Newsletter – January 8, 2025

Six Predictions for 2025 in the Hemp Building Industry

By Jean Lotus, HempBuild Magazine

We’re sticking out our neck at HempBuild Mag and trying to predict what will happen in the wonderful and confusing hemp building industry  in the new year. We are well aware that predictions are like opinions which are also like sphincters – everyone’s got one and it’s terrible when they’re constricted and paralyzed. So, we offer our observations, some good and some bad, but all tinged with optimistic hope for the future – knowing full well that they may be wrong and that exciting and unforeseen events may change things. 

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Hemp News Spotlight

Hello Hemp: Networking Event in Nairobi is Kenya’s First Step Towards Developing an Industrial Cannabis Sector
CannaBiz Africa

Wana Brands CEO predicts more marijuana companies will follow into hemp sector
Green Market Report

After hemp bill defeat, Gov. Pritzker rips Mayor Johnson for poor Springfield relationships
Yahoo News

Hemp, Hemp, Hooray – Advancements in U.S. industrialized hemp and its promise
Specialty Fabrics Review

Cultural competency training & tribal partnerships at the core of Global Hemp Innovation Center
OSU Today

The History of Industrial Hemp in the United States: A Case for Revitalization through the Commodity Credit Corporation
National Hemp Association

Trailblazing PFAS cleanup at Campus Vesta: first results
Earth Plus

Preserve Pa.’s hemp industry while legalizing marijuana | Opinion
Go Erie

Village Farms International and Hemp for Victory File Request for Reconsideration of Prior Motion to Disqualify DEA from Participation in Rescheduling Hearings
Global News Wire

Cannabis industry leaders in New Mexico push for ban on hemp-derived THC
Santa Fe New Mexican

Brown-Forman’s Sustainable Agricultural Strategy
Supply Chain Magazine

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EVENTS

KEHE CON – The Kenya Hemp Conference
January 20, 2025, Nairobi, Kenya

11th Annual NoCo Hemp Expo – We go to ELEVEN
April 10-12, 2025, Estes Park, Colorado

ICBC Berlin
April 29-30, 2025, Berlin, Germany

Experience Hemp Berlin and the 22nd Annual EIHA Conference
June 11-13, 2025, Berlin, Germany

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