In The News Articles

Hemp Building Workshop Success

This past weekend, we had the pleasure of hosting a hands-on hemp-lime workshop that brought together a truly diverse group of people with one common goal: to better understand the potential of building with hempcrete. With a total of thirty participants, the event...

A Legislative Dagger Aimed at the Heart of Michigan’s Hemp Industry

Why a New Farm Bill Amendment Threatens Every Hemp Farmer and Business, and How We Fight Back. For years, the members of iHemp Michiganโ€”our farmers, processors, entrepreneurs, and innovatorsโ€”have worked tirelessly. You have invested your capital, your time, and your...

2024 Annual Meeting & Hempies Awards

Date: Saturday December 7thTime: 4 pm until 8 pmLocation: Nuthouse Sports Grill 420 East Michigan Ave, Lansing Come and enjoy fellowship and hear about iHemp Michiganโ€™s accomplishments for 2024 and what is planned for 2025 as we move Industrial Hemp forward in...

Phytoremediation of soil with Dr. Lesley Putman of Northern Michigan University.

Professor Lesley Putman of Northern Michigan University, Department of Chemistry. Her research focuses on phytoremediation, utilizing plants to clean up the environment. When it became legal for her at the university to conduct research with hemp, she decided to...
ABKO Labs

ABKO Labs

ABKO Labs is an ISO 17025 certified cannabis testing facility located in Warren, dedicated to providing its clients...

Homeland Hempcrete

Homeland Hempcrete

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

Hemp Innovation Challenge 2.0

Hemp Innovation Challenge 2.0

The Hemp Innovation Challenge is an innovation competition designed to accelerate the best future of hemp innovation on earth and beyond by supporting hemp entrepreneurs, students, and others who are launching the worldโ€™s most disruptive hemp innovations for people,...

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North Dakota’s First Hemp Testing Laboratories

North Dakota’s First Hemp Testing Laboratories

Leveraging her deep industry knowledge of Federal regulations, testing operations, and software innovation, Kia Mikesh helped establish Adams Independent Testing as one of the first hemp testing laboratories in the state of North Dakota. Under her guidance, AIT has...

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History of Lakeland Hemp

History of Lakeland Hemp

Dennis Dean, a fifth-generation farmer, is joined by his wife, Barb, and son, Eric, to raise cherries and hemp on their 120 acres. The original portion of the farm was homesteaded by Dennisโ€™s great, great, great grandfather and has been passed down through each new...

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Talking Hemp Products at Cannabis Law Conference

Talking Hemp Products at Cannabis Law Conference

Dave Crabill will share updates on hemp products at the 6th Annual Cannabis Law Conference at Soaring Eagle Casino. Dave's role is to share information about the many hemp products being produced currently and the industries that will be impacted by hemp....

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Ways to Brand your Product and Market in the Hemp Industry

Ways to Brand your Product and Market in the Hemp Industry

Jeff Cole is the founder of the U.S. Hemp Brokerage LLC based in the Boulder area of Colorado. U.S. Hemp Brokerage LLC (USHB) has been established to provide hemp farmers, processors and manufacturers of industrial hemp materials and products with high-quality...

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Delta 8 Compounds and H.B. 4517

Delta 8 Compounds and H.B. 4517

iHemp Michigan recently became aware of a state legislative effort to curb the unregulated availability of hemp-derived products containing Delta 8 compounds. This bill package, led by House Bill 4517, has now received its first hearing May 18 in the House Committee...

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Susan Barnhardt of SHEMPโ„ข on the iHemp Hour

Susan Barnhardt of SHEMPโ„ข on the iHemp Hour

SHEMPโ„ข is an innovative mix of nature's cleverest renewables โ€“ WOOL and FIBER HEMP resulting in a USA-produced worsted textile yarn with unique performance, appearance, and environmental properties. The story behind the development of The SHEMPโ„ข Yarn Company Inc....

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