“Marijuana is a name the government gave it years ago,” when the government labeled it dangerous, said Sherman, owner of Ithaca Organics in Freeville, who grows hemp. He just calls it cannabis.
From stalled legislation to falling stock prices, cannabis didn’t have the greatest year. But investors are finding something to be optimistic about heading into 2022: industrial hemp.
Pennsylvania Senator Judy Schwank announced last week she will soon be tabling legislation that would see hemp permitted in animal feed.
The Guyana government says it intends to hold discussions with marijuana growers as the country looks towards the establishment of the hemp industry as a “mainstream economic activity”.
Medicinal marijuana was legalized Wednesday in Costa Rica with the president’s signing of a law passed a day earlier by congress.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is asking the White House to approve a new survey to collect even more information about hemp production and the economics of the industry.
Low-tech meets high-tech – a device incorporating hemp is being trialed in Australia in the hope it will support urban wildlife with more suitable homes.
The first batch of vegan court wigs are being trialled after a barrister sold 10 hemp-based headpieces to colleagues who typically wear ones made of horsehair.
In the recent years, led by the push towards plant-based and sustainable industries, hemp-based products have shown exponential growth, potential and demand.
DONEGAL farmers have a golden opportunity to become major players in the production of medicinal cannabis.
Amid years of historic drought and a push for more sustainable resources to lower carbon emissions, industrial hemp legalization may have come along at just the right time for Idaho agriculture.
Hemp is currently grown on 179 acres in Santa Barbara County under a research program run by Allan Hancock College.
