LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) – Crews at Farmington harvested the property’s first hemp crop in more than 150 years.
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For now, the Boring Hemp Co. is focusing on producing hemp seeds, which have been in short supply as the nascent industry finds its legs in the state.
A cutting-edge refinery is processing specially bred hemp and researching innovative new biomaterials that could help build future eco-friendly homes.
Every part of the hemp plant has great market value‒the seeds, stalks, leaves and hurd (the woody core of the stalk). Traditionally, Natives used hemp to make medicinal salve, fishing nets and clothing.
Despite its eco-friendly nature, hemp is still not allowed for widespread cultivation in the US; rather only small-scale pilots are allowed in a few states around the country.
A farm in central New York is the first to legally grow hemp in 80 years as part of a new pilot program to explore hemp's industrial use.
A farm in central New York is the first to legally grow hemp in 80 years as part of a new pilot program to explore hemp's industrial use.
Although hemp is illegal at a federal level, 13 states have jumped on board the hemp train, and for good reason.
In Kentucky, the University of Louisville's Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research has started growing industrial hemp in an effort to spur its fuels and manufacturing research.
Textile mills in regions such as Western North Carolina lie dormant while Americans import about $500 million worth of hemp annually.
Textile mills in regions such as Western North Carolina lie dormant while Americans import about $500 million worth of hemp annually.
Murray State University hosted a Hemp Education and Field Day earlier this month, giving area residents insight on the hemp plots being grown at the university.
Environmental cleanup could be as simple as using natural resources, such as Indian mustard seed, sunflowers and hemp.
