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Sativa/Indica are ancient taxons for the sub-species of Cannabis, with little utility today. They are literally two hundred years old, and based on leaf shape and originally also on the latitude where Indica was believed to be found. “We wear Sativa, we smoke Indica,” meaning hemp tended to be mostly Sativa, and drug Cannabis Indica. … Continue reading "“Sativa” and...

Want to increase economic returns for hemp flowers, beyond cannabinoids? Considering extracting the terpenes first, as steam-distilled essential oil. In the late-1990s, essential oil was considered the highest return possible for hemp, with revenues at ~$10,000/acre. Yield was about 1 liter per acre. Check out the References in the study for ideas on using it … Continue reading "Increase...

Some are talking about Check-off programs for hemp. That one of the two groups has a long history of hurting hemp, killing one market after another, is not surprising when you realize a Check-off program is unconstitutional, hurts U.S. farmers, and encourages imported hemp products. It’s also unfair as some segments will underwrite marketing for … Continue reading "Hemp Check-off Program: A...

CBD is effective at reducing airway inflammation and fibrosis, common symptoms of the Covid-19 virus...

6-15% CBD foods legalized in Virginia...

“A new Chinese study conducted in hospitals in Wuhan found that elevated levels of C-reactive protein, a standard marker of inflammation that has been linked to poor diet, “correlated with disease severity and tended to be a good predictor of adverse outcomes.”” A longitudinal study found cannabis use in early adulthood lead to low CRP … Continue reading "Cannabinoids FTW Against COVID-19"...

UPDATE: it appears AB 228/2028 is dead in this session. Expect it to be revived next year. The research institution changes alone would have sunk most research. Adding the Harmonized Tariff Code language included hemp fiber to it, they were likely aiming for imported biomass. Like other marijuana states, they want CBD in dispensaries where … Continue reading "California Trying to Kill Hemp?...

While we’ve all believed descheduling of marijuana was the goal at the federal level, there has always been another path staring us right in the face the whole time: a “1307.03 Exemption” to the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). It accomplishes the same result, that of removal of marijuana from Schedule 1. The conflict between federal … Continue reading "1307.03 Exemption:...

From Ilesol, “New Guidance on CBD in the UK”: “According to the guidance from the Home Office, the products on the market that can be exempted from the ban of the controlled substances are those whose components don’t contain more than one milligram of a controlled substance. The threshold of one milligram made it possible … Continue reading "New Guidance on Cannabinoid Products in U.K."...

“Cannabis synthesizes a diversity of secondary metabolites. Selection and breeding has resulted in strains with enhanced cannabinoid potency and unique flavor profiles called chemotypes. Volatile organic compounds known as terpenes are responsible for the taste and smell of cannabis are becoming recognized as medicinal molecules in their own right. Our goal here is to create a botanical...

Damage resistance evaluation of E-glass and hybrid hemp-banana natural fiber composite helmet using drop weight impact test Abstract “Natural Resources are available plenty in nature. Just because, having less awareness about their importance and performance, we couldn’t be able to make use of it properly. Focusing on this concept many kinds of research and studies … Continue reading...

Comprehensive biocompatible hemp fibers improved by phosphate zwitterion with high U(VI) affinity in the marine conditions Abstract “The accelerated consumption of land-based uranium (VI) (U(VI)) ores is gradually transformed into seawater U(VI) recovery and extraction to meet the needs of energy strategy and environmental safety. However, the extreme low concentration, multiple co-existing...

Validating the techno-economic viability of hemp lime construction for passive and low energy moisture control in museum storage Abstract Museums require storage for cultural heritage collections that provide stable environments, ensuring that risks of deterioration from environmental conditions are reduced as far as possible. Incorrect levels of relative humidity (RH) can lead to physical...

What sounds at first like a Libertarian Paradise (lack of government regs) is being blamed for yet another CBD company going under. Had they stuck to their original plan, hempseed foods, it likely would not have failed. “The lawyer who helped make hemp legal in North Carolina recently told YES! Weekly that government refusal to regulate CBD … Continue reading "CBD Manufacturer Says...

