A California hemp company puts Hemp in the News this week with their announcement to expand into Kentucky. Genius Extraction Technologies makes equipment that extracts the oil from hemp and cannabis plants. The company plans to invest $400,000 in the making of a new...
The controversy of Hemp vs. Marijuana is alive and well in the state of Nebraska. Farmers say the region has ideal conditions for hemp farming, but state officials see hemp as a gateway to marijuana and are making it a very challenging crop to pursue. Plant...
A Canadian company’s hemp-based products put Hemp in the News this week. Hempearth is developing hemp surfboards and planes. Hemp is a species of the Cannabis sativa plant, but unlike marijuana it is non-psychoactive and has many other uses. Hemp’s...
Hemp Politics is a hot topic among Australia’s legislators. Many political members can see that legalizing hemp can greatly benefit the agriculture industry in Australia, especially the North Coast region. To date, only 30 industrial hemp licences have been...
The main differences between Hemp vs. Marijuana is that unlike marijuana, hemp does not contain the psychoactive ingredient (THC), it has thousands of uses from fabric to building materials, and it’s environmentally friendly. Cape Town business owner, Tony...
A Florida businessman puts Hemp in the News this week with his recently-built sports car. It’s environmentally friendly and carbon neutral. The car, built with the frame of a Mazda convertible and three layers of woven hemp, weighs less than fibre glass cars....
The 2014 Farm Bill brought Hemp in the News and continues to do so as one by one, states start to get on board with hemp research. Florida, with its new medical marijuana law that gives universities permission to do hemp research, is opening its doors to the...
It’s high time a distinction is made between Hemp vs. Marijuana. Efforts are being made to change the laws surrounding marijuana – to have the classification changed and even to have it fully legalized. But what about hemp? Now is the perfect time to...
Washington Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden put Hemp in the News with the report of an amendment included in the Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations bill. The amendment will prevent interference from the federal government on industrial hemp cultivation...
Hemp Politics are prevalent in U.S.A.’s news. This week takes us to Montgomery, Alabama, where the House of Representatives is moving towards legalization of industrial hemp. On Tuesday, April 12th, the House passed legislation that will allow research into the...
