Hemp got U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s attention during a visit this week to Lincoln University, where he announced the federal government will offer $1 billion in grants […]
Ag secretary gives a nod to hemp in announcing $1 billion in climate grants Read More »
INTERVIEW: Jesse Henry is CEO at Michigan-based Heartland Industries, a biotech startup that engineers hemp materials as additives for polymers to produce stronger, lighter, cheaper, and more sustainable end products.
‘Without a large unicorn, there’s no success for an investor to replicate’ Read More »
The Moroccan government last year passed a law that could give impoverished farmers in the country’s Central Rif a chance to give up illegal cannabis growing to establish hemp value
Lack of rules hinders development in Morocco’s Rif, but co-op keeps building Read More »
[Last in a series of recaps on industry developments in 2021] The market for hemp building materials is still small, but momentum is growing. Hemp building not only offers the
Interest in building materials rising fast Read More »
Michigan-based Heartland Industries has received a $360,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in support of Hemp4Soil, a soil innovation program. The three-year grant, from the USDA’s Natural
Michigan company gets grant for hemp-based soil research Read More »
A new book by hemp building pioneer Steve Allin takes a comprehensive overview of projects that showcase the use of hemp-based materials in architectural examples around the world. Hemp Buildings:
New book looks at 50 hemp building projects around the globe Read More »
A Poland-based hemp innovation hub has sparked initiatives in hemp proteins, plant-based foods and biocomposites that can replace wood as it pursues a whole-plant strategy and continues to attract industrial
Polish group’s whole-plant strategy stresses innovation, sustainability Read More »
INTERVIEW: A 31-year veteran of the hemp industry, Lawrence Serbin is president of California-based Hemp Traders, which he founded in 1994. He started Cannagrove, a producer of engineered hemp “wood”
‘Hemp surging as an environmental alternative to other fibers’ Read More »
Two key German associations are calling on the incoming government coalition to urgently establish a program that will promote industrial hemp as a strategy to capture CO2 from the atmosphere
German groups call for ‘100-Day Program’ to back hemp sector development Read More »
A South African researcher is looking into the potential of hemp farming to clean the soil in abandoned, highly-polluted former gold mining areas, and how hemp farming could boost economic
Hemp probed to clean land in South Africa’s toxic gold mining areas Read More »
