The Business of Cannabis

Do Cannabis Farms Count As Agriculture? Answer Could Cost Michigan Schools

Aug 30, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Cannabis cultivators take great care. Transferring a seedling from its mother plant to new pots. It joins its siblings in a highly-controlled room. Twelve hours of light, 12 hours of darkness. Its vegetative state is critical to its maturation. Temperature, humidity...

Congressional Research Service Notes Hemp Industry’s Recent Decline Amid FDA Inaction On CBD Rules

Aug 24, 2023 | National

A new report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) offers an overview of challenges facing the nation’s hemp industry as lawmakers work to craft a regulatory framework for the lawful marketing of CBD products amid ongoing inaction by the Food and Drug...

Building With Hemp On The iHemp Hour

Aug 9, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Join the iHemp Hour on August 10 at 5:00 pm on Facebook for a conversation with Jean Lyons Lotus, publisher of Hempbuild Magazine. Hempbuild Magazine is an online resource for information and inspiration about the exciting and emerging hemp building and design...

Hemp On Par With Wood Capturing And Storing Greenhouse Gas

Aug 6, 2023 | National

Hemp can store CO2 as efficiently as wood in raw materials for the construction industry, and should meet EU certification criteria for carbon credits, a new report from Germany suggests. The report found that carbon removal through hemp is in a range similar to that...

FDA, FTC Issue Warnings Over Synthetic THC

Aug 6, 2023 | National

Six companies in five states have received warning letters from government agencies for selling illegal products containing delta-8 THC made from industrial hemp. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) targeted the...