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Newsletter – December 7, 2022
Patrick Brown’s Legacy Farm Showcases Black History & Regenerative Hemp Growing Practices
By Elizabeth Lunt
Patrick Brown, 40, a fourth-generation Black farmer in Henderson, N.C., considers himself a steward of family land. His great-grandfather Byron Brown was born at Oakley Grove, a slave plantation also in Warren County, and lived there until, as a teenager, he learned the Civil War had ended. He moved across the county, where he worked for pay and became a sharecropper. In time he earned 200 acres of his own land, where he grew timber and raised livestock. By the time of his death in 1931, the farm was over 2,000 acres.
Over the generations, the Brown family held onto portions of the land and continued to improve it. Patrick Brown took over his father’s portion of 165 acres in 2015. Since 2016, hemp is among the crops grown on the farm.

Experience Hemp: 9th Annual NoCo Hemp Expo Offers ‘Full Spectrum’ of Educational Tracks, Expo Hall, Networking Events
By Elizabeth LuntThe 9th Annual NoCo Hemp Expo will take place on March 29-31, 2023, at one of Colorado’s most legendary and historic resorts, The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs.For everyone interested in the business of hemp — from agriculturalists to investors, entrepreneurs to product innovators, retailers to researchers, and advocates to the “hemp- and cannabis-curious” — the 9th Annual NoCo Hemp Expo will offer a “full spectrum” of conference tracks.


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Hemp News Spotlight
United Nations Report Focuses on ‘Economic and Social Potential’ of Industrial Hemp
By United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Whitney Economics Reports Total U.S. Cannabis Supply to Top 48.8 Million Pounds in 2022
By Whitney Economics
President Biden Signs Medical Marijuana Research Bill, Changing How Scientists Can Study Cannabis
By Forbes
Senate Democrats to Reportedly Push for Banking Reforms for the Cannabis Industry
By The Guardian
10 Hemp-Friendly Nonprofits to Support in 2023
By Let’s Talk Hemp
Hemp Industries Association to Vote for Candidates for Five Open Seats on 13-Member Board
By Hemp Industries Association
Major League Baseball’s Support of CBD a Step Forward in De-Stigmatizing Use
By Healthline
For Many Young Consumers Of Non-Alcoholic Beverages, the Tradeoff Ingredient Is CBD: Research
By Knewz
Oregon State University Researchers’ Public Event Focuses on ‘Natural Products and Hemp: Under-Appreciated Sources for COVID-19 Therapeutic Agents‘
By The Chronicle
Boston Hemp Launches Sales for Hemp-Derived THCa Flower
By Cannabis Equipment News
Regenerative Organic Certification: The ‘Going Beyond Organic’ Label Gains Traction
By The Organic & Non-GMO Report
Optimism Grows for Hemp as Livestock Feed: Podcast
By Lancaster Farming
Printing the Future of Sustainability on Hemp Paper
By Cannabis Tech
Hemp Building Material Is the Perfect Sustainable Insulation
By InHabitat
Black-Owned Datus Henry Brings Alabama-Grown Hemp Products to Downtown Birmingham Retail Store
By Birmingham Business Journal (subscription)
Connecticut Hemp Farmers Want to Be Given Preference for Growing Recreational Marijuana
By Kennebec Journal
Hempitecture’s New Idaho Plant to Manufacture Hemp Insulation Will Be Operational in January
By KPVI Channel 6 NBC News
Minnesota Department of Agriculture Now Accepting Applications to Grow or Process Hemp in 2023
By The Land Online
Virginia State Task Force Suggests Stricter Rules for Businesses Selling Hemp-Based Delta-8 THC Products
By The Virginia Mercury
Canadian Hemp Companies Join Forces as Government Deregulates CBD Distribution
By Benzinga
Hemp Industry in France Has Potential to Reach €2.5 Billion, French Senate Group Says
By HempToday
Honduran Officials Meet With Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller to Explore Creating Hemp Industry in Honduras
By Texas Department of Agriculture
Korean Company CTC Bio Teams Up With Japanese Firm to Develop CBD Oral Dissolving Films
By Korea Biomedical Review
Thailand’s First International Hemp Expo Focuses on All Things Cannabis for Booming Asia Market
By Coconuts Bangkok
EVENTS
International Hempcrete Workshop, Tulum, Mexico, Dec. 17-18, 2022. Course taught by Sergiy Kovalenkov, Thatcher Michealsen and Stephen Clarke.
Cannabis Community Event and Fundraiser, Jan. 29, 2023, at Topgolf Denver, in Centennial, Colo., hosted by the Realm of Caring Foundation. All proceeds go directly to help fund programs and to continue to provide free guidance for anyone looking to use cannabis and hemp.
9th Annual NoCo Hemp Expo, March 29-31, 2023, The Broadmoor Resort, Colorado Springs, CO
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TAKE ACTION
Help Rebuild Ukraine With Hemp
Sergiy Kovalenkov, aka Doctor Hemphouse, one of the world’s renowned specialists in building with hemp, is appealing to the hemp industry for help in rebuilding war-torn Ukraine, including building Ukraine’s biggest social housing project to date — a 10,000-square-foot residential building to house refugees and orphans who lost their parents to the war. In particular, the project is seeking builders, sponsors, automated block-making machinery and a hempcrete spraying system. Visit https://www.facebook.com/hempireua/ or contact info@hempire.tech or hempireua@gmail.com.
Trace Femcare Gauges Investment Interest in Hemp and Cotton Tampon
Trace Femcare Inc. is proud to announce that it is gauging interest in its community fund-raising round on the investment platform Wefunder. Trace decided to start the campaign to accelerate the company’s growth and to share the upside of its success with family, friends and fans. Learn about Trace and the terms of the offering, and reserve a spot to be an investor here.

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