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Hemp & Native American Sovereignty

Project CBD

Native American farmers are asserting their sovereign right to cultivate industrial hemp and THC -rich cannabis on Indian lands.

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Five Fallacies About Hemp

Project CBD

It’s been six months since Congress passed the Farm Bill legalizing hemp for cultivation. It’s high time that we rectify some common myths about this plant.

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Reviving Hemp in Menominee Country

Project CBD

Native American farmers are asserting their sovereign right to cultivate industrial hemp and THC -rich cannabis on Indian lands.

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NORML Says DEA’s Newly Proposed Bulk Cultivation Rules Are “Unduly Onerous, Expensive, and Impractical”

NORML

In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking , published this week in the Federal Register , the agency acknowledges its longstanding failure to act upon the 35 bulk cultivation applications before it. Those entities who wish to either cultivate low-THC crops (those containing no more than 0.3

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Illinois gives Second Notice for Industrial Hemp Act amendments

Illinois News Joint

The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) announced today that proposed amendments involving provisions to the Illinois Industrial Hemp Act were moved to a Second Notice this week. A few of the new provisions include the following: The acceptable THC level for commercial hemp and hemp products is no more than 0.3

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Report: Domestic Hemp Production Soaring in 2019

NORML

State regulators licensed farmers and researchers to cultivate over 500,000 total acres of industrial hemp in the first half of 2019, according to data compiled by the organization VoteHemp.com. “Since the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, hemp cultivation in the US has grown rapidly,” the group summarizes in a press release.

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CBD Hemp Versus Industrial Hemp: What You Need to Know

Cannabis Cheri

If you are confused by the topic of CBD Hemp oil, you’re not alone. Ninety-nine out of a hundred articles about CBD will tell you that it is extracted from industrial hemp — “the plant with 10,000 uses.”. Yes, CBD comes from hemp. In order to produce hemp for fiber, male plants are desired for their height and strength.

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