research purposes. The Farm Bill ended the ban on hemp cultivation that existed since the Marijuana Tax Act came into being in 1937....
Hemp vs. Marijuana is an ongoing issue, which is jeopardizing the resurrection of the hemp industry and, therefore, the economic potential for farmers in the Southern U.S. For over a century, the main crop grown in the South was tobacco. It was the crop that farmers...
At Bristol Elementary School in Bristol, Vermont, a student who relies on Hemp as Medicine, in the form of CBD (cannabidiol) oil, must leave her school twice a day to take her daily dose. 10-year-old student, Aurora Husk, has had a rare seizure disorder since she was...
