Hemp Gets The Green Light In New Colorado Pot Measure
With recreational marijuana now legal in Colorado, small-scale pot shops will open up soon in places like Denver and Boulder. But that's not the only business that could get a boost: Large-scale...
View ArticleLegalize It? Kentucky Farmers Look To Hemp
Kentucky is trying to bring back hemp, the close relative of marijuana that is used in a seemingly endless number of products like textiles, car parts, lotions and paper. But like its cousin, it’s...
View ArticleWant To Grow Hemp? Colorado Officials Say To Wait
Aspiring hemp growers are stuck in a tricky gray area these days. While voters in some states, like Colorado, have given the go-ahead to growing and processing the plant, a blanket ban still exists at...
View ArticleColorado Hemp Flag Flying High Over U.S. Capitol
An American flag made from Colorado hemp is flying over the U.S. Capitol on Independence Day, thanks to a request from Democratic Congressman Jared Polis.
View ArticleCould Hemp Bring An 'Agricultural Revolution?'
The farm bill passed earlier in 2014 is big news for advocates of hemp. The legislation differentiates industrial hemp from its cousin, marijuana, and paves the way for research across the country on...
View ArticleNow Appearing: Hemp, For The First Time In Decades
A handful of farmers are set to plant the country’s first hemp crop in decades, despite federal regulations that tightly restrict the plant’s cultivation.
View ArticleCanada Jonesing For Piece Of American (Hemp) Pie
The U.S. market for foods and beauty products that contain hemp is growing, but American manufacturers that use hemp have their hands tied. The crop is still illegal to cultivate, according to federal...
View ArticleIndustrial Hemp Could Take Root, If Legal Seeds Weren't So Scarce
The most recent farm bill is allowing a handful of farmers across the country to put hemp, the nonpsychoactive cousin of marijuana, in the ground.The bill allows small-scale experimentation with the...
View ArticleU.S. House Passes Pro-Medical Marijuana Amendments
A majority of the U.S. House of Representatives passed three amendments to an appropriations bill that could change how the government deals with medical marijuana and industrial hemp in Colorado and...
View ArticleColorado's Class Of Hemp Farmers Could Blossom
Colorado’s class of aspiring industrial hemp growers could grow even further under new state rules that went into effect June 11, 2014. Hemp is grown for its seeds, fiber and oil and has nearly...
View ArticleForget Knee-High, Colorado’s Hemp Crop Is Waist-High By The Fourth Of July
An old saying among farmers is that you want your corn to be “knee-high by the Fourth of July.” That adage doesn’t necessarily apply to Colorado’s newest cash crop: industrial hemp. Unsurprisingly,...
View ArticleCould Hemp Bring An 'Agricultural Revolution?'
The farm bill passed earlier in 2014 is big news for advocates of hemp. The legislation differentiates industrial hemp from its cousin, marijuana, and paves the way for research across the country on...
View ArticleNow Appearing: Hemp, For The First Time In Decades
A handful of farmers are set to plant the country’s first hemp crop in decades, despite federal regulations that tightly restrict the plant’s cultivation.
View ArticleCanada Jonesing For Piece Of American (Hemp) Pie
The U.S. market for foods and beauty products that contain hemp is growing , but American manufacturers that use hemp have their hands tied. The crop is still illegal to cultivate, according to federal...
View ArticleIndustrial Hemp Could Take Root, If Legal Seeds Weren't So Scarce
The most recent farm bill is allowing a handful of farmers across the country to put hemp, the nonpsychoactive cousin of marijuana, in the ground. The bill allows small-scale experimentation with the...
View ArticleU.S. House Passes Pro-Medical Marijuana Amendments
A majority of the U.S. House of Representatives passed three amendments to an appropriations bill that could change how the government deals with medical marijuana and industrial hemp in Colorado and...
View ArticleColorado's Class Of Hemp Farmers Could Blossom
Colorado’s class of aspiring industrial hemp growers could grow even further under new state rules that went into effect June 11, 2014. Hemp is grown for its seeds, fiber and oil and has nearly...
View ArticleForget Knee-High, Colorado’s Hemp Crop Is Waist-High By The Fourth Of July
An old saying among farmers is that you want your corn to be “ knee-high by the Fourth of July .” That adage doesn’t necessarily apply to Colorado’s newest cash crop : industrial hemp. Unsurprisingly,...
View ArticleHemp's Legality Has Stunted Research, But That's Starting To Change
Humans have been growing hemp for centuries. Hemp-based foods have taken off recently. So have lotions and soaps that use hemp oil. Studies underway now are examining how different compounds in...
View ArticleHemp Seed On Its Way To Colorado, With A Federal Blessing
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...
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