Hemp House in UK on Block for £1.5 million
A hemp-based “eco-house” by Greencore Construction of Oxfordshire, UK has gone on the block for about £1.5 million ($2.4 million U.S.) A traditional looking dwelling,…
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HempFlax plants 700 hectares of hemp in Romania
Holland’s HempFlax says it is planting more than 700 hectares of industrial hemp on newly acquired fields in Romania, bringing to 4,000 ha total fields…
Seed delivery marks milestone for TN hemp industry
Tennessee’s nascent hemp industry marks a major milestone today with the arrival of a first shipment of seeds for the state’s trial hemp-growing effort. The…
New conference to focus on bio-plastics in cars
With the amount of plastics in modern cars constantly increasing, a new conference, Bio!CAR, is to debut this September. According to the Hürth, Germany-based nova-Institut, the…
Unforgettable Characters at EIHA
Man, what a bunch of cool kooks showed up for the European Industrial Hemp Association’s 12th annual conference last week — in Wesseling, Germany, itself…
EIHA Conference May 2015
EIHA’s 12th annual conference gets rolling More than 200 hemp professionals from 38 countries are on hand for the opening of the 12th annual European…
LePage vetoes industrial hemp bill in Maine
Maine’s Republican Gov. Paul LePage has vetoed a nascent industrial hemp bill, LD4, for the state, saying simply that it would put Maine in violation…
Kansas cannabis bill would set up hemp trials
A broad bill addressing cannabis which has passed the State House of Representatives would set up trials for growing and processing industrial hemp. The hemp…
DOJ guidance should shield tribes who want to grow hemp
A 2013 Department of Justice memorandum designed to prioritize the goals of anti-marijuana legislation should shield Native American tribes who are looking at growing hemp…
Blowing an opportunity in New Mexico
Another legislative session, more missed opportunities by our elected officials who consider themselves to be leaders. There was one promising development, when the Democratic-controlled Senate…