A company in Fargo, North Dakota, brings Hemp in the News with their prospect of building a greenhouse and growing industrial hemp. Hemp is an ancient crop. In China hemp was used to make clothing as far back as the 28th Century B.C. Local artists in Fargo are hoping...
Many lawmakers in the U.S. are looking to legalize marijuana, but what about industrial hemp? Although hemp is slowly being recognized across the states as a viable and beneficial plant, it remains illegal in most states. When we compare Hemp vs. Marijuana the major...
An Australian workers co-op puts Hemp in the News. Earthworker Co-operative wants to start a hemp clothing business for construction workers and emergency services. Earthworker supports sustainable, clean energy job solutions in local communities. The goal of the hemp...
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...
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...
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...
Pueblo, Colorado brings Hemp in the News this week. It’s hemp industry had a slow start in 2015, due to state and federal laws that held back access to plants and seeds. However, the results of what growers managed to plant are positive, and the Pueblo Economic...
In 2014 there were 33 acres of hemp grown in the state of Kentucky. This year that number has grown to more than 922 acres. The annual Hemp Industries Association Conference, held in Lexington on Monday, brought Hemp in the News. At the conference, the U.S....
