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Canada’s Narrowing Hemp Industry Advantage

July 23rd, 2015 - Canada's North American market leadership in hemp production is at risk. While commercial hemp production in Canada began in 1998 and Canada currently grows approximately 100,000 acres annually, competition from the U.S. is quickly...

July 23, 2015  By Richard Sharp   Posted In  BioFuel  Cultivation  Industry News  Legal & Regulatory  News  Products 
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Colorado: Feds Allow Hemp Seed Imports

May 12, 2015 - Following months of wrangling, the Colorado Department of Agriculture has secured a permit from federal drug enforcement officials to import industrial hemp seed from foreign countries. The seeds are essential to kick-start Colorado’s...

May 12, 2015  By Richard Sharp   Posted In  Cultivation  Industrial Hemp  Industry News  Legal & Regulatory  News  Products 
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Kentucky Hemp Industry Brings Economic Renewal

May 8th, 2015 - Kentucky's hemp crop is growing and attracting new investors to the state, according to Agriculture Commissioner James Comer. At a news conference Tuesday in Lexington, Comer announced that 121 participants have been selected to grow...

May 8, 2015  By Richard Sharp   Posted In  Cultivation  Health Products  Industry News  News  Products 
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Certified Organic Cannabis – Do Consumers Care?

April 28, 2015 - While a growing number of consumers and growers appreciate the concept of organically-produced cannabis, right now the legal industry occupies a gray area when it comes to verification. Technically, the cannabis industry can’t lay claim...

April 29, 2015  By Richard Sharp   Posted In  Cultivation  Health Products  Medical Cannabis  Medical Cannabis Regulation  News  Nutrition 
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Is Hemp Biomass a Viable Bio-Coal?

April 15th, 2015 – A Georgia-based company is testing hemp as an alternative feedstock to timber-based wood chips for conversion into bio-coal. Vega Biofuels Inc. specializes in converting organic materials such as woodchips into bio-fuels for energy...

April 15, 2015  By Richard Sharp   Posted In  BioFuel  Cultivation  News 
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Hawaii Hemp Research Station to Study Industrial Hemp

April 14th, 2015 - Hawaii made hemp history last Friday, joining only a handful of other states in the nation to do research on hemp, set in Waimanalo. Lawmakers, farmers and University of Hawaii officials planted the first hemp seed at the UH Waimanalo...

April 14, 2015  By Richard Sharp   Posted In  Cultivation  Industrial Hemp  Products  Research & Development 
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Are Hemp Processing Bio-Refineries Key to a Thriving Hemp Industry?

April 9th, 2015 - Whether we are talking about plastics, clothing, medicine, cuisine or construction, the forms and uses of hemp are exponentially expanding. Hemp, once a previously outlawed plant in America is becoming a legitimate crop where serious...

April 9, 2015  By Richard Sharp   Posted In  Cultivation  Industry News  News  Products 
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Is Canada’s Medical Cannabis Market Becoming an Oligopoly?

March 23rd, 2015 - Growing scientific consensus on cannabis’ medicinal value has sparked the attention of leading players in Canada’s traditional pharmaceutical industry. As Canadians increase their consumption of medicinal cannabis, former pharmaceutical...

March 23, 2015  By Jaek Eastcott   Posted In  Cultivation  Industry News  Legal & Regulatory  News 
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The Kentucky Cloth Project – a New Hemp-Wool-Alpaca Textile

March 16th, 2015 - Now that Kentucky can grow hemp again, the next step is figuring out what to do with it. A new project, a cooperative effort among local producers, the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and a California non-profit called Fibershed,...

March 16, 2015  By Richard Sharp   Posted In  Cultivation  Industry News  News  Products 
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Canada: Organic Hemp Supply Can’t Meet Demand

February 27th, 2015 - The opportunities are big these days for the growers of organic hemp, says the executive director of Organic Alberta. “We are seeing very strong growth in the organic sector with 58 per cent of Canadians buying organic on a weekly...

February 27, 2015  By Richard Sharp   Posted In  Cultivation  Industry News  News  Products 
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