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The Naklo Foundation, based in Poland, has re-launched its B2B hemp marketplace in order to facilitate business between different actors within the hemp value chain. HempTrade, the trading platform created by Naklo Foundation, is open to both white label and branded hemp product wholesalers and bulk raw materials sellers. Such platforms are important at this … Continue reading “B2B Platform Relaunched to Enhance Trust Along the Hemp Value Chain”

The subject of smokable hemp continues to be divisive in the North Carolina legislature as industry advocates clash with law enforcement agencies regarding when or even whether to ban the latest cash crop creating a lot of consumer interest not just in the U.S. but around the world as well. The stalemate between the two … Continue reading “Smokable Hemp Debate Rages on in North Carolina Legislature”

If you thought only U.S. hemp and CBD industry players were running into problems with regulators, you thought wrong. The EU’s “Novel Foods” rules are threatening the very livelihood of small hemp farmers who are being told that they can no longer sell the hemp products that they have been selling unless those products are … Continue reading “EU Hemp Rules Causing Headaches for Small Farmers”

A panel of international hemp building experts is slated to address a summit of the hemp building industry in the U.S. The event, which is organized by the U.S. Hemp Building Association-USHBA, is due to take place on October 24 and 25 in Idaho. USHBA is a new body that plans to advocate for building … Continue reading “Global Hemp Construction Experts to Address US Hemp Building Summit”

Officials in Kentucky say they want to make the state a “hemp epicenter” and the recent investment activity in this industry could get them underway to attaining that lofty goal. So far, 1,000 farmers have obtained licenses to grow hemp on a combined area that is in excess of 50,000 acres. This cultivation capacity is … Continue reading “Kentucky Hemp Industry Registers Major Investments”

Early this year, Texas enacted a law that legalized industrial hemp in this conservative state where all attempts to legalize marijuana have failed. However, the legalization of hemp has made the prosecution of marijuana cases more complex, and many District Attorneys have elected to stop prosecuting marijuana possession cases in their jurisdictions. A clear divide … Continue reading “Hemp Legalization in Texas Puts DAs at Odds With Each Other”