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Guests: Geoff Whaling, Chair, National Hemp Association

Guests: Geoff Whaling, Chair, National Hemp Association

This week on the Lancaster Farming Industrial Hemp Podcast, we're chasing down the beginnings of a Pennsylvania hemp fiber supply chain. We start the day in southern Lancaster County at Steve Groff's farm, standing in the middle of what he calls his “hemp canyon,” with towering stalks over fifteen feet tall. Groff has about 60 acres of the Australian hemp variety MS-77, which seems to do well on Groff's farm. He's also working on a green decorticator. If the machine works as planned, it could change the way fiber hemp is harvested — cleaner, faster and without the need for retting. From there we cross the Susquehanna River into York County to visit Dave Cook at Tuscarora Mills in Red Lion. Dave and his partner Heidi Custer are working to turn Pennsylvania-grown hemp into yarn and fabric. Their mill is full of antique looms and their goal is simple but ambitious: To revive textile production here in the Keystone State using local hemp fiber. It's still early days for a Pennsylvania supply chain, but the work Groff and Cook are doing points toward a future where hemp textiles are grown, processed and woven right here at home. Learn More: Steve Groff: https://stevegroff.com/ Dave Cook and Tuscarora Mills: https://tuscaroramills.com/ News Nuggets, from HempToday.net Peru opens draft hemp rules for consultation as industry eyes long-awaited start https://hemptoday.net/peru-opens-draft-hemp-rules-for-consultation-as-industry-eyes-long-awaited-start/ Draft hemp bill would regulate intoxicating products instead of imposing a ban https://hemptoday.net/draft-hemp-bill-would-regulate-intoxicating-products-instead-of-imposing-a-ban/ Stakeholders fear Brazil hemp rules may be restricted as Sept. 30 deadline nears https://hemptoday.net/stakeholders-fear-brazil-hemp-rules-may-be-restricted-as-sept-30-deadline-nears/ Brazil's CBD price war, a boon for patients, signals maturing medical market https://hemptoday.net/brazils-cbd-price-war-a-boon-for-patients-signals-maturing-medical-market/ Thanks to Our Sponsors! IND HEMP https://indhemp.com/ Forever Green http://hempcutter.com/ National Hemp Association https://nationalhempassociation.org/

This week on the Lancaster Farming Industrial Hemp Podcast, we're listening to a recap of the 2025 Global Industrial Hemp Fiber Summit, hosted by the National Industrial Hemp Council of America at the Wilson College of Textiles at NC State, that took place in Raleigh, NC, July 15-17, 2025. For three well-planned days, leaders from across the hemp value chain came together—from farmers and geneticists to processors, engineers, and global apparel brands. On this episode we follow the flow of the summit itself, threading together powerful takeaways from the TED-style talks across agriculture, processing, textiles, composites, and branding. We hear from nearly 40 speakers—some familiar voices from the hemp world, and some new collaborators—sharing what's working, what's needed, and how we build a domestic fiber industry that actually works. Special thanks to the NIHC for sponsoring our travel, and to NC State's AV team for sharing the audio from the event. And thanks to our show sponsors HEMI – the Hemp Education & Marketing Initiative – and the National Hemp Association. On this show you will hear (in order of appearance): Rachel Raineri – Wilson College of Textiles – [00:00:01] Guy Carpenter – President, Bear Fiber – [00:02:37] Dr. Andre West – NC State, Textile Innovation Engine – [00:03:11] Patrick Atagi – President & CEO, NIHC – [00:04:14] Agriculture Dr. David Suchoff – NC State Extension – [00:05:41] Dr. Larry Smart – Cornell University – [00:06:05] Terry Moran – Kanda Seeds – [00:07:12] Glenn Kayll – Hemp Plastic Company – [00:07:36] Melissa Nelson – South Bend Industrial Hemp – [00:09:09] Rick Brown – Brown Family Farms – [00:10:07] Steve Groff –Cedar Meadow Farm – [00:10:45] Processing Trey Riddle – IND HEMP (moderator) – [00:11:35] Sandra Marquardt – On the Mark PR – [00:12:18] Coleman Beale – BastCore – [00:13:43] Satish Hodage – YUJ Labs – [00:14:42] Siyan Wang– PhD Researcher, NC State – [00:15:39] John Peterson – Dakota Hemp – [00:17:24] John Lupien – Consolidated Carbon – [00:18:52] Naiden Kremenliev – Argon Fiber / Tryon Finishing – [00:19:57] David Culp – Andritz / LaRoche – [00:21:29] Elias Junker – Andritz / LaRoche – [00:21:47] Textiles Ding Hongliang – Hemp Fortex – [00:22:44] Maciej Kowalski – Kombinat Konopny – [00:24:57] Dave Cook – Tuscarora Mills – [00:26:36] Dr. Andre West – NC State (follow-up) – [00:28:05] Arlo Estill – Hempsmith Clothing – [00:28:57] Composites & Building Materials Matty Mead – Hempitecture – [00:30:49] Trey Riddle – IND HEMP – [00:31:59] Dr. Daniel Walczyk – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – [00:33:41] Katie Coppenhaver – Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) – [00:35:12] Value Chain & Industry Strategy  Patrick Atagi – NIHC (again) – [00:38:59] Mark D'Sa – Panda Biotech – [00:39:50] Joseph Carringer – Sound Strategy / Hemp 3.0 – [00:42:23] Larry Serbin – Hemp Traders – [00:43:52] Gabriella Fioravanti – Jefferson University – [00:45:15] Olaf Jezela – Trace Femcare – [00:45:45] Pierre Berard – HEMI – [00:46:32] Erica Stark – National Hemp Association – [00:46:57]

This week on the Hemp Show, we're continuing the conversation around the need to split the industry into two. There is much confusion in the minds of law makers and consumers when it comes to what hemp is. For years hemp advocates championed the fact that hemp doesn't get you high, but thanks to a loophole in the 2018 Farm Bill, somebody figured out how to get high from hemp, and so began the era of intoxicating hemp that we find ourselves in now. But if hemp is getting you high, it's not hemp — it's weed. Stop calling it hemp. And that's why there needs to be a legislative fix. Erica Stark from the National Hemp Association joins us to discuss the issue and share her ideas on what a potential fix might look like. Then we talk to Lancaster Country regenerative hemp farmer Steve Groff about the various hemp projects he's working on down at the farm, where he's got 60 acres of fiber hemp ready to harvest in about three weeks. He talks about the “green decortication” project he's working on and how he hopes to inspire people at the Global Fiber Hemp Summit in Raleigh next week. As always Groff sees potential, but he's not waiting for the next Farm Bill to act. “I'm not checked out,” he said. “I'm checked in.” Plus, news nuggets from around the hemp world: Kazakhstan is preparing to make passport paper from hemp, Arizona courts are tightening THC rules, and Morris Beegle calls again for clear bifurcation between cannabinoid and industrial markets. We close with a reminder to check out our new kids podcast, Super Smart Farm Show, launching July 22. Stick around after the credits to hear the trailer. As always, thanks for listening — and until next time, we'll see you in the newspaper.

The hemp event of the summer is taking place in Raleigh, North Carolina, July 15-17. It's the Global Industrial Hemp Fiber Summit, hosted by the Wilson College of Textiles, in conjunction with the National Industrial Hemp Council. This week on the Hemp Show, we'll talk to the lead organizer of the event, Guy Carpenter. Unlike other events focused on industrial hemp, this summit centers squarely on hemp fiber and the industries that are growing up around fiber: textiles, apparel, denim, upholstery, non-wovens, construction, hempcrete, insulation, acoustic panels, automotive, biocomposites, door panels, dashboards, paper, packaging, bioenergy, bioplastics and more. Just don't expect cannabinoids, CBD, Delta-8, hemp-derived intoxicants, or any discussion of the floral side of cannabis. According to Carpenter, this event is all about building the fiber industry. "If you have any interest whatsoever in starting a business in our industry and figuring out how to make it work and also figuring out what are the starting points, what are the roadblocks, what are the opportunities … this is the place to be,” he said. The three-day event will include panel discussions with industry experts, as well as field trips to NC State hemp fields, local manufacturing centers and the largest and newest hemp processing facility on the East Coast, recently opened by Biophil Natural Fibers in Lumberton, North Carolina. Carpenter said the summit will cover “everything from seed to decortication … whatever type of segment of the fiber you want to use, we're going to have people here who are experts at it." Carpenter has dedicated his life to natural fibers. He's worked in fashion and apparel, international textile manufacturing, and policy development. After the Army and the Peace Corps, his professional journey in the apparel industry took him all over the world, eventually studying hemp fiber production in China. His vast industry knowledge is a pivotal resource as his home state of North Carolina ramps up hemp for textiles. He brings an unmatched experience and credibility as the organizer of the summit. Carpenter said this event follows in the tradition of the Montana Hemp Summit, hosted by IND Hemp in previous years, which means the summit will be less of a celebration of hemp and more of a working session to move the industry forward, and the people who attend are the people building the industry. “They're not just out there promoting hemp for its magical powers or its halo of goodness… but figuring out ways to make money from it,” he said. “This is the place to be." Also this week, we read a few hemp excerpts from USDA's 1913 Yearbook. Register for the NIHC Global Industrial Hemp Fiber Summit here: https://www.globalindustrialfibersummit.com Read the USDA Yearbook of Agriculture, 1913 — Chapter on Hemp by Lyster Dewey: https://archive.org/details/yearbookofusdept1913unit/page/282/mode/2up News Nuggets Texas Legislature Moves to Ban THC Hemp Products https://www.texastribune.org/2025/05/21/texas-house-thc-hemp-senate-bill-3-ban/ Moldova Plants First Legal Hemp Fields https://hempgazette.com/news/moldova-hemp-fields-hg2123/ Germany Introduces Hemp Flower Tax Stamps https://hemptoday.net/german-hemp-flower-stamps/ Texas Poultry Farm Transforms to Hemp Cultivation https://www.publicnewsservice.org/story/texas-farmers-move-from-poultry-to-hemp/a83734-1 Thanks to our sponsors: IND HEMP https://www.indhemp.com Forever Green – Distributors of the KP4 Hemp Cutter https://www.hempcutter.com National Hemp Association https://nationalhempassociation.org

