Keeping Hemp Traditions Alive
While hemp textile production is of high interest as more countries legalize the plant, the process is complex and time-consuming.
While hemp textile production is of high interest as more countries legalize the plant, the process is complex and time-consuming.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded close to $5 million to a consortium for sustainable hemp fiber research.
Hemp is an amazing plant. It uses a fraction of the water needed to grow cotton, every part is useful and it absorbs more carbon dioxide per hectare than other crops and most trees.
Historically, cannabis—the name of the plant from which hemp is derived—was used to produce rope, cloth, lighting oil and medicine from around the year 1000 until the late 1800s.
Hemp, a plant that comes from the same species as cannabis, contains healthy fats and essential fatty acids and is also a great source of protein.
When most people hear the word hemp, their minds probably think about marijuana or cannabis.
CBD or cannabidiol, a natural plant compound, recently impacted the health and wellness market. CBD is growing in popularity among people who want a natural way to support their wellbeing.
The two small houses are going up on the back half of a lot just off a busy street, not far from downtown Fargo.
The two small houses are going up on the back half of a lot just off a busy street, not far from downtown Fargo.
The smell seemed unmistakable, the dried buds looked familiar and the Taliban checkpoint guards, who had never heard of CBD, a non-psychoactive cannabis compound, were disgusted by the pungent cargo of Amin Karim’s truck.
A hemp maze featuring a massive cannabis leaf has opened in the Põlva County village of Saverna in Southeastern Estonia.
A new law takes effect Friday that allows for the legal sale and consumption of edibles containing small amounts of hemp-derived THC.