By Jackie Borchardt
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- CBD oil derived from hemp can be found online and in many Ohio grocery and health stores, but state officials are saying the cannabis compound is illegal in Ohio. Guidance from the Ohio State Board of...
By Lynn Brezosky
Take a trip down the aisle of the nearest Whole Foods Market and it won’t take long to fill a shopping basket with products trumpeting the health and beauty benefits of a commodity Texas farmers are forbidden to grow:...
By Peter Johnson
Former Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado's large Central Coast ranch just happens to straddle the San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara county line. That's a seemingly mundane fact—except when you're talking about cannabis. Over the last three weeks, two developments...
By Brittany Jacob
ILLINOIS (KFVS) - Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed a bill on Saturday legalizing the growth of industrial hemp by Illinois farmers. One southern Illinois farmer says it comes at a time when the agricultural economy could use a boost....
By Michael E. Ruane
Dean Norton, director of horticulture at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, pulls out his cellphone and cranks up some Jimi Hendrix music as he walks toward the cannabis patch on the founding father’s estate. The “weed” is tall, planted in tight...
By Caroline Foreback
COOL RIDGE, WV (WVNS) - The hemp industry is growing like a weed, but could West Virginia be the new frontier? According to hemp farmer, David Munsee, hemp could be the future of agriculture in the state. "It's time...
By Michael Joe Murphy
Hemp is making headlines, and interest in it is growing. National hemp legalization has brought together Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell and his Democratic counterpart, Chuck Schumer, to advance a bill. Florida is among 30 states authorized to conduct...
A northern Wisconsin tribe has reached a settlement with the state’s attorney general over its plans to grow hemp. Wisconsin Public Radio reports that the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin filed the federal lawsuit in February against state...
(KMSP) – As the 2018 Farm Bill makes its way through Congress, some Minnesota farmers are eyeing a measure that would legalize industrial hemp. Often called “marijuana’s kissing cousin,” the plant won’t get you high. Right now, however,...
By Renee Cooper
North Dakota has had a law on the books to support producing industrial hemp since 1997, but it wasn’t until the 2014 Farm Bill, that states were allowed to begin growing. Renée Cooper spoke with one of the first...