On this episode of the Hemp Podcast, we welcome back Geoff Whaling, chair of the National Hemp Association, for an in-depth discussion on the evolving landscape of the hemp industry under the new administration. We cover the uncertainty surrounding the NHA's $19.8 million climate-smart grant, the impact of leadership changes in Washington, and the ongoing push for hemp as an approved food and animal feed ingredient. Whaling shares his insights on the Farm Bill negotiations, the role of key officials in the USDA, and why he remains optimistic about hemp's future despite political shifts. Topics Covered:
 The latest on the USDA Climate-Smart grant and its uncertain status
 Why Geoff sees opportunities under the new administration
 Key takeaways from his recent meetings in Washington, D.C.
 The push for federal recognition of hemp as animal feed
 How industry members can engage and advocate for hemp policy Learn more: Take the NHA Industry Survey https://nationalhempassociation.org/hemp-industry-survey/ National Hemp Association https://nationalhempassociation.org/ Congressional Research Service Hemp Update https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF12278/7 Thanks to our sponsors: IND HEMP Forever Green Music by Tin Bird Shadow

  On this week's Hemp Podcast, we talk to Geoff Whaling from the National Hemp Association, who recently returned from a trip to Africa. The trip, funded by a USDA Emerging Markets Program grant, focused on developing hemp exports to Malawi, Rwanda and Ghana. The purpose of the trip, Whaling said, “was to undertake a review and to report back to USDA as to the barriers for exporting American grown hemp products into those three countries.” In Malawi, he met with government officials, including President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, who Whaling said was impressed with the economic potential of hemp in improving food security and creating industry. One of the barriers Whaling found is that hemp is not on the World Food Program and USAID's ingredients list. That exclusion will hinder the export of hemp-based nutritional products from the U.S. to Africa, Whaling said. Whaling also talks about the Lancaster County Hemp Circuit that took place last month. Whaling was instrumental in bringing Betsy Londrigan, the administrator of USDA's Rural Business-Cooperative Service, to the event. Whaling said her presence at the circuit signaled USDA's interest in supporting the hemp industry, with potentially billions of dollars of funding available to the industry through Rural Development programs that Londrigan oversees. Also on this week's show, we follow up on that white deer Steve Groff saw on his way to the Cornell Hemp Field Day. As you might have guessed, there's more to the story. A lot more. An Army base. Nuclear warheads. An encampment of protesting women. A fence. A herd of inbred deer. Who knew one white doe would be such a can of worms. Thanks to our Sponsors IND HEMP King's Agriseeds

This week on the hemp podcast we saddle up and gallop out to Gordonville, Lancaster County, for Horse Progress Days, a two-day celebration of all things horsepower. Nearly 40,000 people were in attendance July 5-6, mostly Amish and Mennonite farmers and families. The weather was hot, the air was thick with humidity and the sounds of horses whinnying. What does Horse Progress have to with industrial hemp? Good question. Bear with me. In one of the vendor tents there was a cluster of businesses that specialize in working with hemp. Cameron Macintosh, hempcrete builder at Americhanvre, was there representing his company as well as the Pennsylvania Industrial Hemp Council. He said the horse power farming communities know about hemp, but because of the volatile CBD market, hemp does not have the best reputation among the horsepower set. “Many farmers in this community invested heavily in growing CBD back in 2018 and '19,” he said, “and then suffered through the subsequent crash of that market in 2020 and 2021.” So when you mention hemp in this community, that's what they think of. “That's why we're here,” he said, “to show the community that the fiber industrial side of the (hemp) plant has dramatically more promise, more opportunity for their community than CBD ever did.” On this episode, we will talk to several of the hemp folks in attendance at the event, including Heidi Custer from Tuscarora Mills in Bedford, Pennsylvania, and Kelly and Jarrett Burke from KifCure, a hemp company based in Northern Illinois that's developing regional infrastructure in the Great Plains. I also had the chance to chat briefly with Reuben Riehl from Lancaster County Marketing, who was involved in planning the event. Everyone I spoke to about hemp mentioned Reuben as the reason they were at Horse Progress in the first place. “It fits very well with our community,” Riehl said, mentioning the farming and building aspects, but he doesn't expect it to be an overnight change. “I think it it'll take some time for it to resonate here, but it will be okay,” Riehl said. Also on this episode, Lancaster Farming visits with Sam Connor at Free Flow Farm in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, just north of Pottstown, where he's growing about 30 acres of industrial fiber hemp and raising grass-fed and finished beef and pastured chickens. “We have two different varieties that we planted here,” he said. “We have a Uma for variety, which is a Chinese variety, as well as Futura 83, which is a French variety.” Connor said he is growing for I-Hemp Katalyst, a company that is developing processing capacity in Pennsylvania. Connor is excited to be an early adopter of what he sees as an industry with vast potential and is proud that his crops will be used in innovative ways. “I believe some of it's going to be used for biodegradable hemp plastics, some of it's going to be used for hempcrete. And I think there's even a possibility of something to do with ceiling tiles and things like that. Learn More: Horse Progress Days https://horseprogressdays.com/ Americhanvre Cast-Hemp https://americhanvre.com/ Kifcure https://kifcure.com/ Tuscarora Mills https://tuscaroramills.com/ Lancaster County Marketing https://lancastercountymarketing.com/ Thanks to Our Sponsors! IND HEMP https://indhemp.com/ National Hemp Association https://nationalhempassociation.org Music by TIN BIRD SHADOW www.tinbirdshadow.com

  On this week's hemp podcast we discuss a recent amendment to the House draft of the 2024 Farm Bill known as the Miller Amendment, which was introduced by Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill. The amendment effectively bans all hemp products with any amount of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the naturally occurring chemical compound found in the cannabis plant. The 2018 Farm Bill defined hemp as any cannabis with less than 0.3% THC. But because of vague guidance from the Drug Enforcement Administration and Food and Drug Administration, a cottage market has developed for intoxicating products from otherwise legal hemp, such as delta-8. In March, 21 attorneys general from around the country signed a statement imploring Congress to close this perceived loophole, saying these unregulated, intoxicating products were packaged and marketed to children. In a statement on her website, Miller said delta-8 products were being sold in packaging that looks like candy. “We must stop teenagers and children from being exposed to addictive and harmful drugs,” Miller said. Miller is from a farming background and represents a rural district in southern Illinois. Many in the hemp industry think this amendment will have unintended consequences that could shut down the industry and destroy the livelihoods of people who are making legal and safe hemp products. On the show this week, Lancaster Farming talks to two lawyers serving the hemp industry to hear their perspectives. Justin Swanson, a cannabis lawyer from Bose McKinney & Evans in Indiana and the president of the Midwest Hemp Council, says the amendment is bad for the overall industry, citing harm to fiber and grain sectors and genetics. “In my opinion, it eliminates the genetic seed stock that farmers have built, over the last six years, under the broad definition of the '18 Farm Bill,” he said. Courtney Moran of Agricultural Hemp Solutions is legislative counsel to the National Hemp Association. Moran believes this amendment will have less of an effect on the fiber and grain sector, but still finds the new language troubling for the overall industry. Moran doesn't see it as an “industry-killing” amendment, as it's been presented in online headlines. “I would not uses those words,” she said. “It is a major shift from the policies and language that we've seen in both the 2014 and 2018 Farm Bills,” and if it moves forward it will have major consequences. But she reminds listeners that this is only the House draft and there are many more procedural hoops the Farm Bill must go through before being signed into law. Both lawyers suggest that the amendment has Big Marijuana's fingers all over it. The legally murky market for delta-8 and other hemp-derived intoxicants is cutting into the marijuana industry's profits. Also on this episode, we check in with Morris Beegle, founder of the NoCo hemp Expo in Colorado, who tells us more about the June 5-7 European Industrial Hemp Conference and Expo in the Czech Republic. Learn More: Justin Swanson jswanson@boselaw.com 317-684-5404 The Cannabis Practice Group at Bose McKinney & Evans https://www.boselaw.com/cannabusiness/ Midwest Hemp Council https://www.midwesthempcouncil.com/   Courtney Moran Campaigns@agriculturalhempsolutions.com 202-656-7023 Blog: https://www.agriculturalhempsolutions.com/blog Socials: @AgHempSolutions LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/agricultural-hemp-solutions-llc/ Web: https://www.agriculturalhempsolutions.com/ Agricultural Hemp Solutions https://www.agriculturalhempsolutions.com/   Morris Beegle We Are For Better Alternatives https://wafba.org/ European Industrial Hemp Council Conference & Expo, Prague, June 5-7 https://eiha-conference.org/   News Nugs Rep. Miller Votes Yes on Farm Bill https://marymiller.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-mary-miller-votes-yes-farm-bill Farm Bill Amendment Would ‘Devastate' Hemp-Derived Cannabinoid Industry, Close THCA Loophole for Seed and Flower Sales https://www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com/news/farm-bill-2024-amendment-would-change-definition-of-hemp-devastate-hemp-derived-cannabiniod-industry-end-thca-seed-flower-sales/ DEA Says ‘THCA Does Not Meet The Definition' Of Legal Hemp As Congress Weighs Cannabinoid Recriminalization In Farm Bill https://www.marijuanamoment.net/dea-says-thca-does-not-meet-the-definition-of-legal-hemp-as-congress-weighs-cannabinoid-recriminalization-in-farm-bill/     Thanks to our Sponsors! IND HEMP https://indhemp.com/ Forever Green https://www.getforevergreen.com/ Mpactful Ventures https://www.mpactfulventures.org/

