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In April, we proudly announced our collaboration with prominent organizations in the hemp industry, namely the Hemp Industries Association (HIA) and the National Industrial Hemp Council (NIHC), alongside Morris Beegle […] ...
Hunter Buffington reveals a major breakthrough: hemp seed meal and oil are now approved for chickens and horses in Kentucky and Texas—but warns that Colorado’s recent 39-amendment legislative disaster could […] ...
For the first time ever, 31 hemp organizations have united behind a comprehensive 2023 Farm Bill strategy—and U.S. Hemp Roundtable General Counsel Jonathan Miller says constituent engagement this summer is […] ...
We learned from hemp building expert Cody Ley and professor Glenn Wilcox about alternative building materials like hemp-lime and fungi. ...
UM Professor Glenn Wilcox on Building with Hemp & Fungi
March 30, 2023
University of Michigan architecture professor Glenn Wilcox is pushing the boundaries of sustainable design by growing furniture from mycelium and hemp. In this episode, he reveals how a 14-month sailing […] ...
State of Hemp with Chase Hubbard, The Jacobsen
March 16, 2023
Chase Hubbard of The Jacobsen (now Fast Markets) returns to iHemp Hour with a surprising perspective: despite frustrations, hemp is developing faster than almost any commodity crop in history. This […] ...
Morris Beegle previews the NoCo Hemp Expo’s move to the legendary Broadmoor Resort and reveals that hemp associations are uniting behind a single Farm Bill platform by month’s end. With […] ...
Sustainability and Environmental Impact of Hemp
February 21, 2023
Susan Barnhart spent six years building America’s only wool-hemp textile company—and she’s doing it without any U.S.-processed hemp fiber. Shemp Yarn’s surprisingly soft socks and beanies prove the product works, […] ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the first opportunities for public input on new programs focused on lower carbon construction materials made possible by a $350 million investment from […] ...
Investing in Hemp Building with Ray Kaderli
February 3, 2023
The ICC has officially approved hemp as a building material—and Michigan is gearing up to build. Ray Cattery, incoming president of the US Hemp Building Association, breaks down what the […] ...