The roots of Hemp History take us back to 5000 B.C. in China. In trying to find an alternative to animal-based clothing, the Chinese discovered that hemp could be used to create fabric. They also found that hemp could be used to make shoes, rope and paper. Hemp is now...
There is no known terminology in Hemp History to quantify the crop. There are wheat bushels and potato centuries, but what do we call hemp? The 2018 Farm Bill removed hemp from the controlled substances list. It is now an agricultural commodity in the U.S., but there...
Dakota college in Bottineau is attempting to make Hemp History by offering a new program in hemp production. The college is applying to the State Board of Higher Education for permission to teach a two year degree and a certificate program in hemp cultivation. If...
Kentucky’s Hemp History may be convoluted but the crop is making a strong comeback in the state. This, after decades of tobacco farming. On his family’s tobacco farm in Kentucky, Brian Furnish inspects the harvest that is hanging to dry inside the barn. The scent of...
In U.S. Hemp History, industrial hemp was illegal for several decades, due to its close resemblance to marijuana. What lawmakers didn’t take into consideration, is that hemp does not hold the psychotropic values found in its close cousin, marijuana. State government...
Wisconsin has a significant place in Hemp History, not only in the U.S., but on a global scale. During WWII, the state of Wisconsin was at the forefront of the world’s hemp industry. Farmers were encouraged to grow hemp, which was used to produce rope and sails...
Canada’s Hemp History is much more forgiving than most. Where some countries are still in the process of legalising industrial hemp, Canada is celebrating 20 years of hemp being legal to grow for commercial production. In Winnipeg this week, the Canadian Hemp Trade...
Wisconsin is making Hemp History as farmers harvest their first hemp crop in decades. It had been fifty years since Wisconsin farmers last cultivated hemp, but a law implemented by state legislators late last year, introduced permits for farmers to grow industrial...
Take a look at America’s Hemp History and you may be surprised to learn that several presidents were, in fact, hemp farmers. Industrial hemp has been misaligned with its controversial cousin for several decades. It was back in 1937 that U.S. Congress put a ban on...
U.S. Congress hopes to see Hemp History rewritten very soon, with the legalisation of industrial hemp. This law change will give way to a revival of a crop that once flourished across the country. That was before the war on drugs. Senate Majority Leader Mitch...