On this week's hemp podcast, Lancaster Farming talks to Czech hemp farmer, consultant and advocate Hana Gabrielová, who started her first hemp company, Hempoint, in 2010 and has been instrumental in developing the hemp industry in the Czech Republic and Europe ever since. More recently, with several American partners she founded KonopiUS, which distributes European hemp genetics in the U.S. and provides agronomy consulting services. Gabrielová said the regulatory process to grow hemp in the Czech Republic is relatively easy compared to the U.S., where growers need a permit, an FBI background check, and THC testing before harvest (For now. Fingers crossed for the 2024 Farm Bill and the Industrial Hemp Act). “Hemp farming is not really difficult in regards to the law,” she said. “The farmers can buy seeds, which are on EU-registered database.” While growers don't have to get a permit, they are still required to inform the government. “You have to announce one month from sowing, how much did you sow? Where did you sow? Which variety did you sow?” she said. “And announce it to the customs office.” Gabrielová is a board member of the European Industrial Hemp Association, which is based in Brussels but is holding its annual conference in Gabrielová's home city of Prague June 5-7. The conference will bring together hemp entrepreneurs and policymakers from around the continent and the world. This year's event includes a trade show where hemp companies can display their products, similar to the NoCo Hemp Expo that took place last month in Colorado. There are plenty of European cannabis events, but Gabrielová said this one will be different because it will focus strictly on industrial hemp products instead of “vape pens and marijuana seeds.” Hemp was prohibited for 60 years in the Czech Republic and faces the same marijuana stigma that confuses people in the U.S. While industrial hemp and marijuana are different varieties of the cannabis plant, industrial hemp has a wide range of industrial applications, such as building materials, textiles and bioplastics, and food ingredient applications for both human and animal consumption. The hemp industry is relatively small in the Czech Republic. Gabrielová said there are about 300 farmers growing hemp, mostly on small farms, but a handful of big farms too. Processing is a challenge because there is no decortication facility in the Czech Republic, “so we have to import all the hemp fibers,” Gabrielová said, “which is a lot, because we have a big paper mill here.” Also on this episode, Lancaster Farming talks with Patrick Atagi from the National Industrial Hemp Council, who has organized a delegation of American hemp companies, including HempWood, IND Hemp, Tuscarora Mills (and one hemp podcaster) to attend the EIHA conference and expo in Prague next month. Funded by USDA Market Access Program, the mission of the delegation, Atagi said, is to increase production and help U.S. farmers by finding markets for American hemp goods. “It's to push product globally and establish a foothold in Europe and beyond,” he said. In two weeks, the Lancaster Farming Industrial Hemp Podcast will be reporting from the Czech Republic. Learn more: Hempoint https://hempoint.cz/en/ KonopiUS https://www.konopius.com/ European Industrial Hemp Association https://eiha.org/ CzechHemp Cluster https://www.czechemp.cz/en/home/ Cannabis Embassy https://cannabisembassy.org/ Sustainable Cannabis Policy Handbook https://cannabis2030.org/ National Industrial Hemp Council https://nihcoa.com/ News Nuggets! Key Components of the Industrial Hemp Act are in the Farm Bill https://nationalhempassociation.org/25816-2/ NIHC to receive 275K in RAPP Funding https://fas.usda.gov/programs/regional-agricultural-promotion-program/rapp-funding-allocations-fy-2024 Thanks to our Sponsors! IND HEMP https://indhemp.com/ National Hemp Association https://nationalhempassociation.org Forever Green https://www.getforevergreen.com/ Music Courtesy of Tin Bird Shadow Special Thanks to the Beastie Boys https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNPGM2D7aODfk-63EIolk3X-VNRsJ7Hjw

Apologies to Jimmy Stewart. I only went to Washington for one day. I took the train from Philadelphia May 6 to record a podcast episode at the Ag on the Mall event on the National Mall in D.C. The National Hemp Association and the Pennsylvania Hemp Industry Council invited me to spend time at their display. They had a tent set up with tables full of products made from hemp: cat litter, animal bedding, shirts, rope, bio-plastics socks, flooring and biofuels. They even had a regular old 5-gallon bucket made from hemp. Next to the tent was The FiberCut, a four-tiered, adjustable-height sickle-bar mower made by Hemp Harvest Works in Nebraska. I spent the day talking to the hemp folks at the booth and people passing by, including Erica Stark, executive director of the National Hemp Association. “We are showcasing everything hemp. We have the hemp house on wheels here. We have the BMW i3. And most exciting is we have the new Livewire by Harley-Davidson that has hemp fenders on it that were actually grown in the United States,” she said. This week's episode is a collection of short interviews with a handful of people. Pablo Falla, a business owner with businesses in the U.S. and South and Central America, told me about the differences between growing hemp in the U.S. and elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere. “Down in South America it's totally different,” he said. “We got a perfect 12/12 all year long. So we can do up to four harvests a year. Andrew Bish, president of the Hemp Feed Coalition, had just returned from a meeting with the undersecretary of rural development at the USDA. “A lot of the dialogue was how we can create opportunities for fiber and grain producers to be able to access some of these government programs, some of these funds that they're not able to access right now because of the risk,” Bish said. National Hemp Associationhttps://nationalhempassociation.org/ Pennsylvania Hemp Industry Council https://www.pahic.org/ Hemp Feed Coalition https://hempfeedcoalition.org/ Special thanks to Sandra Mason and the team at AEM Thanks to our Sponsors! IND HEMPhttps://indhemp.com/ Forever Green https://www.forevergreen.com/ Americhanvrehttps://americhanvre.com/ SunRay Hemp

On this week's hemp podcast, Lancaster Farming talks to Steve Groff from Cedar Meadow Farm in Holtwood, Lancaster County, where he is getting ready to plant 70 acres of industrial hemp. “This year it's all fiber. And we'll probably plant about 10 varieties,” Groff said. Of those 10, about a third will be what he calls his “core varieties“ that have performed well previously on his farm or in the Mid-Atlantic region in general. “We are going to be testing several other newer varieties that might perform well, that we need to basically, I'll say, ground-truth and see how they work,” he said. As the post-prohibition hemp industry puts itself back together, one of the many riddles to solve is what plant genetics will work where, which is why Groff is so keen on trying new varieties — he enjoys figuring stuff out, and if his work on the farm can help grow an industry, that's even better. Groff, well known for his pioneering work and educational efforts in no-till farming and cover crops, has been growing hemp on his farm since 2019, the first season it was legal to grow commercially in Pennsylvania. His interest in hemp is full spectrum. He's grown hemp on his farm for CBD, grain and fiber, but this year his focus is exclusively on fiber — not just growing it, but also how to process. Groff is a partner in Hemp Katalyst, an aspirational hemp processing company focused on research and development. “So we've been experimenting with several different variations of processing. And as everybody knows, there's a lot involved,” he said. Groff said that ultimately the varieties that farmers grow will be determined by how it's used, and that manufacturers will provide specs for processors. But the industry is not there yet, so Groff pushes forward with “experimental micro processing.” “And so we're trying to back up from what our customers want and figure it out so that when we do invest in larger scale machinery, we get it right the first time.” “I love doing the cover crops because it helped farmers. It helped the environment. It checked all the boxes,” Groff said. “And the nice thing about hemp is it does all those things too, but it's enhanced because it a stronger connection to everyone.” Or, as we say on the podcast, cannabis loves community. Groff also discussed his recent work with Penn State's College of Medicine. Groff grows CBG and CBD varieties of hemp for their medical research. From food, fiber and fuel to building materials and medicine — the list goes on and on — Groff said he can't think of another plant that God made that benefits humanity in more ways than hemp. Learn more about Cedar Meadow Farm https://cedarmeadow.farm/ Learn more about Hemp Katalyst https://www.hempkatalyst.com/ New Nuggets IND HEMP Earns B Corp Certification https://www.bakersfield.com/ap/news/ind-hemp-earns-prestigious-b-corp-certification/article_6a68890d-1ee4-524f-975b-c38286b68ecb.html Commercial Operations Begin at Panda Biotech's Massive Wichita Falls Hemp Gin https://dallasinnovates.com/commercial-operations-begin-at-panda-biotechs-massive-wichita-falls-hemp-gin/ Thanks to our sponsors! IND HEMP https://indhemp.com/ National Hemp Association https://nationalhempassociation.org/ Mpactful Ventures https://www.mpactfulventures.org/ Forever Green, distributors of the KP-4 Hemp Cutter https://www.hempcutter.com/ Music Courtesy of Tin Bird Shadow.

This is a special weekend edition of the Hemp Podcast. Lancaster Farming speaks with Geoff Whaling, chair of the National Hemp Association. I will update the details of this episode soon. For now, enjoy the audio. Learn more: National Hemp Association https://nationalhempassociation.org/   Thanks to our sponsors! IND HEMP https://indhemp.com/ Americhanvre https://americhanvre.com/ Forever Green, distributors of the KP4 Hemp Cutter https://www.hempcutter.com/

