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iHemp Michigan is a member-based organization backing hemp farmers, seed cultivators, processors, manufacturers and hemp businesses statewide. Our members are engaged in defining the path to success of Industrial Hemp from seed to sale and beyond. We are committed to empowering hemp farmers, fueling industry leaders, and educating consumers to ensure Hemp flourishes in the Midwest. Our focus is influencing responsible and fair regulation, providing grower education, and enabling full access to the evolving marketplace. iHemp Michigan advocates for wellness in people and the planet through Hemp… and it begins with the farmer.

 

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EPA Seeks Input

EPA Seeks Input

The US EPA seeks input into measuring and limiting greenhouses gases in construction  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...

Brian Hanna named acting CRA Exec. Dir.

Brian Hanna named acting CRA Exec. Dir.

The emerging Cannabis and Industrial Hemp industries have a new "acting" executive director at the Cannabis Regulatory Agency, Brian Hanna. Hanna served as a manager of field operations, inspections, and investigations for five years under Andrew Brisbo. Brisbo is off...

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iHemp Michigan In The News

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...

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 Dennis’s great, great, great grandfather and has been passed down through each new...

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....

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...

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...

Susan Barnhardt of SHEMP™ on the iHemp Hour

Susan Barnhardt of SHEMP™ on the iHemp Hour

SHEMP™ is an innovative mix of nature's cleverest renewables – 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 SHEMP™ Yarn Company Inc....

Earth Day 2021

Earth Day 2021

The last time we gathered physically on Earth Day we paid for our Industrial Hemp Growers Licenses for the first time! Less paperwork this year! It was great to see the members who made it out to Mid Michigan Hemp Supply in Midland. Members came from all points in...

Greg Dean from The Hemp Plastic Company on the iHemp Hour

Greg Dean from The Hemp Plastic Company on the iHemp Hour

Greg Dean is Chief Commercial and Operations Officer of The Hemp Plastic Company. Greg has spent a lifetime in materials, with the past 25 years in the plastic vertical where he has globally managed Sales and Business Development, Supply Chain, and Operations. He is...

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