U.S. Hemp Industries Association (HIA) Executive Director Eric Steenstra is out as head of the organization, the group’s board said in a release over the weekend. He’s been replaced by […]
Keahey replaces Steenstra at HIA Read More »
American Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Democrat from the U.S. State of Vermont, got the topic of CBD into the confirmation hearings for federal Attorney General designee Jeff Sessions (Republican Senator of
No clarity on CBD from U.S. hearings Read More »
As the guiding force behind two major global hemp companies, Paul Benhaim knows where he wants to go, and how to get there. In his landmark book “Good to Great,”
Management: Moving fast on 4 continents Read More »
One of the CBD sector’s biggest ongoing, systemic challenges: How to at least get some semblance of control over the messaging. After a recent original Leafly report appeared regarding a
Are U.S. associations actually following CBD developments? Read More »
It’s not the first time we’ve picked up (and later removed) some report from what have generally proven to be reliable sources, only to find out later that there were
DEA did NOT make CBD Schedule 1 Drug Read More »
INTERVIEW: Dan Herer is an industrial hemp developer who works with a team of scientists studying hemp and biomass sciences. He is also Director of the California-based Jack Herer Foundation,
Dan Herer: ‘Dad would be proud, horrified’ Read More »
The University of Louisville’s Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research has undertaken studies in hemp economics and markets in to understand the challenges of large-scale hemp farming. The Center is
Hemp economy probed in Kentucky Read More »
Missouri State Sen. Rob Schaaf has prefiled a Senate Bill (SB120) for the 2017 legislative session which would remove industrial hemp from the state’s list of controlled substances and set
Missouri bill would add another hemp state Read More »
More than half of all Americans have access to medical marijuana; and almost everyone else lives in a state that permits CBD. How will the anti-marijuana attitude of U.S. Attorney
Will hemp suffer under Sessions’ ax? Read More »
And meanwhile hamstrings hemp growers By Richard Rose • The recent Proposition 64 in California, aka Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA), made genetically-engineered cannabis by universities a near certainty, while
California opens doors to GMO cannabis Read More »
