Funding will let New Zealand fiber venture ‘go farther, faster’
Hemp joint venture New Zealand Natural Fibres (NZNF) has received AUS$1.34 million (€845,000) in funding from the government’s Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) for a…
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‘Hemp surging as an environmental alternative to other fibers’
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…
European fiber, seed show promise; key derivatives seen bottoming out
Prices and volumes for key hemp derivatives should soon bottom out and begin to pick up over the next year, according to Canxchange, the London-based…
Working her own farm helps keep Cornell hemp researcher grounded
INTERVIEW: Heather Grab is Senior Lecturer at Cornell University’s School of Integrative Plant Science where she teaches and mentors students in the Hemp Science Master’s…
Pennsylvania opens 2022 licensing amid signals of shift to fiber
A total of 426 hemp growing permits were issued in Pennsylvania in 2021, down from 510 last year, agriculture officials reported as they recently opened…
‘The success of hemp for textiles will be linked to the flax industry’
INTERVIEW: Dirk Van Puyvelde is co-owner and technical and innovation manager at the Belgian companies Cretes (CREative TEchnical Solutions), a maker of straw and fiber…
Project to look at hemp insulation
Tommy Gibbons, COO of Ketchum, Idaho-based Hempitecture, will use funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for research and development into hemp insulation for…
Missouri grants back fiber processing
The Missouri Department of Agriculture will award grants of up to $200,000 for the expansion of processing capacity for industrial hemp fiber. The reimbursement grants,…
Plastics startup off to fast start after raising $1 million via crowdfunding
Startup Canadian Industrial Hemp Corporation (CIHC) said it has raised more than $1 million of a $5 million dollar goal on crowdfunding site wefunder.com. Lewes,…
Fiji government says it will pursue hemp-only cannabis strategy
Fiji intends to take a hemp-only approach to cannabis, Attorney General and Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has told the country’s parliament. The government said…
