Hemp oil‘s growing popularity is a factor in the spread of hemp farming from state to state. Wisconsin made itself the most recent state to allow farmers to grow industrial hemp. The legislature there voted unanimously in favor of the crop and Gov. Scott Walker signed the bill. Wisconsin Ag Connection reports: The legislation specifics […]
Researchers from UC-Davis are teaming up with Colorado biotech Front Range Biosciences to study the genome of industrial hemp. Merry Jane reports: The UC-Davis project, led by viticulturist and enologist Dario Cantu, will only sequence the genes for hemp, a variety of cannabis with less than 0.3 percent THC (read: it won’t get anyone high). “We […]
Farmers are buying into industrial hemp, with acreage devoted to the crop increasing along with production, and Colorado leading the way. Westword reports: …hemp farmers are getting the acreage – 23,343 acres, to be exact, according to a new study by Vote Hemp, an organization dedicated to advancing the industrial hemp industry. And which state is […]
Farmers around the mid-west have been doing their rain dances, just hoping for some drops to trickle from the sky. And while many crops are suffering, there is one that is thriving – industrial hemp! “Industrial hemp may look like marijuana, but it has none of the ingredients that give smokers a high. It should […]
The benefits of industrial hemp can stretch further than just the amazing dietary supplemental product from Blue Moon Hemp – as it’s being investigated for it’s uses as an alternative fuel source at the University of Louisville… “Hemp is a variety of cannabis, but has a different biochemical composition than its cousin, marijuana. As such, smoking […]