Victory Hemp Foods has asked everyone to comment on the United States Pharmacopeia Convention’s Monographs for Hemp Seed-Based Ingredients. From Victory: “Call to Action: Submit Your Comments on the FCC Monographs for Hemp Seed-Based Ingredients You can support moving the hemp grain industry forward by submitting your comments by September 30, 2021. The Food Chemicals … Continue...

Say what you will about the Stanley Brothers and Charlotte’s Web, but they were the only ones to see the problem of FDA and CBD while everyone else was distracted by DEA, which actually had no jurisdiction on hemp due to a 2004 court ruling. As early as 2014 I was reminding people that DEA … Continue reading "FDA is the New DEA"...

While FDA sits on its hands regarding CBD, states are not. At least three have legislatively taken the bull by the horns and expressly legalized the production and sale of CBD. It’s the Tenth Amendment (10A) solution to this crisis FDA created. Existing law such as the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) requires a … Continue reading "The 10A Solution to FDA’s CBD Mess"...

Canada’s 10 ppm should not be EIHA’s goal, rather USA’s 3,000 should be. If the drug-test-crazy, THC-phobic USA can function without problem despite THC levels in foods 300 times higher, then that should be the limit. Read more at:https://businesscann.com/europes-proposed-new-safe-levels-of-thc-in-hemp-cbd-products-are-unacceptable-and-unnecessarily-low/...

“The project was called TASTINO, the name was put together from parts of the detailed project title: “SchniTzel, hemp tofu, PASTa & Co from the real hemp laboratory – protein-based foods from regional hemp cultivation”. Project partners are the Institute for Crop Science at the University of Hohenheim, which is responsible for the accompanying research, … Continue...

Plant it in March at 34° north latitude, harvest it 6 months later and you too can grow a 24-foot hemp plant. Six months is about double the amount of time for most, and it makes a lower quality of fiber but a higher yield. Want it even taller for own PR stunt? Grow it … Continue reading "Want 24-foot Hemp? Easy"...

Evaluating the Acceptance of Hemp Food in Australian Adults Using the Theory of Planned Behavior and Structural Equation Modelling Foods 2021, 10(9), 2071; read more at: https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10092071 “AbstractThis research presents a mixed methods (qual-QUANT) approach to the evaluation of the intention to consume hemp foods in an Australian sample soon after its legalization, using...

As much as 90% of scientific studies could have some degree of fraud. Click here to read more: https://reason.com/2021/07/09/how-much-scientific-research-is-actually-fraudulent/...

Join Mandi Kerr with Richard Rose, founder of The Richard Rose Report, on this episode of Moving HEMP Forward as they talk about celebrating the history of Hemp. Since 1980, Richard Rose has been innovating award-winning natural foods, over 150. After being in the Inc 500 for a first-mover soy foods success, he turned his … Continue reading "“Moving HEMP Forward,” with Richard Rose"...

In Australia they found the same as in Canada, Washington, and Colorado: if you want fewer teens to smoke marijuana, then legalize! Age-related trends in cannabis use in Australia. Findings from a series of large nationally representative surveys Highlights• There is a diverging trend of cannabis use between the younger and older age groups.• Prevalence … Continue reading "Fewer Teens Smoke...

Per the 1961 Single Convention Treaty on Narcotic Drugs, the document unelected bureaucrats have used to compromise every country’s legal sovereignty to other unelected bureaucrats at the United Nations, all parts of the industrial hemp plant are LEGAL. Hat tip to Kenzi Riboulet-Zemouli, Farid Ghehioueche, and the FAAAT crew, representin’...

No state has done more to stop hemp while also appearing to support it, than California. I’ve written about it here, here, and here. The California Industrial Hemp Farming Act that rogue hemp trade association HIA got passed in 2013 was so bad, a poorly-written, desperate attempt to appear to be doing something anything on … Continue reading "2013 California Hemp Act Fails (Again)"...

The very large Lidl supermarket chain in Europe was promoting hemp foods last week in Germany. No Cannabinoids, but tons of wink-wink nudge-nudge marijuana terms on the labels. Despite no cannabinoids, not even CBD, they were harassed anyway by the police...