A generous alumnus of MIT and Harvard University has gifted a bundle of bucks to further research at the institutions into phytocannabinoids.Phytocannabinoids are compounds in plants thought to be provide plants with some protection from UV rays, pestilence and predation. They are being increasingly utilised in humans for medical...

And yet another U.S governor appears to have an industrial hemp bill on his desk to sign - this time in Hawai'i.The Hawaii Tribune Herald reported early this week a conference committee reviewing Senate Bill 1353 recommended it be passed as part of its last minute business.SB1353 recognizes the...

An industrial hemp bill championed by Washington state Senator Doug Ericksen was signed into law by Governor Jay Inslee on Friday.Senate Bill 5276  authorizes and establishes a new licensing and regulatory program for hemp production in Washington that will operate in line with the Federal Agriculture Improvement Act of...

Another hemp bill is on its way to a U.S. Governor, this time in Iowa - and it looks to be in pretty good shape to make it across the line.Iowa lawmakers gave the green light to Senate File 599 last week, which is by now probably on Governor Kim...

A crucial bill for hemp has passed in Indiana, and has now headed to Governor Eric Holcomb for his signature."This means we will be off to the next steps in the process of having commercial hemp in 2020," stated the Midwest Hemp Council's page; with the comment attributed to the Office of Indiana...

Pacific Biodiesel Technologies (PBT) announced the development of the first state-licensed industrial hemp farm in Maui, Hawai'i earlier this week.Maui is part of the Hawaiian archipelago and covers an area of 1,884 km².PBT founders Bob and Kelly King said the Maui hemp facility will operate under the King's...

A bill to expand Texas's medical cannabis program made it through a House Committee with unanimous support yesterday.House Bill 1365 would see more qualifying conditions added and importantly strikes the word "low-THC" from laws, replacing it with "medical". Medical cannabis is defined in the Bill as:"..the plant Cannabis sativa L., and any...

Alabama's Department of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI) has big hopes for the state's first industrial hemp season - and plenty of participants.Commissioner Rick Pate said last week the state had licensed 152 growers, 59 processors and 5 universities to grow, cultivate, process, and research industrial hemp this year.Commissioner Pate stated...

Michigan's Governor and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) have launched the state's Industrial Hemp Ag Pilot Program for the 2019 planting season.The call has gone out to farmers, processors and institutions of higher learning to get involved. “This emerging crop not only cultivates new opportunity for our farming community,...

A bill signed by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp provides for the production, manufacturing, and dispensing of low THC cannabis oil in the state.Up to this point, while Georgia law authorized the legal possession of up to 20 fluid ounces of low THC (no more than 5% tetrahydrocannabinol) cannabis oil...