This week on the Hemp Podcast, Lancaster Farming talks with Maciej Kowalski, founder and CEO of Kombinat Konopny, a hemp company based in Elbląg, a Polish city on the Baltic Sea. Kombinat Konopny is a vertically integrated hemp operator working both in the herbal and fiber division. Kowalski said the company takes a no-nonsense approach to floral production and extraction. “Which means basically we are not doing extraction, because nature does it best,” he said. Instead of a complicated chemical extraction process, “we just mix hemp biomass with olive oil and then press it mechanically,” he said. “No distillation, no extraction, no messing with the natural ratios of the cannabinoids. Whatever is in the plant goes into the oil,” Kowalski said, noting that this model runs counter to the mainstream floral hemp industry's fixation on hemp derived intoxicants like Delta-8 THC. “I don't mess with nature. I just put it in a bottle,” Kowalski said. A separate division of Kombinat Konopny is focused on hemp fiber. “I've been working with hemp flower for more than 10 years now, and hemp stalk has always been an enemy,” he said. “It was something that ropes around all the bits and pieces. So like five, six years ago, I decided to try to somehow work with it, not against it.” Since then Kowalski has built a vertically integrated hemp textile company. “We are growing hemp. We are harvesting hemp. We are decorticating hemp,” he said. “Then we are refining the fiber, we spin it into yarn, and we actually make the products out of it,” Kowalski said. “So it's a full value chain.” Before getting into hemp, Kowalski was working as a journalist and was trying to write a story about a Catch-22 in Polish hemp law. “In order to grow hemp, you need to be registered in a registry of hemp growers,” he said. But the registry did not exist. He wanted to write an article that asked some basic questions: “How can you say that I'm in the registry, if there is no registry, but you cannot grow if you're not in the registry?” He applied for the registry, knowing his application would be rejected because there was no registry. But much to his surprise (and to the detriment of his career in investigative journalism), “some wise person from the ministry said, ‘Well, the country cannot expect from a citizen to fulfill something that is not possible.'” In 2014, Maciej Kowalski was granted the first private license issued for hemp in Poland. “I wanted to show that it is not possible, but I actually proved that it is possible, so maybe I should start doing it,” he said. From there he built a successful CBD business, which was bought by a Canadian company in 2018, but the sale came with a non-compete clause, so Kowalski was unable to work with CBD for two years. “So imagine 2018,” he said. “I've got quite a lot of money to invest. I got quite a lot of willpower and knowledge, but I cannot be working with CBDs. So that's how I got into fiber.” Also in this interview we discuss winter retting, feral hemp, and how Kowalski took a case to the Polish Supreme Court to prove that hemp does not fall under the EU's novel food regulations. Listen here: Kombinat Konopny https://kombinatkonopny.pl/ Maciej on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/maciejkowalskihemp/ What's up with European Novel Foods? https://food.ec.europa.eu/safety/novel-food_en Thanks to our Sponsors! IND HEMP https://indhemp.com National Hemp Association https://nationalhempassociation.org/ King's Agriseeds https://kingsagriseeds.com/

This week's hemp podcast is divided into two parts. Lancaster Farming talks with Shannon Powers from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture about some major changes to the hemp program in the Keystone State. “The first is that Pennsylvania is moving to a performance-based testing system for growers who are growing either for fiber or grain,” Powers said. Performance-based testing, she said, will reduce the amount of testing needed by growers if they meet basic requirements. Reduced testing means reduced costs for producers. The second change, Powers said, is the removal of the application deadline. In the past, growers had to get their application in by April 1. Removing the deadline makes it easier for farmers to make planting decisions later in the season. “We're finding that folks can grow two crops of hemp in one season,” Powers said. KP-4 Hemp Cutter The second interview on the hemp podcast this week is with Peter Dushop, founder of the Canadian company Forever Green, distributors of the KP-4 hemp cutter. The KP-4 is an adjustable-height, multi-tiered sickle bar for harvesting fiber hemp, made by Lithuanian equipment manufacturer Laumetris. Dushop said the cutter makes “the crop manageable and improves consistency and repeatability from season to season, from field to field.” Dushop grows fiber hemp on the family farm in British Columbia, where he is also developing a processing facility. “We firmly believe that processing starts in the field and not necessarily at the mill,” Dushop said. Learn more: Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Hemp Program https://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Plants_Land_Water/hemp/Pages/default.aspx Agricultural Business Development Center https://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Business_Industry/Pages/ABDC.aspx Forever Green https://www.forevergreen.com HempCutter.com https://www.hempcutter.com/ News Nuggets South Bend Industrial Hemp to Launch Apprenticeship Program https://www.morningagclips.com/south-bend-industrial-hemp-to-launch-apprenticeship-program-through-kfbs-rkap/ Hemp-Based Batteries to Be Manufactured in Wisconsin https://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/hemp-based-batteries-to-be-manufactured-in-wisconsin/64029 Thanks to our Sponsors! IND HEMP https://indhemp.com/ National Hemp Association https://nationalhempassociation.org/

We're taking the show on the road again. This week we'll hear interviews from my recent trip to Massachusetts, where I visited the Cape Cod Hemp House in Harwich, and the Hillside Center for Sustainable Living in Newburyport. Michael Monteiro gave me a tour of his newly built 6,000-square-foot house. “It may look like any other house here on the cape. We have cedar sidewall shingles on the house,” he said. “But ... the house is actually insulated with a biobased material called hemp lime, or hempcrete. So behind these white walls, we have an insulation material that doesn't come from oil. It actually comes from a plant.” Monteiro worked with an architecture firm to design and build a house that looks like a normal cape house, but uses the latest technology in green building, which he explains in detail during the interview. Then I drove up to the Hillside Center for Sustainable Living in Newburyport, where I met with local builder David Hall, a partner in the vertically integrated real estate and building firm Hall & Moskow. Phase 3 of the Hillside Center is under construction now. It is billed as the largest industrial hempcrete project in North America, and when complete will be a 12-unit apartment complex. “We set out 10 years ago to build a community here of very low carbon living,” Hall said. “We have already built 30 units that meet passive house criteria and perform beautifully. “It's not an exaggeration to say 1,300 watts, like a typical hair dryer, would heat the homes because that's what they consume. They're very tight, very successful,” he said. The walls of those first 30 units are made from concrete, which is extremely carbon intensive. But hempcrete has a much lower carbon footprint, which is why Hall & Moskow are using it in the next phase of the community. You can hear all about both of these building projects on this week's show. Plus an interview with Lindsay the waitress at Persy's Place in North Plymouth. The Hillside Center for Sustainable Living http://www.hillsidecenterforsustainableliving.com/ The Cape Cod Hemp House https://www.capecodhemphouse.com/ Persy's Place https://persysplace.com/ News Nuggets Hemp: I Can Tell Your Future, Just Look What's In Your Hand (Part 5/5) https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthoban/2023/12/16/hemp-i-can-tell-your-future-just-look-whats-in-your-hand-part-55/ Some hemp with your wine? Study shows better soil, potentially flavors from intercropping https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/some-hemp-with-your-wine-study-shows-better-soil-potentially-flavors-from-intercropping/ Thanks to our Sponsors! Mpactful Ventures https://www.mpactfulventures.org/ IND HEMP https://indhemp.com/ King's Agriseeds https://kingsagriseeds.com/ Cornell Hemp https://cals.cornell.edu/cornell-agritech/products-we-research/hemp National Hemp Association https://nationalhempassociation.org Americhanvre Cast-Hemp https://americhanvre.com/

On this week's show, we talk with Morris Beegle, founder of the Noco Hemp Expo, the largest industrial hemp convention in North America. The tenth annual expo will be held April 11-13 in Estes Park, Colorado. “It's really a beautiful mountain resort location where we can get 2,000-3,000 people up there and basically take over the town,” Beegle said. He expects it to be a good meet-up, full of constructive conversations on how to shape the industry, develop supply chains, influence regulation and do business. The Noco Expo has become an important part of the development of the hemp industry domestically and internationally. Different sectors of the industry have different priorities, and Noco provides the chance industry players “try to figure out our internal issues and how do we move this industry forward and try to position ourselves politically and harmonize our message,” he said. “And also harmonize ourselves with what's going on in Europe and Asia,” he added. Beegle just returned from a whirlwind trip, first attending the Asia International Hemp Expo in Bangkok, Thailand, followed by a cannabis convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, called MJBizCon. On this week's episode, he shares his experiences from both conventions as well as his thoughts on the state of the hemp industry as 2023 winds down, and where the industry is headed in 2024. Looking into his crystal ball, he sees “more support for the industrial hemp side of things through government grants, through the USDA. I think that there is a support mechanism there that will be more beneficial than it has been in the past.” He said his crystal ball is a bit foggy due to the uncertainty around the 2024 presidential election and the sticky political mess we call Congress. “I think that we're going to be in for quite a year next year,” he said, “so everybody better hold tight and stay focused and try to stay as positive as possible.” Buy Tickets for the 10th Annual NoCo Hemp Expo in Estes park, Co, April 11-13 https://www.nocohempexpo.com/ Apply to become a speaker or presenter at Noco https://letstalkhemp.net/   News Nuggets New York Lawmakers Send Governor Bill To Allow Hemp Seeds In Food For Pets, Horses And Llamas https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-york-lawmakers-send-governor-bill-to-allow-hemp-seeds-in-food-for-pets-horses-and-llamas/ U.S. commodities platform that traded industrial hemp shuts down as investor pulls back https://hemptoday.net/u-s-commodities-platform-that-traded-industrial-hemp-shuts-down Lower Sioux in Minnesota need homes — so they are building them from hemp https://grist.org/indigenous/hempcrete-lower-sioux-housing/ Rich Folks Import This Building Material. A Minnesota Tribe Makes Its Own. https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/12/minnesota-tribe-mdewakanton-band-dakota-hempcrete-sustainable-wellness-architecture/ Their Cape Cod Home Isn't Small, but Its Carbon Footprint Is https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/01/realestate/sustainable-home-massachusetts-climate.html   Thanks to our Sponsors! IND HEMP https://indhemp.com/ National Hemp Association https://nationalhempassociation.org/

Hemp has played a role in the lives of humans for a very long time, according to this week's podcast guest, Jeremy Klettke, cannabis breeder and owner of Davis Farms, based in Oregon and Massachusetts. “It's clearly culturally assimilated with us. It's clearly evolved with us,” he said, “when you talk about it from an endogenous cannabinoid perspective.” “Whatever we ask for, the plant seems to give,” he said. “Food, fuel, fiber — any of it, it's giving us these incredible versions of it. So there's clearly been a parallel evolution.” Klettke has been working internationally with the cannabis plant since the early 1990s and shares many tales from his experience on this episode. While living and working in Copenhagen in the 1990s, he caught a glimpse of the cannabis trade that has existed internationally for thousands of years, an experience he called “profound.” “It definitely helped me to recognize that, you know, this plant was a culturally important part of our civilization for ... I didn't know how long,” he said. As a plant breeder, he shares his views on genetics and the role THC plays in the plant. He suggests that breeding THC out of hemp altogether will have unintended consequences. “When you remove THC, you're removing one of the primary defense mechanisms,” he said. THC also happens to be the compound responsible for psychoactive properties of cannabis which, he said, humans have been using as a spiritual tool since prehistoric times. He cited the Dogon tribe in Mali, which would ingest fermented cannabis during their religious ceremonies. This interview covers a lot of territory.  Davis Farms https://davishempfarms.com/ News Nuggets Hemp uses and potential economic impact in Pa. https://www.witf.org/2023/11/13/hemp-uses-and-potential-economic-impact-in-pa/ Is hemp making a comeback? Tennessee farmers eye an era beyond CBD https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2023/11/15/tn-farmers-eye-hemp-production-facilities-past-cbd/71301942007/ Pennsylvania Hemp Industry Council https://www.pahic.org/ Pennsylvania Hemp Industry Council's introductory video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fFW4d3Bykg Thanks to our Sponsors: IND HEMP https://indhemp.com/ National Hemp Association https://nationalhempassociation.org/ Cornell University's Master's of Professional Studies in Integrative Plant Sciences with a concentration in hemp sciences. https://cals.cornell.edu/school-integrative-plant-science

