Swedish hemp stakeholders are pushing back hard against proposed regulatory updates that would restrict legal hemp components to only plant stems and seeds, and suggest that valuable plant tops be
Proposed rules in Sweden draw sharp criticism from hemp association Read More »
A cannabis group in Oregon said it supports a limit on hemp licensing included in a bill introduced in the state legislature last week. The bill, HB 4016, would re-establish
Oregon trade group backs bill that would limit hemp, marijuana licenses Read More »
INTERVIEW by Zdeněk Strnad. Robert Veverka is a Czech cannabis activist and journalist, and the publisher of Legalizace magazine, which has been published since 2010. He sits on the Prague
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Hemp got U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s attention during a visit this week to Lincoln University, where he announced the federal government will offer $1 billion in grants
Ag secretary gives a nod to hemp in announcing $1 billion in climate grants Read More »
Malaysian cannabis stakeholders have welcomed policy clarifications that appear to open the market for medical marijuana, but say the government should do more to advance the development of the hemp
Stakeholders in Malaysia decry slow development of hemp program Read More »
A new bill introduced in the U.S. Congress would raise the limit for THC in hemp from 0.3% to 1.0% and adjust other provisions in current law to ease the
Another bill to raise U.S. THC limit to 1.0% introduced in Congress Read More »
INTERVIEW: Jesse Henry is CEO at Michigan-based Heartland Industries, a biotech startup that engineers hemp materials as additives for polymers to produce stronger, lighter, cheaper, and more sustainable end products.
‘Without a large unicorn, there’s no success for an investor to replicate’ Read More »
A current supply crunch on hemp hurd in Europe, while a temporary inconvenience, signals a major shift forward for the hemp building sector and can advance the development of much-needed
‘Explosive’ demand for hurd in Europe is bright signal for hemp building Read More »
A Botswana company has been granted exclusive rights to produce hemp and marijuana in the southern African nation. Gaborone-based Fresh Standard Limited received the concessions after the company had a
Botswana company gets exclusive license for hemp, marijuana Read More »
Hemp processors in Virginia could sell recreational marijuana and get a one-year jump on the market if they pay the state a one-time fee of $1 million under a bill
Proposed Virginia bill would let hemp processors get into marijuana business Read More »
