Proper laws could double Italy’s smokable hemp revenues, study finds
Italy is losing out on a potential half-billion euro industry by failing to establish enlightened laws and regulations for smokable hemp, according to a recent…
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‘The real opportunity in hemp is not in cultivation, it is in innovation’
INTERVIEW: An avid student and practitioner of innovative approaches to soil and water quality management, Joel Bedard has been involved in agriculture, natural resources, engineering…
Five companies targeted in first FDA warnings over delta-8 THC products
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today warned five companies over what it calls the illegal sale of products containing delta-8 THC. Companies receiving…
Aiming to help set CBD framework, UK group focuses first on THC limits
[This is the fourth in a series of stories looking at the CBD certification process in the UK] Recommendations from the UK’s Advisory Council on…
‘Frankenstein Bill’ that would have hurt Virginia hemp stakeholders fails to pass
A controversial cannabis bill that would have outlawed hemp-derived CBD and delta-8 THC products has failed to pass the Virginia State Senate and won’t be…
Number of CBD products with preliminary approval in UK balloons to nearly 6,000
[This is the third in a series of stories looking at the CBD certification process in the UK] An additional 2,445 CBD products have been…
First CBG-rich hemp variety is approved for EU’s plant catalog
A new hemp variety from Italian-Dutch developer Enecta has been added to the EU catalog of common plant varieties, the first cultivar specifically bred for…
Complaints prompt UK food safety agency to extend deadline for CBD applications
The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has reopened the window for CBD companies to submit food safety applications as some stakeholders continue to question the…
Canada’s Alberta province pushes dual cropping for fiber and grain
The Canadian province of Alberta is moving fast to develop infrastructure to support dual-cropping of hemp grain and fiber through ambitious initiatives that look to…
Clear leaders emerge from crowd chasing UK’s highly prized CBD jackpot
[This is the second in a series of stories looking at the CBD certification process in the UK] Private CBD maker British Cannabis is so…
