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Pretending we’re going to escape the 84-year lie of Prohibition with no federal tax to pay off the bastards is juvenile. Especially since losing 280e way more than makes up for it. Adding in loss of 280e, the net tax on a commercial grower is much less, even at 5-10%. That’s how to view your … Continue reading "Even at 5%, the MORE Act Net Tax is Less: 280e"...

We need better nomenclature for discussing Cannabis, beyond Indica/Sativa or even NLD/BLD/NLH/BLH. Why? Because Strain names are about as informative as band names, and that’s because The same genotype could produce wildly different chemical composition depending on growing practices. There are virtually no pure or true Indica or Sativa cultivars anymore...

To comply with the European Novel Food (NF) laws every company must submit an application for what amounts to the exact same thing, for each and every SKU. The whole thing is odd as CBD has been in the human diet long before member nations even existed, and hempseed oil, which they knew contained CBD … Continue reading "Free Novel Food Resources"...

Pro tip: when exporting hemp to the U.S. in 1999, don't put "Contains THC" on your export documents. In the zero-tolerance U.S. it’s an admission under penalty of perjury of importing a Schedule 1 controlled substance...

With the largest publicity and advertising campaign in hemp history ($230,000), HempNut was the first shelled hempseed brand in North America, introduced in August 1997. In just two decades shelled hempseed would become hemp’s first billion dollar segment, 90% of Canadian hemp...

This is the slide which launched the hemp food industry in North America...

The year was 1994. I was in my office, agonizing over the outline for my first cookbook (four books later, I still agonize), when the phone rang. I answered distractedly. “Hey, Christina,” said the warm voice on the line. I relaxed as I recognized the throaty greeting of my dear friend Richard Rose. “Will I … Continue reading "2003: The HempNut Cookbook Foreword By Christina Pirello"...

In the years 1996 - 2000 at the ExpoWest and ExpoEast natural food trade shows I hosted The Hemp Salon. It was a sweet suite party in the evening complete with live acoustic music, bongs, munchies (new hemp foods), beers, and friends. Deals were done and people were introduced; it was an important social/business gathering for hempsters. Eventually the hotels would put the Kava Party and the...

If elected, VP candidate Kamala Devi Harris will be one heartbeat away from the Presidency. Despite commuting Roger Stone’s sentence, the Cannabis industry’s inside man in DC, Trump didn’t legalize like many thought he would. He could still use it as an October Surprise, just to “own the libs.” Since we have no choice this … Continue reading "VP Harris Is The “Anointed” One"...

Although Kamala Harris was literally a prosecutor of the war on marijuana, her views have evolved. She and drug war architect Joe Biden are the perfect ones to reverse 83 years of unpopular, racist, unconstitutional laws against pot. They owe society that much. After 4 years of Trump, the whole country will need it to … Continue reading "Kamala Harris on Marijuana (Video)"...

The recent passage of rules in the E.U. allowed an increase in max THC to 0.3% from 0.2%. It was 0.3% until 1999. Switzerland (which is not in the E.U.) is 1%, as are many other nations. The legislation also allows importation of foreign seed that is 0.3%, such as the Canadian varieties, subject to … Continue reading "E.U. Marketing Standards"...

Marijuana legalization is so popular, even 60% of Republicans support it. Add Democrats, and it’s 62%. That shows it is a bipartisan, not Liberal, issue. “Poll: Republicans Like Marijuana Legalization, Too (Even If It’s Kamala Harris’s Idea) Fifty-eight percent of all likely voters—and 54 percent of voters who identified as Republicans—say the federal government should …...

The best way to legalize smokable hemp is to legalize marijuana: “Police Can’t Search You For Smelling Like Marijuana Under New Virginia Law” from Marijuana Moment...

Hats off to Colorado hemp farmers pioneering today’s CBD industry starting in 2013, even before the 2014 Farm Bill, and laboring under 0.3% total THC the whole time. Amending the MORE Act is our golden opportunity to fix hemp. 1% delta-9 max THC if not CBD:THC ratio >1, pot felon rehab, GRAS for CBD, removing … Continue reading "Colo: Doing It Before You Knew It Could Be Done"...

