Hemp legalization under the 2018 Farm Bill unleashed unexpected markets for the crop. One unexpected market: people are consuming hemp the way they often consume its higher THC cannabis cousin—by smoking it.
The state’s growers are sitting on a pile of surplus from the 2019 season, while they desperately wait for rules to guide the industry going forward.
The British hemp industry is expanding into a new frontier. We have a choice about the kind of world we want to live in: a world of endless, environmentally destructive consumption, or a world where consumption doesn’t overwhelm the ecosystem. The agricultural sector is one of the guiltiest parties contributing to climate change, emitting almost 25% of the world’s carbon. As the atmosphere traps more and more heat, the resulting changes in our ecosystems affect our ability to grow key life sustaining crops. The way we produce our raw materials does not need to pose a threat to our planet’s wellbeing.
Taking a closer look at both the marijuana and hemp plants and you will discover the huge difference between the two.
Dr. Bronner’s now sources its entire supply, approximately 30 metric tons annually, of USDA Organic hemp seed oil used in its soap and other body care products, from US farmers.
It is not too late to consider industrial hemp as an alternative crop this growing season, according to Roger Gussiaas, owner of Healthy Oilseeds.
Given the explosion of CBD popularity, you would be forgiven for thinking that UK Hemp farmers are now driving around in new Ferraris and holidaying in the Caribbean. However, the UK Hemp industry is still widely seen as being “not financially viable”. This is because farmers are only allowed to harvest the seeds and the fibre of the low-THC cannabis plant.
Given the explosion of CBD popularity, you would be forgiven for thinking that UK Hemp farmers are now driving around in new Ferraris and holidaying in the Caribbean. However, the UK Hemp industry is still widely seen as being “not financially viable”. This is because farmers are only allowed to harvest the seeds and the fibre of the low-THC cannabis plant.
Any hemp food product on the market has less than .03% THC. It would make me giggle when teenagers from the local high school would come into the store and buy a 1lb bag of hemp protein for $30. Despite my insistence that there was “NO THC” they would buy the bag and no doubt attempt and smoke what was… ground up hemp seed and hulls. We all have heard the story about some guy who thought it would be smart to throw a hemp shirt into the fi re at a party in an attempt to get everyone high…alas, miseducation has failed to provide many with the high that they sought. In order to prevent any future foiled attempts at getting high, I would like to set the record straight.
The lighting industry is now more advanced than ever before when it comes to science and knowing which of the latest tech does what can be quite confusing and misleading. Weed World Magazine sat down with Martin Anker from SANlight LED to break down the technical aspects of lighting, what plants actually need and his advice and tips when it coming to investing in a new horticultural lighting system.
Industrial hemp is an agricultural crop that received considerable attention from the press in recent years, most of it negative and almost all of it due to its close relationship with its near-relative that produces marijuana.
The Tulare County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved zoning ordinances and use permits to allow for hemp cultivation in the county.
