U.S. CBD seller warned over claims of coronavirus treatment
A U.S. company has been warned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over statements regarding CBD’s effectiveness…
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U.S. farmers & processors ‘feeling pinch’ as growth of market slows
INTERVIEW: Rick Trojan is an American hemp entrepreneur and the founder of Hemp Road Trip, which promotes industrial hemp all over the world. He serves…
Hemp programs approved for U.S. states of Georgia, Iowa
Two traditional agriculture states in the USA have had their hemp programs approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The southeastern state of Georgia,…
Hemp: A ‘promise renewal’ for rural development in Europe
INTERVIEW: Francesco Mirizzi this month was appointed Senior Policy Advisor at the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) after having worked for two years in Copa-Cogeca,…
Fallout from GenCanna bankruptcy drags down MariMed
The bankruptcy of U.S.-based GenCanna Global also has dragged down penny-stock cannabis player MariMed, which had invested $30 million (€26.9 million) in the Winchester, Kentucky-based…
EIHA urges German authorities to lift ‘blanket’ assessment on CBD
The European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) is continuing to press German consumer safety authorities to reassess their stand on products containing cannabidiol (CBD). EIHA also…
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…
Job No. 1: ‘Educate and promote green alternatives based on hemp’
Hana Gabrielova, founder and CEO at Czech-based Hempoint, is one of Europe’s pioneering and most innovative hemp entrepreneurs and a widely recognized expert on agricultural…
Ghana cannabis law puts oversight of hemp under narcotics board
Ghana’s Parliament has passed a law that legalizes the use of cannabis for health and industrial purposes but gave the country’s Narcotics Control Board (NACOB)…
U.S. hemp trade association parts ways with its president
The U.S. Hemp Industries Association (HIA) says it will elect a new president after parting ways with Joy Beckerman, who had led the trade group…