Complaints prompt UK food safety agency to extend deadline for CBD applications
The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has reopened the window for CBD companies to submit food safety applications as some stakeholders continue to question the…
Canada’s Alberta province pushes dual cropping for fiber and grain
The Canadian province of Alberta is moving fast to develop infrastructure to support dual-cropping of hemp grain and fiber through ambitious initiatives that look to…
Clear leaders emerge from crowd chasing UK’s highly prized CBD jackpot
[This is the second in a series of stories looking at the CBD certification process in the UK] Private CBD maker British Cannabis is so…
DEA and hemp group’s lawyers spar over THC and Farm Bill’s intent
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) hit back at the Hemp Industries Association (HIA) Tuesday, restating its position that cannabis extracts that go beyond the…
Sardinia officials say new law will unlock potential of hemp sectors
A local law that achieved unanimous passage in Sardinia can play a strategic role in land reclamation through phytoremediation of polluted sites, and spark hemp-based construction,…
CBD makers push back against UK novel food review that critics say is flawed
[This is the first in a series of stories looking at the CBD certification process in the UK] (This story was updated April 27 to…
Hempcrete home in Serbia was ‘grow-your-own’ and ‘do-it-yourself’
“It has long been my dream to make a natural home and create a self-sufficient household, and now I’ve done it,” says Serbian hemp grower and do-it-yourself…
Michigan developer cancels farming plans as investors balk over strategy
Michigan-based Heartland Corporate Holdings LLC (“Heartland Industries”) has canceled plans to grow 5,500 acres of fiber hemp this year after potential investors backed out, citing…
Polish high court rules against health officials, clearing hemp flowers as food
Poland’s highest administrative court has ruled against the country’s main public health agency and affirmed the legality of unprocessed products made from the hemp plant’s…
Colombia sets trade regulations for medical MJ, CBD and other cannabinoids
[Clarification: This is an updated version of a story posted April 5 that corrects and clarifies the specifics of the resolution passed last weekend. –…
