Europe’s largest independent grower and processor of industrial hemp has teamed up with a Dutch bioplastics developer and a Dutch furniture manufacturer to make a recyclable, carbon-negative chair with a hemp fiber seat shell. Netherlands-based HempFlax was chosen by furniture producer VepaDrentea to contribute the raw material to its... Read more

A bill that would legalize medical cannabis and industrial hemp cultivation in Brazil could come up for its first debate in the Lower House plenary and be approved in that chamber before the end of the year, Deputy Paulo Teixeira told Hemp Industry Daily. According to Teixeira, who leads... Read more

European regulators have resumed their review of novel food authorization applications for CBD products after the commission abandoned its preliminary stance that cannabidiol should be treated as a narcotic. The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, says the change comes after a landmark court decision that... Read more