Dan Herer: ‘Dad would be proud, horrified’
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…
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Hemp economy probed in Kentucky
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…
Missouri bill would add another hemp state
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…
Will hemp suffer under Sessions’ ax?
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…
California opens doors to GMO cannabis
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…
U.S. ‘Declaration’ not written on hemp
Officials at Monticello, the museum at the home of Thomas Jefferson, the main author of the American Declaration of Independence, say the document was penned…
Privateeer passes $100m in funding
Privateer Holdings, the Seattle-based private equity firm focused on cannabis industry investments, said it is the first company in the nascent industry to raise more…
EIHA hits at pharma firms in CBD skirmish
The European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) this week criticized “a few pharmaceutical companies” for leading a fight for legislation that would make CBD a prescription-only…
Interview: Edward Woodford, SeedCX
Edward Woodford is Co-founder & CEO at the Seed Commodities Exchange (Seed CX), a Chicago based industrial hemp trading platform — technically termed a Swap…
Changes at Top of U.S. Association
National Hemp Association (NHA)(USA) Executive Director Zev Paiss has resigned, NHA said. Paiss’ resignation, which took place last month, was announced by the NHA
