U.S. clothing maker The Good Clothing Co. (GCC) said it signed a partnership with AKR Textiles of Tirupur, India to manufacture and develop the company’s U.S. clothing line. GCC is […]
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With cultivation expanding and an aggressive ramp-up in R&D, China shows a determination to reclaim its ancient hemp heritage, writes Michael Carus, managing director of the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA),
An aggressive buildup in Chinese hemp Read More »
(With biz notes on: GW Pharmaceuticals, American Green, Hempoint, Dr. Bronners.) The Indian government gave a first-ever license to grow and study medical marijuana to Mumbai-based Bombay Hemp Company (BOHECO). The
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While the Japanese government says tighter restrictions on hemp cultivation are intended to help the industry, Japan’s hemp players see the opposite in recent decrees coming out of the Health, Labor
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Canadian hemp fields could drastically expand to 150,000 acres this year, spurred primarily by a boom in exports to South Korea, according to the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance (CHTA). Shipments
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Two Nepalese organizations will turn to crowdfunding site indiegogo.com to expand a home-building project for victims of the country’s 2015 earthquake and for those in Nepal’s dalit “untouchables” community which
Homebuilding project turns to Indiegogo Read More »
A Thai state tobacco firm has received approval for a pilot commercial hemp-growing initiative in five provinces, its director said. Daonoi Sutthi-Niphaphan of the Thailand Tobacco Monopoly (TTM) said the
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Creations from the Czech Republic, Poland, South Africa, Nepal and France are among those that will go on the shelves of HempBoutique, a display of artisan hemp products from around
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It’s too bad, but with the recent closure of the Hachijuhachiya firm, a hemp product seller, it looks like hemp will be held up in Japan for some time amid
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By the end of this year, a Nepalese widow and her four children will be under roof in a sturdy, healthy hempcrete-built home as startup Shah Hemp Inno-Ventures (SHIV) last
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