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CBD Product Safety and Standardization Act of 2021
When Congress passed the 2018 Farm Bill, it explicitly legalized the sale of hemp and its derivatives such as CBD. Farmers across the nation relied on this government action, and invested considerable time and resources to plant, grow, and market commercial hemp...
USDA Releases Data on Hemp Production
$824 Million is value of 2021 Hemp Production per USDA. Hemp grown for CBD is still outpacing fiber and grain – for now. The infrastructure needs built for processing and fair regulation is needed to allow grain for animal feed. In future years the fiber and grain production will dwarf CBD and other cannabinoids.
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iHemp Michigan In The News
Sean Piccirilli and Gordy Johncock from Cutting Edge Solutions®️ on the iHemp Hour
Cutting Edge Solutions® opened its factory in Santa Rosa, California in 2001. They manufacture premium fertilizers and invigorating supplements for plants as well as source the cleanest inputs, and quality evaluate each batch in its laboratory. The result is a...
Cole Gibbs from Dama Distributing on the iHemp Hour
After seeing all of the single-use plastic waste being created by the Cannabis and Hemp industries, with no solution in sight, Cole Gibbs founded Dama Distributing to pioneer the development of sustainable hemp plastic and compliant packaging solutions for the...
Jen Nelson from Mid Michigan Hemp Supply and Jeff Kostuik from Hemp Genetics International Talk All-Things-Hemp on the iHemp Hour
Jen Nelson is a fervid female hemp industry leader in Michigan, who isn’t new to the value of the hemp plant and its uses. Her dream and passion as a child – and still today – are to help heal the planet and its people. With over 12+ years in the marijuana industry...
Terry Moran of International Hemp talks about Polish Grain and Fiber Varieties on the iHemp Hour
Terry Moran is VP of Operations and Production for International Hemp, the certified seed provider for the high yielding Polish grain and fiber varieties Henola and Bialobrzeskie. He previously spent three years in the CO Hemp Regulatory Program and is a Certified...
Ben Williams of Highway Vodka, Texas’ First Hemp-Based Vodka and the First Black-Owned Distillery in Texas
Highway Vodka launched in Houston, Texas, in February 2019. It is the first hemp-based vodka in Texas and the first fully Black-owned distillery in Texas. Co-founders Ben Williams and Wendell Robbins III spent nearly eight years perfecting the product. Close friends...
Michigan’s Industrial Hemp Program Director on the iHemp Hour
Gina Alessandri has lead the Industrial Hemp Program in Michigan since the passing of the 2018 US Farm Bill. Her commitment to the needs of farmers has been evident and consistent. On today's show we discuss the Senate Bill 850 which is designed to conform with the...
US Hemp Certification & Transparency in Supply Chain
US Hemp Authority and Signakey on the iHemp Hour.
Selling in an FDA Compliant Way
We have made some great friends over the last year or so as we have worked to connect the industrial hemp industry. Lori Putt of HOH Hempnotize is one of those great reasources that never hesitates to lend a helping hand. We asked Lori to share her insight into...
Barn Owl Drone Service Cuts Hemp Labor Cost
A brother and sister duo from Colorado have dived deep into automation to develop the technology to detect male plants as well as identify common agricultural issues such as weed growth and crop health using drones. Their service, Barn Owl Drone Service is discussed...
ReBlocks Goes Hemp Infused – These Are Not Lincoln Logs
"What would you build?" is the common question being asked by those that see these incredible new blocks. Just when you were thinking that life as an adult couldn't get any better, ReBlocks came along to put an innovative twist on a product that has been used in South...
Hemp Building Future! Learn about hempcrete and more!
Dawn Schultz & Eric McKee of the US Hemp Building Association will bring us up to speed on the emerging hemp building industry. If you have not looked into Hemp Crete or Hemp Lime yet, there are resources to review on their website: USHBA.org "Fiber will dwarf the...