Hemp

President Joe Biden is nominating former U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert M. Califf, to lead the agency, once again. Califf, 70, a  cardiologist and clinical trial specialist, served as FDA commissioner for the last 11 months of President Barack Obama’...

Green Globe's Hempacco (OTCPK: GGII), Rick Ross and James Lindsay have partnered to develop and manufacture a line of hemp blunt smoking paper and Functional Hemp Cannabinoid cigarettes under a new company Hemp Hop Smokables, which will include a line of hemp smokables with various...

Tom Vilsack, US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary, announced that the agency would invest more than $146 million in sustainable agricultural research projects, of which $20 million will be earmarked for hemp projects. The investment, made under the National...

This article by Helga Green was originally published on AskGrowers, and appears here with permission. The craze created by hemp has led to the development of many new brands based around marijuana and CBD in the market. There has been a noticeable insurgence of various oils, snacks, and drinks that...

This article by Tia Moskalenko was originally published on AskGrowers and appears here with permission. The variety of Cannabis Sativa known as hemp is an industrial plant that has a long history and an endless string of applications all over the world. People grew hemp for...

This article was originally published on Industria Cannabis. More from this media outlet on Benzinga's El Planteo. Gaia Eyewear is a concrete experience in the industrialization of hemp in Argentina. From Bernal, Quilmes, the industrial designer Mariano Percivale developed this project that...

Hempfusion Wellness Inc. (OTCQX: CBDHF) Chief Marketing Officer Ola Lessard juggles several roles in the emerging hemp space. In addition to being CMO, and overseeing several large-scale endeavors for a company that recently went public, she was also re-elected as...

Health and wellness CBD company HempFusion Wellness Inc. (TSX: CBD.U) is expanding to Europe through a deal with an undisclosed consumer goods distributor in Ireland. Under the deal, which has been approved by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), select HempFusion CBD and Probulin...

The co-founders of a major hemp products producer want federal regulators to develop procedures and guidelines for commercial haulers of hemp and hemp-processing materials. In a white paper submitted to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) Motor Carrier Advisory Committee (...

By Anthony Noto and Javier Hasse. These days, investors are freezing up, and funding rounds are either getting delayed or canceled. So when Omura confirmed that former Canopy Growth (NYSE: CGC) CEO and founder, Bruce Linton, took part in the company's recent $5 million venture capital...

By Jim Hidgon, co-founder of Cornbread Hemp. In response to the Coronavirus pandemic, advisors to President Donald Trump are advising him to invoke the Defense Production Act of 1950. That’s a big deal for lots of reasons, but one not to overlook: the DPA clearly lists “hemp” as a...

In the United States, Native American tribes live under sovereignty to the federal government, leaving community regulations up to tribal leadership. The passage of the 2018 Farm Bill gave the United States' 573 tribal nations the same rights to regulate hemp as it did the 50 states. Since...

Hauling hemp can be risky for drivers even though it's now legal to grow it, process it and sell it — which is why some states are including provisions in their hemp plans to try and ease the pain, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) top legal official. Speaking at USDA's...

iHemp’s Blain Becktold makes predictions for industrial hemp production in Michigan in 2020 and tells farmers they should consider adding hemp to their fields. Image Sourced from Pixabay

A six-bill bipartisan package that includes treating vaping like a tobacco product and taxing it at 24% was introduced this week in the Michigan Senate. The flagship bill is SB 781, sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Jim Ananich (D-Flint), that would place vaping products under Michigan’s...