With members’ assent, Euro association launches Novel Food consortium
European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) members overwhelmingly voted in favor of principles and a special contribution structure for a joint Novel Food application during the…
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Talking business: Startups, entrepreneurship and pitfalls to avoid
PODCAST (11:33 min.) The Richard Rose Report: Episode 4: June 16, 2020 – This week Richard talks with us about entrepreneurship, startups — and the pitfalls to…
Meeting the extraction needs of entrepreneurs, with small CBD batches
PODCAST (15 min.): Radek Stanek, CEO at Trumf International in the Czech Republic, talks about the extraction needs of small, entrepreneurial companies and the 25 year…
Smokable hemp & the fortunes of Canadian food seed players
PODCAST (15 min.) The Richard Rose Report: Episode 2: June 2, 2020 – Part I: Beginnings, and the status of smokable hemp, with updates on developments in…
Czech firm’s push to register synthetically made CBD advances
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has green-lighted the “suitability check” of an application from Czech-based phytocannabinoids maker CBDepot for synthetically manufactured Cannabidiol (CBD) as…
How EU ‘Novel Food’ rules can cause headaches on the family farm
To see how the big hand of the European Union can cause havoc for the little guy, look to the tiny Latvian village of Obelisk,…
German producer rebukes ‘stop sell’ order on hemp food oil
Veteran German player Hempro International GmbH & Co. KG is pushing back against local authorities in Braunschweig after a wholesale buyer of its HANF FARM…
Hemp processing in U.S. state of Kentucky sees flurry of investment
Investment in 16 hemp processing operations in the U.S. state of Kentucky represent a $94 million total investment expected to create more than 900 full-time…
EIHA asks members’ help in campaign backing CBD & extracts
The European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) today put out an urgent call for help from its members as the trade group seeks to bolster its…
Hemp extracts are firm in EU history, EIHA paper shows
The European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) has published a collection of historical evidence documenting the consumption hemp food and hemp food extracts in Europe to…