U.S. Hemp: Time to move beyond the platitudes, focus on seed and fiber
By Richard Rose For U.S. hemp it’s time to get real, time for action, not platitudes. Only legal three years now, acreages harvested are falling, a…
Research
FDA approves trial for CBD-based drug to treat opioid addiction
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) said a CBD-based treatment for opioid use disorder can be used in clinical trials, Ananda Scientific Inc., the…
Two hemp compounds show promise in fighting covid-19 virus
Two compounds present in industrial hemp show the ability to prevent the virus that causes covid-19 from entering human cells, according to researchers in Oregon….
Hemp fiber valued for its sustainability
[Fourth in a series of recaps on industry developments in 2021] From textiles to plastics to makeup, applications for hemp fiber are quickly multiplying as…
Working her own farm helps keep Cornell hemp researcher grounded
INTERVIEW: Heather Grab is Senior Lecturer at Cornell University’s School of Integrative Plant Science where she teaches and mentors students in the Hemp Science Master’s…
Hemp probed to clean land in South Africa’s toxic gold mining areas
A South African researcher is looking into the potential of hemp farming to clean the soil in abandoned, highly-polluted former gold mining areas, and how…
Italian study flags pesticides, metals in smokable ‘Cannabis light’ flowers
Researchers in Italy have detected the presence of 154 pesticides and a number of heavy metals in samples of domestically grown hemp flowers, a worrying prospect for…
Research gaps are focus of study
Additional research needed to advance the hemp industry is the focus of a study currently being conducted through Holland’s Wageningen University. The study, in the…
Prices for key hemp derivatives enter another slide, Canxchange reports
After a period during which prices stabilized, discounting has resumed in the isolates subsector, according to the Q4 2021 Benchmark Report from commodities trading platform…
Project to look at hemp insulation
Tommy Gibbons, COO of Ketchum, Idaho-based Hempitecture, will use funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for research and development into hemp insulation for…
