Oregon has withdrawn its proposed hemp plan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Oregon Department of Agriculture sent a letter to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue last week making the change. The shift comes in response to a federal budget vote giving states more time to operate as... Read more
Costa Rica’s government and the public are embracing the idea that industrial hemp can be a much-needed economic driver if legalized, but the question of allowing marijuana for medical use has been a harder sell. The last time Costa Rica lawmakers brought up a cannabis legalization measure for a... Read more
Texas hemp field (Photo courtesy of Texas Department of Agriculture) Texas hemp growers are wrapping up their first season with the new crop with a lot of optimism – but also a sense that the industry there won’t boom without some changes to the laws and some genetics improvements.... Read more
One of the nation’s largest chained retailers of health supplements, The Vitamin Shoppe, is the first national retailer to carry the full line of hemp-derived CBD wellness products from lifestyle guru Martha Stewart, according to Smith Falls, Ontario-based cannabis operator Canopy Growth Corp. Previously, the Martha Stewart brand, which... Read more
Florida’s agriculture chief predicts that hemp acreage in the Sunshine State will grow to about half the size of the state’s famed citrus acreage within three to five years. Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried said Tuesday that the state’s 22,078 acres of hemp this year will balloon to 300,000 by... Read more
This session and other MJBizCon 2020 content is available on demand. Bethany Gomez Consumers are increasingly using hemp-CBD to help them through the coronavirus pandemic – and that could be in part due to heavy discounting from CBD brands. According to Bethany Gomez, managing director for Brightfield Group, a... Read more
This session and other MJBizCon 2020 content is available on demand. New leadership at the U.S. Department of Agriculture under the Biden administration will result in the agency “taking another look at looming rules for a nationwide hemp regulatory network,” said Chris Walsh, CEO and president of Hemp Industry... Read more
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
Read more about this bill and cannabis legalization at Marijuana Business Daily. If Congress decriminalizes cannabis regardless of THC levels as it’s considering, hemp businesses say they can look forward to easier access to banking services and advertising. The U.S. House on Friday gave initial approval to the much-vaunted... 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
