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Hemp Building Materials Clear Hurdle for Inclusion in U.S. Building Codes
This week in New York, the International Code Council (ICC) approved Hemp-lime (Hempcrete), Proposal_RB316-22 for the International Residential Code (IRC). This is the first step toward the ICC’s formal adoption of hempcrete as an officially recognized residential...
Governor Whitmer Executive Order
On February 11, 2022, Governor Whitmer signed Executive Reorganization Order 2022-1, assigning the regulation of processing, distributing, and selling hemp to the soon-to-be-renamed Marijuana Regulatory Agency (MRA). On April 13, 2022, the ERO will go into effect and...
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iHemp Michigan In The News
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
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
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 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...
iHemp Hour is on the road for Earth Day, live from Mid Michigan Hemp Supply in Midland
Earth Day 2019 marked the beginning of growing hemp in Michigan. About 50 iHemp Michigan members were the first to receive their grower and processor handler licenses. 2020, well, there was less going. For Earth Day 2021, we wanted to celebrate. We still must maintain...
Gina Alessandri & Nathan Kark with an Update on Regulation on the iHemp Hour
As we move into the USDA rules starting December 1st, we have new expenses and risks associated to cultivating industrial hemp. Get an update on how Michigan revised their rules to conform with the USDA rules.
Craig VanBuren from Michigan’s Geagley Lab on the iHemp Hour
Laboratory Division Director, Craig VanBuren, shares his insight on the industrial hemp harvest for 2020. What went hot and did not! Also, we get a look into the lab and their testing process. We begin the show with updates and hemp news. Craig VanBuren interview...
Hunter Buffington of the Hemp Feed Coalition on the iHemp Hour
Hunter Buffington of the Hemp Feed Coalition talks about the research into hemp grain as a nutritional food source. Hemp grain is high in Omega 3, 6 and 9 as well as protein. The hemp cake created by pressing hemp seed oil, as well as the shells from hemp heart...
Gary Schuler of GTF Solutions and Blain Becktold Talk Grain and Fiber Markets on the iHemp Hour
Gary Schuler of GTF Solutions shares an update on market developments for hemp seed cake research by food industry and potential markets. Our own Blain Becktold shares his experiences as he builds out a hemp seed oil product line and begins production of animal...
New Age Laboratories on iHemp Hour
As we continue our education on how to cultivate the best industrial hemp crops we get a bit geeky with the science at times. Scott Wall of NEWAGE Labs educates us sap analysis testing to determine nutrient uptake, soil health and optimized yeild.
James DeDecker of MSU on iHemp Hour
As we work through the second year of growing hemp it is important to collect data to continue building on our knowledge base and optimize yield. "You can't manage what you can't measure," Peter Drucker We will talk about current progress on his many varieties in...