Inflammation occurs naturally in horses and is often part an animal's healing response, but chronic, low-grade inflammation is a contributing factor in diseases that affect the health of horses, according to this week's podcast guest, Kristine Ely. Last month, Ely defended her doctoral thesis at Virginia Tech, where she conducted a study to determine the effect hemp seed oil would have on inflammation in sedentary horses. She said inflammation is associated with but not a cause of a variety of diseases in horses, from osteoarthritis to metabolic syndrome and laminitis. “There's a lot of ill effects with inflammation, (so) it's an important aspect to mitigate and moderate the kind of inflammatory responses we have in the animals,” she said. There are pharmaceutical treatments for chronic inflammation, but Ely said use can result in negative digestive and kidney issues. Increasing poly-saturated fatty acids in diet is one known way to address inflammation — think fish oil supplements and Mediterranean diets. One such fatty acid is gamma-linolenic acid, or GLA, which has been shown to to increase the anti-inflammatory response in mammals. Ely said GLA is uncommon in the typical dietary components of horse feed, but it is found copiously in hemp seed oil. She wanted to know if adding hemp seed oil to horses' diets could reduce chronic inflammation. She completed a feeding trial from May to September 2022, using six thoroughbred geldings. “I completed what we call crossover,” she said. “Every horse served as their own control, and every horse got to eat both the control and treatment.” Half the horses were fed a diet with added hemp seed oil while the other half was fed a diet without hemp. She took weekly blood samples, and also took muscle and synovial fluid samples before and after the trial. “And then I put all the horses back on the same diet for another month because I wanted to capture a washout period,” she said. “Okay, we can manipulate by adding the fatty acids, but how quickly does it go back to normal or are there any lingering effects?” Hemp seeds and hemp seed oil have GRAS status from USDA — generally regarded as safe for human consumption — but using hemp as a feed for commercial livestock remains illegal at the federal level. Around the U.S., there is a patchwork of state laws that allow hemp to be fed to companion animals such as horses, dogs and cats. The issue holding everything up is cannabinoid contamination, especially tetrahydrocannabinol, commonly known as THC, which produces the high associated with marijuana. What every hempster worth her salt will tell you though is that the hemp seed does not produce cannabinoids, but the flowers where the seeds develop do, so there can be cannabinoid contamination on the outer shell of the seed in minuscule amounts. Ely fed her horses a commercially available hemp seed oil which she tested for cannabinoids at parts per million. She was not surprised to find very tiny amounts of cannabinoids. She was curious how or if this would accumulate in the horses bodies, but she detected no cannabinoids in the plasma or synovial fluid of the horses fed hemp seed oil when tested to a 50-ppb limit of detection. “If you and if you dig into the literature a bit about research specifically supplementing cannabinoids to horses, it takes a bit more of a dose to be able to observe cannabinoids within the horse,” she said. She hopes her research will help make the case to remove some of the restrictions around hemp as a commercial livestock feed, giving hemp producers another outlet, livestock producers another input, and consumers another option. The focus of her work was to determine if hemp seed oil can be a good source of polyunsaturated fatty acids for horses. She determined it is, but said “the implications for it's effect on inflammation require further evaluation.” Virginia Tech https://www.vt.edu/ Hemp Feed Coalition https://hempfeedcoalition.org/ Go see the movie Common Ground https://commongroundfilm.org/ Thanks to our sponsors! IND HEMP https://indhemp.com National Hemp Association https://nationalhempassociation.org/

On this week's Hemp Podcast, Lancaster Farming talks to Saharah Moon Chapotin, executive director of the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR). the Foundation was established in the 20124 Farm Bill “We were given the unique mandate by Congress to form public private partnerships to support food and agriculture research,” she said, “really recognizing the dearth of or the decreasing amount of public funding going to agriculture research, and with the idea towards leveraging additional resources from non-federal sources, from the private sector and others.” FFAR's research spans a wide array of ag topics, Chapotin said. “We focus on the sustainability of the agriculture system itself, looking at soil and water and how farmers can have the tools they need to make good decisions around really safeguarding their environment and their agriculture systems,” she said. FFAR's research digs into food systems as well. “Thinking about what those in the food system need in order to deliver the foods that consumers need and want, the nutritious foods that they need to access at the store, thinking about processing and ingredients and the nutritional content of those foods," Chapotin said. One of the methods of raising money for research is by building consortia among universities, government, and industry players. “What is really valuable about our consortia to those industry players is that it de-risks the investment for them,' she said. “We're not counting on any one company to support all the research that would be needed to generate the outcome, say, for more sustainable agriculture. But they can co-invest and so that de-risk the investment for them. It often also gives companies a chance to collaborate with their competitor, something they would not normally do on their own.” One such consortium is the Hemp Research Consortium, which brings together such diverse partners as North Carolina state, Cornell University, Agilent Technologies, IND HEMP, and ScottsMiracle-Grow. On this episode of the podcast, we'll learn about FFAR and the work they do and how industrial hemp fits into the overall mission. Learn more about the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research https://foundationfar.org/ Learn More about FFAR's Hemp Consortium https://foundationfar.org/consortia/hemp-research-consortium/ Sign up for FFAR's newsletter https://foundationfar.org/home/newsletter-sign-up/ News Nuggets Hungry Sheep Devour Over 600 Pounds of Cannabis After Invading Greenhousehttps://www.newsweek.com/hungry-sheep-devour-over-600-pounds-cannabis-invading-greenhouse-1829170 Is hemp the superfood vegetarians have been waiting for?https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230922/Is-hemp-the-superfood-vegetarians-have-been-waiting-for.aspx GreenBuild 2023 https://informaconnect.com/greenbuild/ HempWood https://hempwood.com/ Americhanvre https://americhanvre.com/ Thanks to our Sponsors! National Hemp Association https://nationalhempassociation.org/ IND HEMPhttps://indhemp.com/

On this week's podcast we talk to Oregon-based hemp lobbyist and legal strategist Courtney Moran, who was in Washington, D.C., last week “lobbying for support for the Industrial Hemp Act.” The Industrial Hemp Act of 2023, also known as the Hemp Exemption, would create a new legal definition of hemp grown for fiber and grain, separating those sectors from hemp grown for flower or cannabinoids. Advocates argue that the existing hemp regulations put unnecessary burdens on farmers because of permitting fees, intrusive background checks, and expensive chemical testing for THC content. Moran, along with members of the National Hemp Association, held an open house in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill last week, and invited lawmakers and their offices to see firsthand the various uses of industrial hemp. On display were an array of products made from hemp fiber, hurd and grain. “We had hemp flooring, hemp cabinetry, animal bedding. We had biochar, we had jet fuel,” she said. “We had the parts of the stalk broken out into different pieces so they can visually see the distinction between hurd and fiber and the different parts of the stalk.” Moran said these types of show-and-tell events are very effective in getting lawmakers to understand what farmers and entrepreneurs are up against when it comes to hemp. “It's one thing to have a phone call, send emails back and forth, have legislative text on a page talking about policy,” she said, “But when they can see the images of the farms, and they can touch the products that are being made from those crops, it makes it more real for them.” Moran worked with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's office on the hemp language that eventually made its way into the 2018 Farm Bill, and she said she still sees a lot of the same gaps in what lawmakers know about hemp. “Something that I experienced back in 2016 that we're still dealing with today in 2023 is that some offices still don't know this was even an issue,” she said. Many lawmakers don't know “there's still barriers to getting these products to market or there are still problems or issues for the farmers,” she said. Moran also discusses the likelihood of seeing a Farm Bill this year and what it could mean for the hemp industry if the DEA follows a recent recommendation from the Department of Health and Human Services to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act. Learn more about the 2023 Industrial Hemp Act https://www.hempexemption.com/ Agricultural Hemp Solutions https://www.agriculturalhempsolutions.com/ National Hemp Association https://nationalhempassociation.org/ Thank you to our sponsors! IND HEMP https://indhemp.com/ Mpactful Ventures https://www.mpactfulventures.org/

