Running a Flower Business Helped This Company Start Growing Hemp
Founding and then running a successful flower business may not be the most obvious segue into also operating a hemp company.
Founding and then running a successful flower business may not be the most obvious segue into also operating a hemp company.
HEMP could become a more common feature of the countryside, our diets and everyday life, thanks to a new £1.1m research partnership.
Longer days and warmer temperatures are signs that planting season is around the corner for hemp growers.
A new cooperative research and development agreement between Agricultural Research Service scientists and the Midwest Bioprocessing Center aims to develop a new market for hemp.
The “huge potential” of legal cannabis crops is being explored by East Anglian farmers – who are also calling for regulatory changes to unlock the versatile plant’s full commercial value.
Hemp industry members are cheering Idaho for becoming the last state in the U.S. to legalize industrial hemp, making the crop now legal to produce in every state in the union, more than two years after the 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp as a commodity crop.
Rarely a day goes by that Greg Nicholas says he isn’t asked about his “pot farm.” Some are joking, but more often than not, they believe Nicholas is growing marijuana on his hemp farm outside of Clear Lake.
For years people used hemp to create fiberboard, rope, paper and even fabric. The use of hemp raises the critical question of if hemp is better to use than other materials.
Cannabis farmers and cultivation operators may need to hire seasonal workers to help fill labor demands and stay on schedule during peak season.
Many people think of hemp as being a sustainable, environmentally friendly plant. It uses less water than cotton, helps preserve trees, and can even be used to create nontoxic and biodegradable plastics and other products.