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“The report from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) found that, for each dollar, investment in improving and scaling up the production of meat and dairy alternatives resulted in three times more greenhouse gas reductions compared with investment in green cement technology, seven times more than green buildings and 11 times more than zero-emission cars. Project … Continue reading "Hemp Food: 3x Better at CO2 Than Hempcrete" ...

From EnviroTextiles about the hemp textiles OG, Barbara Filippone: “June is Hemp History Month, and we celebrate one of the greatest natural fiber experts in the world. Barbara Filippone was a famous fashion designer working with natural fibers in India back in the 1980’s. Her infamous multimillion dollar design on launch was the “Godey skirt” … Continue reading "Hemp Textiles OG: Barbara Filippone" ...

At 10 ppm max THC for hemp foods while the US is at 3,000 ppm, has Canada established an illegal non-tariff trade barrier in violation of USMCA (née NAFTA) and other international trade treaties? Especially since it appears Health Canada enforces it only on imports? And the same for the E.U. and its new 3.75/10 … Continue reading "10 ppm Max THC an Int’l Trade Violation?" ...

Ironic that there’s so little interest in improving the easiest segment in which most companies can pivot to hemp with, hemp’s first billion dollar segment, and 90% of Canadian hemp: seed as food. I guess we’ll just keep mimicking Canada “While the sheer scope of what we have yet to learn about industrial hemp might … Continue reading "USDA Hemp Grants" ...

June is Hemp History Month. Fiber Wars Chapter 6 The Twenties and the Rise of Chemurgy “The cause celebre of the Chemurgy Movement was ethanol fuels made from the fermentation of grain. In his analysis of the their initial interaction, David Wright described the reception of the chemurgists by the USDA as enthusiastic. But heavy … Continue reading "Fiber Wars: The Twenties and the Rise of Chemurgy" ...

June is Hemp History Month. Around 98% of the Cannabis that DEA has eradicated before 2014 was been hemp, “ditchweed,” over 5 Billion plants. That loss of germplasm has been costly: Kentucky and Colorado farmers had to import hemp seed to plant. And the CBD that desperate parents can’t get for their child? It’s in … Continue reading "DEA Destroys Billions in CBD" ...

June is Hemp History Month. You’ve heard of “Hemp Hearts,” but did you know it’s not a generic term but rather a brand name stolen from the original Hemp Hearts company, owned by Roger Snow in Alberta, Canada? Many of the same people appropriating his trademark first turned their sights to my Hemp Nut, calling … Continue reading "The Original “Hemp Hearts”" ...

Big news: Polish Court rules that hemp flowers are NOT a novel food, and have a history of consumption: “this plant () has a history of use and does not constitute a novel food () the undoubted evidence presented by the party in the context of the procedure in question showed a history of consumption … Continue reading "Court: “Hemp Flowers Not Novel Food”" ...

June is Hemp History Month. “Humphrey Ploughjogger” was a pseudonym or nom de plume of founding father John Adams, the second U.S. President. The Humphrey Ploughjogger letters are in an American tradition of humor that arises from illiterate phonetic spelling and rustic dialect, and that is meant to cover an undertone of serious purpose. From … Continue reading "“Humphrey Ploughjogger”" ...

FDA is broken, with unelected bureaucrats unconstitutionally making new law by enforcing the Exclusionary Rule the exact opposite of its intended use. Plus that whole lie about CBD not being marketed before GW’s application. There’s a reason CBD is but one of 20,000 unregistered NDIs, that’s how badly FDA is broken. But it does have … Continue reading "FDA’s Ace Up Sleeve" ...

As they are based in Brussels itself (the “Washington DC of the European Union”), and have a professional staff used to doing this for other industries, here are my suggestions for the European Industrial Hemp Association’s continued service to members: Lobby for the Common Agriculture Program (CAP) to include subsidies for hemp seed and flower … Continue reading "EIHA: Future Goals?" ...

If I were 30, 40 years younger I’d develop a microdose product using a non-Scheduled psychedelic myco and get it into national distribution with clever marketing. It is time. It’s not always about heroic doses when it comes to psychedelics. There might be bigger money in a say 50 mg psilocybin product taken a couple … Continue reading "Shrooms Aren’t Weed" ...

“📣 BioeconomyVentures, developer of bioeconomic ecosystems, launches its first #OpenCall and is looking for 65 European innovators in the food sector, involving start-ups, spin-offs or SMEs. Are you developing solutions in the food sector? The “Future of Food” program is for you! More info 👇 ☝️ Applications will be open until 26 July 2022.“ Read … Continue reading "Open Call for Euro Food Innovators" ...

California recently banned perishable hemp foods, despite a 28-year history of safety in that state. HempRella cheese alternative and Hempeh Burger were perishable foods introduced into international distribution in thousands of stores in 1994 by a Santa Rosa, California, company, Sharon’s Finest. It was even sold in the Travis AFB PX. Other products affected include … Continue reading "AB45: Californians Dreamin’ & Screamin’" ...

Since you only have one chance to pitch any particular investor, why not make the pitch as good as you can? I will review your project and make suggestions for improvement. Why me? This is why. Contact and tell me a little about your project (no secrets, just the public version) and if I think … Continue reading "Project Review Service" ...