Powering the Italian hemp model
Italian processor SouthHemp is gradually filling up capacity at its new decortication plant in Crispiano-Taranto in southern Italy and in the process helping to incubate new hemp businesses. “There are …
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Dan Herer: ‘Dad would be proud, horrified’
INTERVIEW: Dan Herer is an industrial hemp developer who works with a team of scientists studying hemp and biomass sciences. He is also Director of the California-based Jack Herer Foundation, …
German harvester is major hemp advancement
Rafael Dulon has been involved in nearly all aspects of the hemp value chain since 1997, after Germany resumed legalization of hemp as an agricultural crop the year before. Now …
Hemp economy probed in Kentucky
The University of Louisville’s Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research has undertaken studies in hemp economics and markets in to understand the challenges of large-scale hemp farming. The Center is …
California opens doors to GMO cannabis
And meanwhile hamstrings hemp growers By Richard Rose • The recent Proposition 64 in California, aka Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), made genetically-engineered cannabis by universities a near certainty, while …
Minister’s no-show stirs Canadian producers
The Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance (CHTA) has again lashed out at Health Canada, the government’s health agency, for its continuing refusal to expedite hemp production permits despite requests for change …
EU rules change could give hemp subsidies
An impending change in EU regulations could open the door to alternative subsidies for hemp farmers following the discontinuation of other EU hemp fiber cash-back programs, sources have suggested to …
Our Polish Golden Hemp Autumn
Twenty-four leading hemp professionals from all over the world gathered in Poland Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21-22, 2016 for the Hemp2020 Investment Summit. Most rolled in on Thursday for the …
Oregon Pushes for ‘Legitimacy’
By Emily Ferguson | HempToday • The U.S. may be behind the curve in industrial hemp farming, but not for long, if Jerry Norton has anything to say about it. Norton, based …
A harvester for small hemp farmers
As small-scale hemp farming continues to expand around Europe, German entrepreneur Heinrich Wieker is looking to help ease the harvesting and processing stages through a self-propelled harvester that’s already in …
