Not your grandfather’s hemp

The 2018 farm bill has opened the door to U.S. hemp production for the first time in nearly 50 years,...

From Plant to Product

Today, it's not rope or seeds driving hemp's growth. Cannabidiol (commonly referred to as CBD) is now the most desirable part of the hemp plant.

Margarett Waterbury Aug 22

Membership Spotlight: Shin Nakato, Pono Farm

When he was 11 years old, Shin Nakato started working as a dishwasher in his family's restaurants. Learning from his grandmother, who opened Atlanta's first Japanese eatery, he developed a sharp eye for quality.

Chris Roddy Aug 22

Complex Cannabis

"It's not the old ‘it's rope, not dope' kind of thing," said Sunny Summers, cannabis policy coordinator for the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA). "I like to say ‘it is dope, it's not rope.'"

Maura Paxton Aug 22

Hemp Harmonic

Kentucky, the nation's largest hemp producer in the 19th and 20th centuries, is back in the game with a new generation of innovators who have formed the country's first organic hemp cooperative. I

Alyssa Martinez Neumann Aug 22

Lessons Learned: Banking on hemp

Banks don't want to invest in businesses with high risk and low margins. And, as...

Chris Roddy Aug 22

A Crop with History

Hemp has been a plant shrouded in myth, mystique and misinformation for decades, as federal prohibition in the United States kept it out of farm fields and out of mind.