Benchmarking qPCR to Culture: PDA vs DRBC “The State of Michigan is in the process of scrutinizing molecular methods and culture based methods for the detection of Total Yeast and Mold (TYM) on cannabis. They chose to run this study on DiChloro Rose Bengal with Chloramphenicol (DRBC). The chloramphenicol is an antibiotic. This … Continue reading "qPCR Better Than Agar for Microbiolgy...

Diamidoximated cellulosic bioadsorbents from hemp stalks for elimination of uranium (VI) and textile waste in aqueous systems AbstractSelective abolition of hazardous U(VI) ions from nuclear power plants and removal of toxic colorants from textile industries pose great challenge. The work aims to develop cellulosic bioadsorbents from waste stalks of local weed, Cannabis sativa, commonly known...

The future of Hemp is food. That’s not to say fiber doesn’t have a role to play, as where there is seed there is fiber. It’s a symbiotic relationship, a dual crop with two income streams. But food has more of a social imperative than walls of houses or animal bedding. How often do you … Continue reading "Economics of Shelling Hempseed"...

This is a USMCA (formerly NAFTA) violation. CW has a good case, as does any U.S. CBD company: “Charlotte’s Web Products are not easily available in Canada because laws do not allow for bulk importing of U.S.-grown hemp CBD or related products into Canada, the release said.” Read more at: https://www.dailycamera.com/2021/04/20/canada-approves-3-charlottes-web-hemp-cultivars/...

Anxiety can lower our cognitive and creative abilities, and make us very uncomfortable. One aspect of it is negative self-evaluation, thinking that we did poorly at something. It especially happens when having to be in social situations or when having to speak or perform before an audience. This 2011 study from Brazil found that 600 … Continue reading "CBD Greatly Improves Performance in...

In May of 1995 the Sunday New York Times Magazine gushed about Hempeh Burger, and included a picture. Authentic momentum is hard to create, but when it happens, it’s magic. Like this. Later, it was seen on CBS-TV’s Good Morning America, and sported the hemp food industry’s only FDA-legal health claim “reduces risk of heart disease.” Carnivores and vegans alike enjoyed the hearty taste, made with...

2000: Hemp Seed Delight, Health Supplement magazine. Hempseed is positioned to replace soy products in the lives of many nutritionally savvy people. In an exclusive interview with Richard Rose, President of Rella Good Cheese Company and HempNut Incorporated, we see the challenges and opportunities in bringing hemp seed products to market. Hemp Supplement Editor: You … Continue reading...

On May 4 Health Canada finally released 2020 hemp production data. Canada grew 54,964 acres of hemp in 2020, 67% as much as in 2019. AB grew more than MB and SK, perhaps for the first time. Top varieties, in order: Finola, Katani, CanMa, CFX-2, X- Carmagnola. Finola, Carmagnola and Katani were grown for flowers. … Continue reading "Canada: 54,964 acres in 2020"...

Hempseed and other hemp flower products have been in the human and animal diet for many millennia. There is much documentation of that, evidence from around the world including the U.S. Therefore when in 2017 FDA announced it was soliciting comments for which food ingredients should be on the official list as existing before October … Continue reading "2017: Hemp Flower Products Pre-DSHEA"...

Here’s a video on policy hero Carl Olsen on the DEA 1307.03 Federal Exemption for state Medical Cannabis programs. Every medpot state should apply for one to defeat Schedule 1 for medical in that state...

The recent passage of rules in the E.U. allowed an increase in max THC to 0.3% from 0.2%. It was 0.3% until 1999. Switzerland (which is not in the E.U.) is 1%, as are many other nations. The legislation also allows importation of foreign seed that is 0.3%, such as the Canadian varieties, subject to … Continue reading "E.U. Fibre Subsidies + 0.3%"...

500,000 consumers helped the plant-based food industry push back on the EU’s ban on use of terms such as soy “milk” and vegan “meat.” This is a lesson to the hemp industry, which missed a brilliant opportunity to push back on the ludicrous Novel Food registration requirement for CBD, which has been in food longer … Continue reading "Plant-based Food Industry Wins; Lessons for CBD Companies"...

Here’s a very good analysis of Rep. Nadler’s new version of the MORE Act from the Tax Foundation: Less Should be MORE with Federal Cannabis Taxation. A five-percent excise tax to the Feds is a very small vigorish to pay in exchange for descheduling, legal banking, protection from RICO suits and prosecution, and especially the … Continue reading "Tax Analysis of the MORE Act"...