Alaskan Senator Johnny Ellis finds it puzzling that growing marijuana will soon be legalized in the state of Alaska, but hemp cultivation remains illegal. Sen. Ellis introduced a bill that would change this by allowing industrial hemp to be grown. He believes hemp...
In Hemp Politics this week, the Tasmanian government has placed hemp regulations at the top of the list of importance, with a goal to make hemp cultivation easier. New legislation that will support the growing of industrial hemp is underway, and will remove hemp from...
New Zealand and Australia bring Hemp in the News as they are the only countries where eating and selling hemp seed based foods is illegal. This is due to a misconception that eating hemp will interfere with drug testing devices. Agriculture sectors would like to see...
On P.E.I. this week, an industrial hemp informational gathering brought Hemp in the News, and may have sparked interest in farmers. Hemp industry experts traveled from across Canada to provide information about the industry to local farmers. Present at the gathering...
A Professional skateboarding team bring Hemp in the News this week, by building a skate ramp in the centre of Australia’s largest hemp crop. ‘Afends,’ an Australian fashion company, created a promotional video of the skateboarders in the field of hemp, to...
Although hemp and marijuana look the same, they have completely different uses. Unlike marijuana, hemp can’t get you high. It contains less than one percent of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. Hemp can be used to make many products, such as food,...
The University of Honolulu brings Hemp in the News. UH is already harvesting their first hemp crop, a mere ten weeks after planting. Not only do the plants have a fast turnaround from planting to harvest, they resist drought and weeds, and they don’t require...
A gathering in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, brought Hemp in the News. Farmers from across the state attended an industrial hemp information session to learn about hemp cultivation, production, and legalization. The conference room was at maximum capacity, showing great...
In Hemp Politics, Alex White Plume, member of the Oglala tribe in South Dakota, assumed his long wait to grow industrial hemp was finally over when the federal government and lawmakers created laws to allow the cultivation of hemp for research purposes. However,...
In 2014 Colorado embraced the legalization of hemp more than any other state, and this year Colorado continues to bring Hemp in the News. Last year it was small-scale hemp cultivation projects that attracted international attention, but this year it is more about the...
