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The Hemp Industries Association

Jody has worked for membership nonprofits for more than 20 years, helping organizations to transform in order to better serve their members and their missions. He is passionate about the potential for hemp to bring value to rural communities, help heal the planet, and...

Scott Colville Crop Insurance

Scott Colville Crop Insurance’s mission is the same today as when Jim Colville started back in 1967: To help farmers sleep better, regardless of what nature throws their way. The Colville family has been insuring crops for small to medium farmers in the Midwest region...

Creating a Reliable Supply Chain of Carbon-Negative Hemp Materials

Heartland Industries is a biotech company that engineers hemp fibers as additives to plastics. Heartland’s hemp additives make plastics stronger, lighter, cheaper, and more sustainable. The Heartland team focuses on creating a reliable supply chain of carbon-negative...

The Results of Varietal Trials

James DeDecker, PhD is the Director of the MSU Upper Peninsula Research and Extension Center in Chatham, Michigan and a Specialist in the MSU Extension Community, Food and Environment Institute. He earned a BS in Environmental Studies and Anthropology from the...
Homeland Hempcrete

Homeland Hempcrete

Founded the same year the US Farm Bill legalized the production of industrial hemp, Homeland Hempcrete entered the...

US Hemp Building Association

US Hemp Building Association

Jacob Waddell is the Interim Executive Director of the US Hemp Building Association. He has been working with the...