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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...
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...
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The Hero Project
Mike Brennan has many talents, one of them being the President of the Hero Project Board of Directors. Anton Harb Jr., a disabled Iraqi War Veteran, is the face of HeroProjectUSA.org. Anton is a retired Army artillery officer who used cannabis to cope with his PTSD,...
Hemp Economics
Beau Whitney is the Founder and Chief Economist at Whitney Economics, a global leader in cannabis and hemp business consulting, data, and economic research. Whitney Economics, LLC is based in Portland, Oregon. Serving an international clientele, Beau is considered one...
The Good Works of Hemp Harvest Works and Bish Enterprises
Andrew Bish is the Founder and CEO of Hemp Harvest Works and COO of Bish Enterprises, based out of Giltner, Nebraska. Keren Gutierrez is the Account Sales Executive for Bish Enterprises. Bish Enterprises is a third-generation harvest equipment manufacturer, founded in...
Hempcrete Workshop
What is Hempcrete? The Industrial Hemp plant offers two primary types of fiber. The outer bast fiber is the long stringy bark of the stalk. The inner hurd is mostly cellulose. That hurd can be milled to small pieces, mixed with water and lime to create hempcrete....
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 world’s most disruptive hemp innovations for people,...
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...
Dr. Fabio Rodi and Cristina Cecchetti of Icon Processors Discusses the Wellness Benefits of All-Natural Plant Derivatives
Icon Processors was founded by Dr. Fabio Rodi after years of first-hand experience in witnessing the wellness benefits of all-natural plant derivatives, in particular CBD from hemp. Free from many of the side effects of common pharmaceuticals, CBD and other...
Jordan Hinshaw from GreenTek Planet talks Hemptensils™ and other Hemp containers on the iHemp Hour
"Everyday, we acknowledge the Bigger Picture. 15% of all Carbon Emissions and 10+ Million tons of waste are produced per year from petroleum plastics, much of which ends up in the ocean. At this rate, a giant, Godzilla-like Plastic Monster is destined to come to shore...