ALBANY — The state's first legal hemp crop in more than 70 years is thriving on 30 fertile acres of upstate New York, and demand is building for its seeds and stalks.
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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.
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.
A recent change to federal law allowed states to grow test plots of hemp only at university or government sites and Virginia is one 28 that are doing so.
A recent change to federal law allowed states to grow test plots of hemp only at university or government sites and Virginia is one 28 that are doing so.
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.
BOISE, Idaho (KBOI) — Organizers of the inaugural Boise Hemp Fest 2016 view it as a teaching tool for the many uses of cannabis.
BOISE, Idaho (KBOI) — Organizers of the inaugural Boise Hemp Fest 2016 view it as a teaching tool for the many uses of cannabis.
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.
A report released in May showed that nationwide, retail sales for hemp products in 2015 reached $575 million, which was a more than 10 percent increase from the prior year.
Environmental cleanup could be as simple as using natural resources, such as Indian mustard seed, sunflowers and hemp.
Hemp added to locally-produced meats shatters a barrier for a little-understood crop local farmers hope proves lucrative enough to secure a future for small, family-owned farms.
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Marijuana is growing in Mesa County, but it won't get you high. "We were saving the ranch. It wasn't selling and we had to come up with a way to cover expenses," said Margaret Richardson, a co-owner at Salt Creek Hemp Company.
As tobacco declines, some hope that hemp can be a “gateway crop” to financial sustainability for the state’s small farms.
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Governor Tom Wolf signs into a law a bill that allows the cultivation of industrial hemp in Pennsylvania.
