American filmmaker and hemp advocate Diana Oliver passes away
American hemp advocate and filmmaker Diana Oliver passed away Monday, Feb. 3, 2020 after a battle with cancer, her niece Skye Gilmore Miller announced. Oliver…
Indian startup takes top award in Asian Hemp Summit competition
Uttrakhand-based startup Gohemp Agroventures, which is developing hempcrete solutions for housing in India, took the top honor in this year’s Entrepreneur Rewards competition at the…
Australian conference will look at hemp’s potential in wake of fires
Renowned Australian writer Bruce Pascoe and food expert Michael Robertson will talk about land management, future technologies, and the role hemp might play in those…
U.S. farm group urges 1% THC limit, longer harvest period
One of the largest farm organizations in the USA has called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to raise the allowable level of THC…
‘Industry will consolidate and the green rush will be over’
Cheryl Shuman, Founder, Beverly Hills Cannabis Club, USA, was named by U.S.-based Fortune magazine as one of the most powerful women in cannabis. She is…
EIHA opens new office in Brussels, adds comms officer
The European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) has opened a new office in Brussels, completing the establishment of a fully-staffed, full-time presence in the EU capital….
Thailand opens first full-time clinic, but cannabis-trained doctors lacking
Thailand has opened its first full-time clinic specializing in traditional and cannabis-based medicine as the government moves to develop a medical cannabis industry. The clinic…
With 40% of hemp testing ‘hot,’ Arizona losses pegged at $13.4 million
More than 40% of hemp from fields in the U.S. state of Arizona that were tested for THC content proved to be over the legal…
Author will address hemp’s potential for post civil war Liberia
Author Quanuquanei ‘Q.’ Karmue will talk about “Hemp’s Promise for Liberia and Sub-Saharan Africa” at this year’s 2nd Annual Asian Hemp Summit, Jan. 31-Feb. 1…
How hemp can lead a polar shift to heal Earth’s atmosphere
By Paul J. von Hartmann “For a long time I have been concerned with . . . how our main economic measures failed to take…