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06/30/2018 / By Mike Adams

Under Republican majority, U.S. Senate votes to LEGALIZE hemp farming across the nation

One of the key goals of Republicans is to limit government, end absurd regulations and set farmers free to generate economic abundance across the nation. In a stunning move led by U.S. Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky), the United States Senate has now passed legislation that ends hemp prohibition and would allow farmers across […]

06/08/2017 / By Earl Garcia

Nevada just legalized cultivation of industrial hemp; feds still consider hemp agriculture a felony crime

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has recently signed into law Senate Bill 396, which will allow the cultivation of industrial hemp for commercial purposes. The bill would also authorize the production of agricultural hemp seed in the state. The law’s approval meant that Nevada has nullified a federal prohibition in hemp products in practice and effect within the […]

11/23/2016 / By hempscience

First Virginia Hemp Crop Harvested in Decades

After a 70-year-long ban against the resourceful hemp plant, Virginia’s first hemp harvest is now a reality. Article by Allie Becket Hemp has a long, entwined history in Virginia; “People think it was tobacco that started this colony, but it was also hemp,” Jason Amatucci, founder and executive director of the Virginia Industrial Hemp Coalition explained […]

10/10/2016 / By hempscience

Taos hemp harvest boosts seed stock for religious users

Though New Mexico is in the minority of states that does not allow legal hemp production, one religious Taos nonprofit is harvesting a hemp crop to up the supply of seeds for its sacramental growers. Article by Cody Hooks Gemma Ra’Star, founder and director of Wumaniti Earth Native Sanctuary, walked through the rows of her […]

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