This week on the hemp podcast, Lancaster Farming talks to Hector “Freedom” Gerardo, the first farmer to grow fiber and grain hemp in Connecticut for a very long time. Hemp was outlawed in the U.S. for most of the 20th century, but was made a legal commodity crop by the 2018 Farm Bill. “I started in 2021 growing for CBD, and last year again I grew for CBD, but I lost money,” he said. He became intrigued with all of the other uses for industrial hemp, including hempcrete for construction. In April, he attended a two-day hempcrete workshop in Berks County, Pennsylvania, with hemp builder Cameron McIntosh of Americhanvre Cast-Hemp. The workshop focused on making pre-fab hempcrete panels. “Oh, man, it was eye-opening experience of the things that we could do and where the industry is headed, and the things that we can accomplish if we work together,” he said about the workshop. With his wife, Elizabeth, and their three children, he runs SEAmarron Farmstead in Danbury, Connecticut. It's a 3-acre farm where they do a whole lot more than just hemp. “I love hemp, but we got to feed people. So that's the other side,” he said. “We grow all types of vegetables — a lot of garlic, a lot of tomatoes, a lot of cabbage — you know, a lot of things that people want.” They also run a CSA on the farm and sell to restaurants. “Because at the end of the day, we need to feed people. You know, and that's the purpose of the farm,” he said. The farm hosts education events and community work days. “We do a lot of work organizing with young people around food insecurity, learning how to grow your own food,” he said. Gerardo also maintains a network of BIPOC farmers. “We created the CTBIPOC (Connecticut Black Indigenous People of Color) Food Network, and it's a network of 77 bipoc farmers in Connecticut. That's all the bipoc farmers in Connecticut. Only 0.06% of all farmers in Connecticut are people of color,” he said. Gerardo is optimistic that his work in hemp and community agricultural education will make a difference in the Constitution State. “We can move Connecticut into a sustainable place because right now we're not sustainable at all,” he said. Connect with Freedom Gerardo on the Socials: Instagram LinkedIn News Nugs The buildings constructed from cannabis https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230614-the-buildings-constructed-from-cannabis Study finds 90% of Arizona hemp farmers failed from 2019 to 2021. Here's why (hint: it's CBD) https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/arizona/study-90-percent-arizona-hemp-farmers-failed-in-2019-2021/75-e14e075b-804e-4146-967b-e2c3ab9ebffc Shapiro Administration Awards More Than $390,000 to Grow PA Hemp Industry https://www.media.pa.gov/Pages/Agriculture_details.aspx?newsid=1322 Thanks to our Sponsors: IND HEMP https://indhemp.com/ Americhanvre Cast Hemp https://americhanvre.com/ National Hemp Association https://nationalhempassociation.org/

Can plants communicate with each other? Do they know when they're under attack from pests? Can they tell one type of insect pest from another—say, an aphid from a caterpillar? The answer may surprise you. According to this week's podcast guest, Aaron Appleby, the answer to all three of these questions is a resounding yes. Appleby, a Ph.D. candidate at Washington State University in the Crop Science department, specializes in organic pesticides, with a focus on the hemp russet mite and fiber hemp. Appleby said his research at WSU involves bringing organic production to the Palouse region of Eastern Washington and North central Idaho, the largest wheat growing region in the United States. Appleby is also a certified crop advisor and owner of White Coat Laboratories, a cannabis research company in Pullman, Washington. “We are studying how plant volatiles can increase secondary metabolites and attract beneficial arthropods to your system to reduce pest pressure,” he said. Appleby said plants communicate with each other by releasing clouds of chemicals, which Appleby calls “plant screams.” For instance, if a plant is under attach by a certain pest, the plant will produce a chemical cloud containing information that surrounding plants will sense and decipher, giving them a heads up on an impending pest attack. Appleby said plants use as many as fifty chemicals to convey specific information. He likens the combinations of chemicals to our alphabet of 26 letter that we use to build words and sentences to convey meaning. “In much the same way, plants are able to combine these different chemicals in different ratios to convey different messages to their community,” he said. Is it possible to harness this communication system for commercial production? Can the communication among plants be enhanced to reduce our dependence on chemical fertilizers? Does this hyper-awareness mean that plants possess a form of consciousness? That's exactly what we're talking about on this podcast episode. Plus we have a check-in call with Jeremy Klettke of Davis Hemp Farming in Oregon. Aaron Appleby on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-appleby-901113272/ Washington State University Department of Crop and Soil Sciences https://css.wsu.edu/ Davis Hemp Farm https://davishempfarms.com/ News Nuggets Introducing the 1st shoe made from CBD weed https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/627753860/introducing-the-1st-shoe-made-from-cbd-weed Prowl Studio develops "first injection-moulded chair that can be composted" https://www.dezeen.com/2023/04/17/prowl-studio-peel-chair-m4-factory-milan-design-week/ Don't Lose Hope For The U.S. Hemp Industry https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthoban/2023/04/18/dont-lose-hope-for-the-us-hemp-industry/?sh=d323f776e4bb Thanks to our sponsors! IND HEMP https://indhemp.com/ Americhanvre Cast-Hemp https://americhanvre.com/ National Hemp Association https://nationalhempassociation.org/

Geoff Whaling, chair of the National Hemp Association, joins us on the Industrial Hemp Podcast this week to talk about NHA's priorities for what they'd like to see in the 2023 Farm Bill. Topping that list is the bifurcation, or division, of the hemp industry, Whaling said, with legislation that would create a sub-definition of industrial hemp grown for fiber and grain, making it easier for row crop farmers to add it to their current rotations of crops like corn, soy and wheat. Currently, hemp farmers are subject to expensive permitting fees, FBI background checks and finger printing, and costly on-farm government testing of cannabinoid content in the field. Whaling said these requirements are barriers to the industry that keep farmers from growing industrial hemp at a scale that can establish a robust domestic hemp industry, because farmers are being treated like criminals for wanting to grow a commodity crop that can be used for food, feed, fuel, fabric and more. Whaling said NHA supports the CBD industry. “I don't want to negate the importance that cannabinoids have in this marketplace,” but it's important for the two sides of the industry to be regulated differently. Whaling said the industry faces difficult educational challenges with the public and, almost more importantly, with lawmakers. “We would go into senators' offices who were leaders in this space, and their staff did not know or believe that you could plant hemp as a row crop,” he said. Last month, Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Mike Braun, R-Ind., introduced the 2023 Industrial Hemp Act, which would remove the barriers for farmers who want to grow hemp as commodity crop rather than a specialty crop, the way CBD hemp is grown. If the bill does not pass as a stand-alone piece of legislation, Whaling is hopeful it will be added to the 2023 Farm Bill. Another priority for NHA is hemp for animal feed. “We get this question all the time, why is it okay for us to eat hemp hearts, we as humans, but it's not OK for us to give that to our dogs?” Whaling said. “It's a good question. But the reality is the authority for all things that are consumed by us or consumed by animals that go into the human chain is left squarely with the FDA,” he said. He said state governments are taking this into their own hands, passing various legislation allowing for hemp to be used in feed for domestic animals, but Whaling said this issue deserves to be solved at the federal level, rather than by a patchwork of state laws across the country. “It most definitely is that patchwork approach,” he said. “And we know that it didn't work very well for cannabinoids. And I think that if we were able to move this forward on a national program, then all citizens would be able to participate.” Whaling also spoke about the work NHA is doing around the world to develop the hemp industry and to help build the market for carbon credits. While the industry has it's challenges, Whaling remains hopeful as ever. “Five years from now, we'll still be researching the potential of industrial hemp,” he said. “Ten years from now, we'll be well on our way to a multibillion dollar industry. “And 20 years from now, when I'm long gone, hemp will be everywhere and people will be saying, what was the big deal?” National Hemp Association https://nationalhempassociation.org/ Hemp Exemption https://www.hempexemption.com/ News Nuggets Scientists Evaluate Potential Human Cannabinol Exposure from Consuming Meat if Cattle is Fed Hempseed Cake https://www.ars.usda.gov/news-events/news/research-news/2023/scientists-evaluate-potential-human-cannabinol-exposure-from-consuming-meat-if-cattle-is-fed-hempseed-cake/ Argentina's Government Participated In First Legal Hemp Harvests In Half A Century https://internationalcbc.com/argentinas-government-participated-in-first-legal-hemp-harvests-in-half-a-century/ Now That Weed is Mostly Legal, Hemp Should Be Booming. But It's Not https://time.com/6268420/hemp-climate-solution/ Thanks to our sponsors IND HEMP https://indhemp.com/ Mpactful Ventures https://www.mpactfulventures.org/ Farm https://www.farmland.fi/

This week on the podcast we talk to the board of directors of the newly revamped Pennsylvania Hemp Industry Council. Erica Stark, Lori Daytner, Cynthia Petrone-Hudock, Cameron McIntosh and Drew Oberholtzer are active business leaders and advocates for industrial hemp in Pennsylvania. The council received $150,000 in grant money from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture for Project Invest in PA Hemp, which aims to attract investment in the state's hemp sector. Petrone-Hudock, co-owner of Hemp-Alternative in Chester County, said the grant seeks to increase customer awareness of agricultural products. “We're going to shift our message away from investing in growing hemp, because we've sort of proven in the state that that can get done,” she said, “to investing in sustainable product development through the use of hemp.” Oberholtzer, co-founder of Coexist Build, a design firm with a line of hempcrete construction products, said the goal of the project is to develop and create a communication strategy that brings “investment into Pennsylvania for Pennsylvania hemp companies, creating partnerships with public and private entities.” Daytner, vice president of program development at Don Services, the New Castle company that created the Project PA Hemp Home, said the scope of the new project involves education and outreach. “But,” she said, “there's also the financial and commercial side of it where investors may say, ‘Oh yeah, this piques my interest,' but investors want numbers. They want an understanding of what's behind the opportunities that are here.” Petrone-Hudock said “build demand, build demand, build demand” is the key. From a grain perspective, she said, “we need food ingredient suppliers, we need chefs, we need restaurant owners, we need local food networks to be in it, really embracing hemp. We need fabric dependent businesses to start looking at hemp as an alternative. “We need builders and designers and architects, and we need homeowners to say, ‘I want to live in an eco-friendly house that's going to be healthy for me.' Like the whole key here is what's healthy. And if you embed hemp in your lifestyle, you can't go wrong. And so I think it is sort of changing the message and the target, and continuing to build this demand at the consumer level.” McIntosh, owner of hempcrete construction company Americhanvre, is confident in the project and points to the Ag Department's support as a major factor in its success. “Just the fact that our Department of Agriculture is putting up this kind of money specifically for promotion of hemp products grown, manufactured and produced in Pennsylvania — that's success right there,” he said. Stark, PAHIC chair and executive director of the National Hemp Association, said the council is “the perfect vehicle to make sure that the positive impacts of all of the materials that are created through this grant continue to be implemented and used indefinitely, because our our mission and our goal is to have a robust and vital hemp industry here in PA.” Pennsylvania Hemp Industry Council https://www.pahic.org/ Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture's Hemp Program https://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Plants_Land_Water/hemp/Pages/default.aspx News Nuggets Farmers March on Washington to Demand Climate Legislation https://www.lancasterfarming.com/farmers-march-on-washington-to-demand-climate-legislation/article_b81d183e-bda9-11ed-9a2e-9f76ff7759af.html Pingree Introduces Bipartisan Bill to End Discriminatory Hemp Policy https://pingree.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4507 Why India is losing trillion-dollar hemp economy https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/why-india-is-losing-trillion-dollar-hemp-economy/ Thanks to our Sponsors! King's Agriseeds https://kingsagriseeds.com/ IND HEMP https://indhemp.com/

