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MHC Signs Hemp Industry Letter to President Trump

The hemp industry continues to demonstrate its economic benefits to both rural and urban communities across Indiana during these unprecedented times. We are excited to sign on to this letter to President Trump along with other leading hemp organizations across the country.

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Panda Biotech Donates 60 Tons of Free Seed to Help Farmers Jumpstart Texas’ Industrial Hemp Fiber Industry

Dallas-based Panda Biotech today announced it is jumpstarting the state’s new industrial hemp industry by donating more than 60 tons of approved hemp fiber seed to Texas agricultural producers. The company is a first mover in the United States for processing textile-quality, high-grade fiber and hurd from hemp for various manufacturing applications.

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Shipping Hemp from A to B: The Challenges of Transport

After decades of prohibition, the modern legal hemp industry is still in its infancy. Along with figuring out best practices for growing, harvesting, and processing the plant, the hemp sector is also navigating how best to transport the production generated by hemp farmers and processors.

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Why the World Needs Hemp Plastic…Now

The problem with the world’s plastic obsession is that it's never-ending. In 2017, the global plastic consumption reached new peaks, with an estimated eight million metric tons of plastic ending up in the oceans on an annual basis, including some 102.1 billion plastic bags from America alone. Despite the push to reduce, reuse, and recycle, the global thirst for all things plastic is unquenchable.

The need to develop biodegradable, compostable alternatives to petroleum-based plastics is pressing. With today’s consumption rates, it’s simply not feasible to keep pumping out conventional plastics, each with a lifespan of 500 years or more.

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Hempcrete leap: HempFlax sees incentives for expanding into construction

Europe’s largest independent hemp grower and processor doubled down on the crop’s potential in the EU construction sector last month when it bought an insulation manufacturer in Germany and launched its own sustainable building supplies division.

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Adams Independent Testing Earns New Emerald Badges

Adams Independent Testing (AIT) is thrilled to announce that we recently earned Emerald Badges for our testing quality from Emerald Scientific’s Emerald Test™. Badges are awarded twice annually to hemp and cannabis laboratories that meet or exceed established performance standards in each testing category. 

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