Lack of rules hinders development in Morocco’s Rif, but co-op keeps building
The Moroccan government last year passed a law that could give impoverished farmers in the country’s Central Rif a chance to give up illegal cannabis…
Regulatory
‘2022 will be the year we move forward, slowly and steadily’
INTERVIEW: Jamie Campbell Petty is Executive Director at the Midwest Hemp Council, which she co-founded with partners in 2018 to lobby for Indiana hemp legislation…
Stakeholders say amended law in Portugal wrongly targets flower producers
An amendment that puts tight restrictions on hemp production in Portugal goes against European Union law and puts the country’s nascent industry in peril, stakeholders…
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…
New York growers need new licenses under USDA approved state program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved New York’s industrial hemp program, putting control under the state’s Department of Agriculture and Markets. USDA approval…
A global push to raise hemp THC limit
[Third in a series of recaps on industry developments in 2021] After the European Parliament agreed to raise the European limit for THC in hemp…
Stakeholders square off over delta-8
[Second in a series of recaps on industry developments in 2021] In a still-unfolding story in the United States, delta-8 THC is a point of…
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…
Virginia’s state plan for hemp is approved by USDA
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved Virginia’s hemp plan, making the state’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) the regulator for hemp…
