Italian farmers could get €300 per hectare under new funding program
Italian hemp farmers can get up to €300 per hectare of hemp grown under a funding program recently set in motion. The Italian government earmarked…
Food & Drink
Model supply chain in Paraguay starts with small farmers, ends with exports
Hemp stakeholders in Paraguay are developing a supply chain based on production that starts with local indigenous communities and ends up in a growing volume…
As prices plunge, interest in CBD cools
[First in a series of recaps on industry developments in 2021] As the CBD sector continues to suffer from a lingering bust after the market…
Israeli stakeholders push for clarity that would open market for CBD
Hemp stakeholders in Israel are petitioning the government to clear up language in drug laws in order to legalize CBD for food, medicine, and general…
Policy toolkit outlines role for hemp in fighting malnutrition, climate change
Humanitarian aid policies and programs should rely on locally made hemp seed products in the fight against malnutrition, and cannabis farming should be promoted as…
India takes first steps to opening up market for hempseed-based foods
Food safety authorities in India have approved hemp seeds, hemp seed oil and seed-based flour as food and food ingredients, signaling a first crack in…
Investors back BOHECO with $2 million to boost production, marketing
India’s Bombay Hemp Company Pvt. Ltd (BOHECO) said this week it has raised $2 million it will use to expand production and marketing. BOHECO said…
Positioning hemp as a food ‘powerhouse’ is key to U.S. startup’s strategy
INTERVIEW: Food industry veteran Lisa Newmann is a founder and the CEO at Sazi Foods, a U.S. startup that is developing a line of hemp…
Italian study flags pesticides, metals in smokable ‘Cannabis light’ flowers
Researchers in Italy have detected the presence of 154 pesticides and a number of heavy metals in samples of domestically grown hemp flowers, a worrying prospect for…
New standard sets method for identifying seed that’s likely to spoil
International standards group ASTM has established a method and guidelines for fast on-site quality assessment of hempseed. The standards are geared toward those who store…
