Europe’s main hemp lobby group says industrial cannabis could play a starring role in the European Union’s plan for a carbon-neutral economy by 2050. The European Industrial Hemp Association paper, outlines the ways that the crop can support the European Green Deal – the EU’s long-term plan to shift... Read more
Eleven hemp groups from around the world have published a position paper to reiterate their stance that cannabis grown for industrial purposes does not fall under the scope of the U.N. narcotics conventions. The paper argues that the cultivation of hemp for industrial purposes does not fall under the... Read more
Pakistan’s government has approved domestic hemp cultivation for the first time, the country’s minister for science and technology said on Tuesday. Fawad Chaudhry wrote on Twitter that Pakistan’s cabinet approved a “first license” allowing the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research... Read more
Hempro International, a producer and wholesaler of hemp-derived food, clothing, accessories and cosmetics in western Germany, has filed suit against the city of Düsseldorf for its ban on the sale of hemp-derived CBD food products. The city of Düsseldorf published an announcement in July in its official gazette prohibiting... Read more
South America’s largest economy took another step toward legalizaing cannabis cultivation on Tuesday when parents, clergy members, physicians, growers and regulators logged online to attend a public hearing on a draft law that would legalize the cultivation of cannabis in Brazil. The technical meeting was organized by the lower... Read more
Ecofibre Limited, an Australian manufacturer of hemp-derived CBD, food products, textiles and composites, has completed a $42 million purchase of a portfolio of manufacturing businesses in North Carolina to support the commercialization of its Hemp Black facemask and gaiter line. The acquisition of textile manufacturing platform TexInnovate, completed ahead... Read more
A UK retailer has launched a limited-edition hemp textile sneaker by U.S. athletic apparel giant Nike. Nike has partnered with the UK’s size? retail outlet to sell the Nike Air Zoom Type ‘Hemp’ shoe. The shoe launched on the retailer’s app and in stores on Friday, priced at £140... Read more
(Editor’s note: This is the first of a series of national snapshots on Europe’s complex hemp industry. To learn more about hemp production and opportunities elsewhere in Europe, download our free “Hemp Cultivation In Europe” report here.) Despite being overshadowed by the output of France’s hemp farmers and the... Read more
Mexico is heading down two paths toward legalization of both hemp and marijuana simultaneously. The first is legislatively driven and would legalize cannabis for all uses. The second legalized both plants for medical use in 2017, but the government has failed to meet deadlines to establish a regulatory structure.... Read more
A quartet of French industry groups has criticized the European Commission’s preliminary view that CBD should be regulated as a narcotic, warning that producers, manufacturers and consumers would all face “dramatic repercussions” if the stance is made official. Syndicat Professionnel du Chanvre, an association of cannabis producers, processors and... Read more
