The Business of Cannabis

U-M Professor Talks Building With Hemp On iHemp Hour March 30 At Noon

Mar 29, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

This week on the iHemp Hour the team talks building with hemp. Glenn Wilcox is an associate professor of architecture at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, where he held the Muschenheim Fellowship from 1999 to 2000. He...

Chase Hubbard Of The Jacobsen Featured On iHemp Hour March 16

Mar 15, 2023 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Chase Hubbard of The Jacobsen joins iHemp Hour March 16 at noon. He will discuss the state of the industrial hemp industry streamed live on our website, LinkedIn page, Facebook page and YouTube. The Jacobsen has been reporting on commodity market pricing since 1865....

Clouds Darken Over CBD As More States Consider Banning Delta-8

Mar 15, 2023 | National

More state governments are joining the growing chorus that would ban synthetic, hemp-derived delta-8 THC, with Arkansas, West Virginia and Texas the most recent to take such measures under consideration. If the bans are implemented, those states would join 15 others...

Cannabis Activist Rob Robar Dead At 54

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

Robert Joseph Robar, 54, passed away on March 8 surrounded by family and friends with his beloved Billy Strings, Phish and the Grateful Dead playing in the background. He was known widely in Michigan cannabis circles for his big smile, kind spirit and the companies he...

Researchers In Argentina Testing 15 Hemp Grain, Fiber Varieties

Mar 8, 2023 | International

Argentina is moving beyond the hemp flower, with 15 grain and fiber varieties now undergoing evaluation for inclusion in the country’s official seed catalog. Buenos Aires-based Industrial Hemp Solutions (IHS) said it is working with a research team from the Faculty of...