CALIFORNIA GOV. BROWN SIGNS SB 1409 INTO LAW PAVING THE WAY FOR HEMP FARMING We are celebrating the passage of SB 1409 in California, which fully legalizes hemp farming in the state. A major victory for the hemp industry,...
By Kyle Jaeger
Last week’s decision by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to place a marijuana-derived drug in the least restrictive category under federal law was largely based on a recommendation from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). But according to...
By Tom Mooney
Beginning Oct. 9, Rhode Island farmers can apply for a state license to grow hemp — a non-psychoactive cousin of marijuana — as part of a federal research pilot program. Growers see profit potential in the plant's CBD component,...
BREAKING: FARM BILL NEGOTIATIONS STALLED, AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE LEADERS HOPE TO REACH AGREEMENT AFTER MIDTERM ELECTIONS The House and Senate Farm Bill conference committee leaders have been negotiating for a month but have yet to reach agreement on the final...
By Brooke Edwards Staggs
Kim Sisson and her brother were walking along the Venice Beach Boardwalk, helping their 78-year-old father get some sun, when they spotted a store called Topikal Everything Hemp. Their dad lives in an assisted living facility in Porter Ranch,...
By Haley BeMiller
WITTENBERG - Hemp farmers know it's almost time to harvest when mourning doves show up to eat the seeds. That's one of many lessons Mike Omernik and Deb Tanis have learned this year growing the first hemp crop on their Wittenberg farm....
By Allison Clark
Zack Brym wanted to gather a few farmers together to talk about growing industrial hemp in Florida. He thought he’d sit down with a dozen or so people. Nearly 300 signed up. In three workshops across the state, prospective...
By Daniel J. Munoz
New Jersey lawmakers want to create a pilot program that would explore building out the hemp industry in the state. The Senate Economic Growth Committee on Monday will consider whether to advance a measure that would establish such a...
By Laura Hancock
CLEVELAND, Ohio - A new company plans to open a manufacturing facility next June that would make hemp products - building materials, carpet and insulation, disposable straws and utensils, clothing and even CBD oil. North Coast Natural Solutions will...
The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) approved an action item urging development of uniform standards for hemp testing and sampling at its annual meeting. NASDA members are calling for a working group of states to identify...