This week's Hemp Podcast is a recap of the Pennsylvania Hemp Summit that took place at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, Pa., November 14 -15. We hear opening remarks from Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding, highlights from the keynote speech by Ken Elliott from IND HEMP, as well as selected audio from a fiber and grain panel discussion and a cannabinoid panel discussion. Speakers include: Dr. Raj Kasula from Wenger Feeds, David Cook from Tuscarora Mills, Cameron McIntosh from Americhanvre Cast-Hemp, Lori Daytner from DON Services, Dr. Allison Justice from The Hemp Mine, Erica Stark from the National Hemp Association, Tom Trite from PA Options for Wellness, Steve Groff from Cedar Meadow Farms, and Justin DeAngelis from Rhino BioTech Thanks to our Sponsor: IND HEMP

Join Mandi Kerr, Morgan Tweet, Courtney Moran, and Erica Stark on Friday morning's episode of Moving ^HEMP Forward. For this morning we'll talk about: Grain & Fiber Hemp Exemption Bill Campaign Goals: Draft legislation and pass a bill creating an exemption for industrial hemp, grain & fiber. Educate lawmakers about the need for exemptions and opportunities with grain & fiber Secure bipartisan support for the exemption framework Unite and mobilize advocates Morgan Tweet is a founding partner and Chief Operating Officer of IND HEMP, an industrial hemp food and fiber processing company in Fort Benton, Montana. Morgan planned, constructed, and commissioned the IND HEMP Oilseed processing plant in early 2020 and manages daily operations. Morgan graduated from the University of Missouri with a BS in Chemical Engineering then worked for Archer Daniels Midland in Decatur, Illinois launching her career in agriculture and food processing. Courtney N. Moran, LL.M., Founding Principal of EARTH Law, LLC and Chief Legislative Strategist for Agricultural Hemp Solutions, LLC is the leading expert on U.S. hemp law championing legal policy for sustainable Cannabis hemp agribusiness development. Courtney worked closely with the offices of Senator Ron Wyden and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in drafting and negotiating the Hemp Farming Act of 2018 (S. 2667), the language included in the 2018 federal Farm Bill, the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, federally legalizing hemp. Erica Stark is the Executive Director of the National Hemp Association for almost 5 years now. Erica is also the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Hemp Industry Council and serves as the co-chair of the Policy and Regulation Subcommittee of the PA Hemp Steering Committee which is the official advisory council to the PA Dept. of Agriculture. She is a sought-after speaker with years of experience in hemp education and legislative advocacy, including testifying before Congress.

Join Mandi Kerr, Morgan Tweet, Courtney Moran, and Erica Stark on Friday morning's episode of Moving ^HEMP Forward. For this morning we'll talk about: Grain & Fiber Hemp Exemption Bill Campaign Goals: Draft legislation and pass a bill creating an exemption for industrial hemp, grain & fiber. Educate lawmakers about the need for exemptions and opportunities with grain & fiber Secure bipartisan support for the exemption framework Unite and mobilize advocates Morgan Tweet is a founding partner and Chief Operating Officer of IND HEMP, an industrial hemp food and fiber processing company in Fort Benton, Montana. Morgan planned, constructed, and commissioned the IND HEMP Oilseed processing plant in early 2020 and manages daily operations. Morgan graduated from the University of Missouri with a BS in Chemical Engineering then worked for Archer Daniels Midland in Decatur, Illinois launching her career in agriculture and food processing. Courtney N. Moran, LL.M., Founding Principal of EARTH Law, LLC and Chief Legislative Strategist for Agricultural Hemp Solutions, LLC is the leading expert on U.S. hemp law championing legal policy for sustainable Cannabis hemp agribusiness development. Courtney worked closely with the offices of Senator Ron Wyden and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in drafting and negotiating the Hemp Farming Act of 2018 (S. 2667), the language included in the 2018 federal Farm Bill, the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, federally legalizing hemp. Erica Stark is the Executive Director of the National Hemp Association for almost 5 years now. Erica is also the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Hemp Industry Council and serves as the co-chair of the Policy and Regulation Subcommittee of the PA Hemp Steering Committee which is the official advisory council to the PA Dept. of Agriculture. She is a sought-after speaker with years of experience in hemp education and legislative advocacy, including testifying before Congress.

On this week's show, Eric Hurlock reports from Fort Benton, Montana, home of IND HEMP, the host and coordinator of the Summer Summit. IND HEMP https://indhemp.com/ Sunflower Film's One Plant https://sunflower.film/work Mpactful Ventures https://www.mpactfulventures.org/ National Hemp Association https://nationalhempassociation.org/ Support the Hemp Exemption https://www.hempexemption.com/ Global Hemp Association https://globalhempassociation.org/    

A policy initiative led by Agricultural Hemp Solutions, IND HEMP, and the National Hemp Association.

This week on the hemp podcast we learn about the Global Hemp Association's variety trials that span eight states in six geographical regions. Our first guest is Mandi Kerr, founder and CEO of the Global Hemp Association, which, according to Kerr is “a platform of entrepreneurs, manufacturers, farmers, distributors that have come together to support and build the industrial hemp industry.” One way GHA is building the hemp industry is by conducting variety trials. In conjunction with Kansas-based Performance Crop Research, GHA is growing 10 varieties of fiber hemp in various geographical regions across the country with the intent of providing its members with solid data about which varieties do best in each region. Our second guest is Melissa Nelson-Baldwin — field scientist, hemp farmer and owner of Performance Crop Research — who has assembled a team of crop specialists specifically for these trials. “We're working with research scientists within the National Alliance of Independent Crop Consultants,” Nelson-Baldwin said. “This is what everyone does full time. And so we chose crop research scientists that either had hemp experience or a lot of experience within the research space.” This is the first year for the trials, but they will be conducted over many years to provide as much data as possible for farmers and processors. Learn More About the National Variety Trials: Global Hemp Association https://globalhempassociation.org/ Become a Member: https://globalhempassociation.org/become-a-member/ Friends of Hemp https://friendsofhemp.org/ Hemp Hallway https://hemphallway.com/ South Bend Industrial Hemp https://www.southbendindustrialhemp.com/   News Nuggets National Hemp Association Partners with Hemp Feed Coalition https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2022/06/21/2466338/0/en/National-Hemp-Association-and-Hemp-Feed-Coalition-Join-Forces.html Hemp, CBD set to get permanent legal status after 11th-hour rescue by NC legislature https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article263021958.html Thanks to our Sponsors: IND HEMP https://indhemp.com/ West Town Bank https://www.westtownbank.com/hemp/

When it comes to hemp there are two distinct sectors — industrial and floral hemp. Industrial hemp involves the industrial application for the grain, fiber and hurd of the crop. Floral hemp focuses on harvesting the flowers of the plant for medicinal uses like CBD. These different arenas of hemp require different farming practices, different genetics, and different equipment. The problem is that there is only one set of rules governing these two very different sectors of the hemp industry. Our three podcast guests this week would like to change that. Courtney Moran from Agricultural Hemp Solutions, Morgan Elliott Tweet from IND HEMP, and Erica Stark from the National Hemp Coalition have teamed up to create an exemption for industrial hemp, separating it from floral hemp. The permit costs and testing fees are a barrier for entry to farmers who want to grow hemp grain and fiber. Our guests argue that industrial hemp needs to start being treated as the commodity crop that it's destined to be. To learn more about how this exemption would work, read “Why We Need an Industrial Hemp Exemption."  Help Support the Hemp Exemption https://www.hempexemption.com/ National Hemp Association https://nationalhempassociation.org/ Agricultural Hemp Solutions https://www.agriculturalhempsolutions.com/ Hemp Feed Coalition https://hempfeedcoalition.org/ PA Hemp Summit https://pahempsummit.com/ News Nuggets Cone Denim Debuts US Hemp Denim with BastCore https://sourcingjournal.com/denim/denim-mills/cone-denim-bastcore-hemp-denim-collection-alabama-tennessee-indigo-339207/ 40,000 expected at PA Cannabis Festival in Kutztown https://www.mcall.com/entertainment/mc-ent-pa-cannabis-festival-20220421-g3ybtn4wnffppo2txjueh5exzq-story.html Bedmaker becomes the UK's largest hemp grower https://www.furniturenews.net/news/articles/2022/04/823161547-bedmaker-becomes-uk%E2%80%99s-largest-hemp-grower PA's first home made out of ‘hempcrete' to be unveiled Friday https://phl17.com/pennsylvania-news/pas-first-home-made-out-of-hempcrete-to-be-unveiled-friday/ Thanks to our Sponsors iHemp Michigan's Midwest Hemp Expo, May 20 & 21 https://ihempmichigan.com/midwest-ihemp-expo/ IND HEMP https://www.indhemp.com/

Geoff Whaling, the CEO of the National Hemp Association, gives his insight into the industry. He also shares information about his hemp venture capital fund. Learn more about the National Hemp Growers' Co-op: https://nationalhempcoop.us

Support us on patreon! patreon.com/Globalhempassociation Tune in as Mandi Kerr and Zev Paiss from Rhizo Verified talks about Hemp from seed to finish products. Deeper in the video they talk about how important quality communication to farmers is. Rhizo Verified was developed with the understanding that security and certainty are severely lacking in the hemp industry. With that, Zev and his team embarked on a mission to take what they have learned from their first-hand experience and create a trusted and secure partnership platform for both hemp suppliers and buyers. Zev is one of those rare individuals who has maintained an excellent reputation in the ever-changing and very challenging hemp space. As the creator and Founding Executive Director of the National Hemp Association, he understands first-hand the numerous challenges of this unique and rapidly growing space. Zev is also actively consulting a number of hemp start-ups, as well as brokering hempseed oil, fiber, hurd, and several CBD products in bulk volumes. In this video, they talk about : 1. Status of hemp verification in the industry 2. Why he joined Rhizo Verified 3. Industry pitfalls 4. Industry opportunities 5. How he got involved in hemp

In this episode, we chat to Geoff Whaling, the Chairperson of the National Hemp Association in the U.S, and co-founder of Collective Growth Corp. Geoff is a world renowned name in the hemp industry and has lofty goals for the global industrial hemp industry. - Collective Growth Corp and how it started - USDA regulations in the U.S. - The future of the global hemp industry

Erica Stark is the Executive Director of the National Hemp Association and the Pennsylvania Hemp Industry Council. She also serves on the PA Hemp Steering Committee Leadership Team which is an advisory council to the PA Dept. of Agriculture.

