Leading alcohol associations and a major body representing global fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies are escalating pressure on Washington to rein in intoxicating hemp substances. In two recent letters to […]
Major brands, alcohol groups join push to close intoxicating hemp loophole in U.S. Read More »
After years of sporadic trials and a small growing area, a first coordinated effort to build a commercial industrial hemp value chain is being promoted in New Brunswick. The initiative
Aggressive targets set for New Brunswick as Canadian hemp initiative is launched Read More »
New Zealand-based fiber-materials company Rubisco is relocating its hemp decortication line as part of a broader strategy to advance a vertically integrated natural-fiber platform. The company, which is backed by
INTERVIEW: Miles Gathright is co-founder of Boardwurks Biocomposites, a Florida-based innovator developing carbon-smart construction panels made from hemp hurd and recycled composites. With more than two decades in the performance
Turning waste streams and sustainable fibers into high-performance building materials Read More »
Australia has crossed a threshold that every emerging agricultural sector must eventually reach: it now has a national, evidence-based guide for selecting industrial hemp planting seed. With the release of
An Australian hemp milestone: Trial results shed light on which varieties work where Read More »
A coalition of 39 state and territorial attorneys general has asked Congress to close the loophole in the 2018 Farm Bill that has enabled a national market for unregulated intoxicating
Bipartisan U.S. group calls for ‘Frankenstein’ intoxicating hemp market to be curbed Read More »
A record-breaking haul of more than 100,000 cannabis plants seized in 2024 on the island of Sardinia suggests that Italy’s intensified crackdown on illicit drugs is spilling over into the
As Italy’s crackdown on drugs hits Sardinia, hemp flowers again drawn into the fray Read More »
Michigan hemp producers may head into 2026 still bound by the state’s Industrial Hemp Growers Act, if lawmakers don’t take action on measures that would transfer oversight of hemp farming
Failure to drop state program leaves Michigan hemp farmers exposed to high costs Read More »
The tiny island nation of Vanuatu is moving to finally activate its long-stalled hemp and medical marijuana industries through a new bill now before Parliament that would allow banks to
Vanuatu looks to unlock hemp, MMJ, as island nation’s lawmakers mull banking reform Read More »
When the U.S. Navy turned to Tuscarora Mills of Bedford, Pennsylvania, to help outfit the crew of the historic USS Constitution with dungarees for a new set of uniforms, it
From sailcloth to service: Weaving hemp to link the Navy’s past and future Read More »