There may not be anyone else more embedded in the hemp industry than our next guest.  As chairman of the National Hemp Association and President of the Pennsylvania Hemp Industry Council, Geoff Whaling was a key force in helping to get the 2018 Farm Bill passed and has spent the last decade educating people about the plant and its potential.  But it's his entrepreneurial spirit and vision for his new venture, Collective Growth Corporation that he co-founded with former Canopy Growth executives that may just give the hemp industry the push it needs to establish itself in the U.S. So as always please like, share and subscribe to The Hemp Entrepreneur Podcast to hear more! Resources: https://nationalhempassociation.org http://www.pahic.org www.ketsamusic.com  

Story 1: China suspends its plans to implement a 10% EtOH blend in Gasoline. Story 2: Impossible Foods no longer trying to partner with McDonald's. Story 3: New Holland to partner with the National Hemp Association.

As we move into the second half of 2019, it seems as though the industrial hemp industry is gaining serious momentum.  On this week's episode, join Drew and Cameron for a trip into New York City for the Cannabis World Congress and Business expo, where we will be displaying a project we have been working on for the last six months.   The Hemp House on Wheels was designed by Anastasiya Konopitskya, Drew's wife and an accomplished architect and designer.  This project served to temper our focus in what can be an overwhelming sea of hemp related opportunities. It is constructed out of hempcrete, a biocomposite insulation comprised of hemp hurd, lime binder and water.  Our Hemp House on Wheels is finished with a three coat lime plaster system provided by our friends at DeGreuchy's LimeWorks in Telford, PA. Our intention behind building this project was to create a model, for display, of hempcrete construction that showcases the potential for designing and building with the material.  We formed a joint venture between our companies to offer full design/build services in hempcrete construction; Ana and Drew of Coexist Build and Cameron, with Americhanvre. Our appearance at the CWCB Expo came at the invitation of the National Hemp Association and the Hemp Industry Park, and the entire experience has been unbelievable.  Listen in to hear about our journey to make it to the CWCB Expo and for some colorful New York character's we met along the way! Resources: www.americhanvre.com www.coexist.build @hemphouseonwheels @coexist_build @americhanvre

Erica McBride Stark, a former high level business management executive, took a leap of faith to leave her job and become a full time advocate of industrial hemp and medicinal cannabis long before it was clear that the tide of popular opinion had turned.  She met her husband at approximately the same time, Les Stark, a local historian of Lancaster county, author of “Hempstone Heritage; In Accordance with their Wills”, and executive director of the Keystone Cannabis Coalition. Together, Erica and Les began lobbying on behalf of industrial hemp at the local government level and quickly realized what a pair of dedicated citizens could achieve in a representative democracy, armed with truth and a truly sustainable, environmentally friendly proposal.  They were not your traditional lobbyists; there were no shadow accounts and perks offered for participation, no unnamed wealthy benefactors with boatloads of cash and offshore accounts. Just a pair of dedicated individuals with some knowledge and persistence. Inevitably, Erica and Les crossed paths with Geoff Whaling, current president of both the Pennsylvania Hemp Industry Council and National Hemp Association, who had been lobbying for cannabis prohibition reform on his own.  Together, the trio became more and more influential, gaining audience with policy makers of a caliber capable of affecting real change. Today, Erica has seen out the success of her early efforts and now finds herself in a transitional role, from activist to educator and coordinator.  The industrial hemp industry has experienced a rebirth, legally, and now it is time to fuel the fires and continue to breathe new life into the fledgling industry, both locally and nationally.  Please consider joining both your local and national hemp industry associations. The PA Hemp Industry Council and National Hemp Association offer memberships that cover interested parties all the way up to business level sponsor memberships! As always, we are your weekly dose of hemp industry enlightenment!  Please like, share and subscribe to the Hemp Entrepreneur Podcast! We love to hear back from our listeners about innovators in the industrial hemp space who are making a splash! Resources: http://www.pahic.org https://nationalhempassociation.org http://ketsamusic.com

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PAHIC Secretary/Treasurer & Executive Director – Erica McBride  Erica brings to PAHIC years of experience in legislative advocacy, industrial hemp education, and non-profit administration. She is also the Executive Director of the National Hemp Association.  Erica was instrumental in enacting legislation in Pennsylvania which provided farmers and hemp advocates the opportunity to grow hemp for the first time in 80 years. She is proud to be managing three of PA's hemp trials this year, and she is looking forward to serving our members and acting as a key leader for upcoming federal hemp legislation. The Pennsylvania Hemp Industry Council seeks to accelerate the return of the Industrial Hemp Crop to the Pennsylvania agricultural landscape. To effectively achieve our aim of broad adoption of Industrial Hemp as a rotational crop by farmers, we will build a vital and effective collaboration of agencies, individuals and the general public. Pennsylvania is a very strong agricultural state with over 63 thousand farms and almost 8 million acres of farm land. These farmers, the entire state, as well as the environment would benefit tremendously from the ability to grow industrial hemp. With our ideal climate and close proximity to major markets, we need to return this vital cash crop to our state. Website: pahic.org

Rick Trojan is an activist, advocate, business owner and advisor to several cannabis companies, on both the industrial and high THC sides of the plant. In an effort to educate the public and lobby to change federal legislation, Rick created the Hemp Road Trip and took a biodiesel bus on four nationwide tours. He has visited 48 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, the European Union and spoken with CEOs, educators and researchers along the way. Rick is active in many industry-leading organizations: Board Vice President of the Industrial Hemp Research Foundation, Board member of Vote Hemp lobbying organization, Board member of the Hemp Industries Association (national), Board member of New England Cannabis Conventions, Colorado Hemp Industries Association (state), and business advisor to the National Hemp Association. The purpose of the Hemp Road Trip is to raise awareness of hemp through a nationwide grassroots campaign, educating citizenry, gather commitments to cosponsors Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015, influence state senators and representatives, promote domestic hemp businesses, educate farmers on the benefits of planting hemp and to document nationwide campaign. Rick brings passion, extensive business experience, and his global cannabis network to the industry. Website: HempRoadTrip.com

Brian Richardson is the co-founder of FoundationsIFS, Insurance & Financial Services. In 2013, Brian decided to focus his efforts on the commercial cannabis industry, both industrial hemp and marijuana. Brian is a member of the National Cannabis Industry Association, Hemp Industries Association, National Hemp Association and finally the Industrial Hemp Research Foundation. Brian clearly understands the power of advocacy for both the cannabis and insurance industries and also served as a past-President of the Denver chapter of the National Association for Insurance & Financial Advisors. Brian along his wife Rebecca and business partner happily raise 2 teenage children in Lakewood, CO and are deeply involved with the local business community. Website: FoundationsIFS.com Email: Brian@FoundationsIFS.com

Mike Bowman is the Board Chair of the National Hemp Association, NHA. Supporting the rebirth of Hemp in America Email: Mike@NationalHempAssociation.org Website: NationalHempAssociation.org Phone: 303-570-9277

NoCo Hemp Expo 2016: Northern Colorado's Premier Hemp Expo where 130 + exhibitors informed attendees about industrial hemp, and how it can benefit peoples lives, heal the planet and how it can be used to make thousands of products, boost the economy and business. Conversations about why they are interested, or why they are in the industrial hemp industry? And… Where do they see industrial hemp business in 3 years? Guests 04: National Hemp Association, Zev Paiss Green Remedy, Chad Green Spring Technologies, Mark "Maxxy" Linday Hemp Way Foods, Carla Boyd Hemptations, Beach Hemptique, Jasen Russell High Hops Brewery, Zach Weakland Guest from Mexico, Raul Hector

Josh Hendrix is the Director of CV Sciences Inc, and founded the Kentucky Hemp Industries. He is the Treasurer of the Kentucky Hemp Industries Council. He created Hendrix Hemp, a licensed hemp producer that manages hemp cultivation on his family's, Mayflower Farm, in Mount Sterling, KY. Josh was appointed to the Technical Advisory Board for the National Hemp Association and accepted a role on the Senior Advisory Board of the institutional trading platform for hemp, Seed CX. He also serves as the Director of Business Development – Domestic Production for CV Sciences, Inc. working universities, farmers, businesses, and organizations to help facilitate the infrastructure necessary to establish a modern domestic supply chain for hemp in the United States. Website is: CVSciences.com Email is: Josh.Hendrix@CVSciences.com

Zev Paiss is the Executive Director of the National Hemp Association, where he oversees a growing series of educational and social events. Zev has been involved with a wide variety of sustainable organizations over the past 30 years. He sees industrial hemp as an amazing opportunity to rebuild a multifaceted industry. Zev and the National Hemp Association is committed to educating the public, government officials, and the business and investment communities about the huge potential of this crop to add tens of thousands of jobs, rebuild local tax bases and improve the health of Americans. Web: NationalHempAssociation.org Email: Zev@NationalHempAssociation.org