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Newsletter – November 10, 2021
Hemp Industry Aims for Access in $345B Global Market for Animal Feed Ingredients
By Elaine Lipson
As consumers become more familiar with hemp in end products such as textiles and building materials, growers are also focusing on hemp as an ingredient for animal feed, including food for pets, farm animals, livestock, and poultry. While long-term potential for the market is enormous, hemp is not yet approved at the federal level by the Food & Drug Administration Center for Veterinary Medicine (FDA–CMV) as a feed ingredient or additive.
Yet advocates are making progress in this lucrative arena as the hemp industry navigates a complex regulatory approval system and a need for ongoing research to help satisfy regulatory requirements and to support growers and producers.
Shine on You: Let’s Talk Hemp Q&A Profile with Katie Moyer
By Morris Beegle
Welcome to my Let’s Talk Hemp weekly industry profile – Shine on You – where I get to feature folks involved in the industry and who are doing important and interesting work from various corners and crevices of the hemp space. This week I have Katie Moyer, founder of Kentucky Hemp Works. I’ve been colleagues with Katie since 2015 and have watched her fight the good fight in Kentucky for sane and rational regulations of hemp since the 2014 farm bill put Kentucky online and a leading hemp state here in the US.
Let’s get to know Katie a bit better and why she loves hemp!
Hemp News Spotlight
Texas Judge Temporarily Blocks State From Enforcing Delta-8 THC Hemp Product Ban
By Marijuana Moment
Can Industrial Hemp Become a Sustainable Building Material? These Private Investors Think So
By MarketWatch
Hemp Biofuel: A Viable Option for Airlines?
By HempGrower
Idaho Begins Accepting Applications for Hemp Production
By Idaho Post Register
Microsoft Wants to Use Hemp And Seaweed to Build Sustainable Buildings
By MSN News
Cannabis Holds Promise for Cleaning Up Toxic Mines and Industry Sites
By The Growth Op
Hemp Wood Products Develops Growing Market
By Michigan Tech News
PepsiCo’s Rockstar Energy Drink Turns to Hemp Seed to Help Consumers Unwind
By Food Dive
Amid Struggles, Farmers Eye Potential in Burgeoning Hemp Industry
By Pennsylvania Tribune
CBD From A Vending Machine? Manufacturers Face Opportunities And Challenges In Growing Industry
By Forbes
University of Vermont Warns of ‘Hemp Farmer’s Lung’
By Hemp Industry Daily
Hemp Oil is Packed with Healthy Fatty Acids — Here’s Why That’s Great News for Your Skin and Heart
By The Insider
EVENTS
US Hemp Home Expo Online Virtual Hemp Building Expo, Nov. 12
Green Balance Hemp Fest 2021, Griffith, IN, Nov. 13, 2021
2021 Hemp Business Summit, Nov. 14-16, 2021, Washington, D.C.
CannabiSalud Nov. 18-20, 2021 Cancun Mexico
Midwest iHemp Expo, Lansing, MI, Jan. 21-22, 2022
NoCo Hemp Expo, Mar. 23-25, 2022, Denver, CO
Southern Hemp Expo, Aug. 18-20, 2022 – Save the Date!
Add your event to Hemp Events, a free listing service for legitimate hemp industry events. Visit www.HempEvents.org.
TAKE ACTION
Save Ti & His 329 Rights
If you or a loved one are a medical cannabis patient, this affects you. Ti is an autistic 15 year old who was abruptly removed from his mother/medical caregiver on June 3, 2021 by Child Welfare Services in Hawaii. This GoFundMe has been set up to pay for his legal fees needed to promptly dismiss the CWS case and enforce their civil and medical rights to have access to his medical professionals to participate in providing for his medical needs. Any donation no matter how big or small means we are that much closer to getting Ti back.
Support H.R. 841, The Hemp and Hemp-Derived CBD Consumer Protection and Market Stabilization Act
In September 2020, U.S. Reps. Kurt Schrader (D-OR) and Morgan Griffith (R-VA) introduced the Hemp and Hemp-Derived CBD Consumer Protection and Market Stabilization Act – a bill which would provide a clear legal pathway for the sale of hemp extracts like CBD, while ensuring that products must comply with the rigorous regulatory framework existing for dietary supplements. The bill garnered broad bi-partisan support. On Feb. 7, 2021, Reps. Schrader and Griffith and 17 of their colleagues reintroduced the bill as H.R. 841. Support passage of the bill here.
Urge Your Members of Congress to Support Our Troops’ Access to CBD
On July 20, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives approved an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to allow service members to use products containing hemp, including CBD. Unfortunately, the amendment was not included in the Senate’s version of the NDAA, which passed on July 23, and was not included in the final bill. However, as a new Congress meets this year, they are hoping for another hearing. Learn more.
Sign the 1% Hemp Petition
The 2018 Farm Bill authorized hemp production but used an outdated definition of hemp that does not work for farmers or the hemp industry. The current definition limiting hemp to 0.3% THC has proven unworkable, forcing many farmers to destroy their crops. Congress must change the definition of hemp to allow up to 1% THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) so that farmers can grow hemp without fearing that they will later have to destroy them. Add your name to the Vote Hemp petition urging Congress to redefine hemp as up to 1% THC.
Subscribe to the Let’s Talk Hemp YouTube Channel
#LetsTalkHemp is the ultimate platform that focuses on “Changing the Cannabis Conversation”. We provide news, education, and information about Hemp and Cannabis to our viewers so that they can learn more about the industry and get tips and tricks on the latest technologies. Subscribe to our channel and learn about everything from legal updates, farming, production, and new products entering the Hemp & Cannabis space.
Have You Joined Leafwire Yet?
If you’re not a member of Leafwire yet, you should definitely check out the largest business network in the cannabis industry, with more than 40,000 members. Members include growers, budtenders, accountants, lawyers, CBD companies, equipment manufacturers, investors and more. Leafwire is for anyone who works in the cannabis industry, and also features a job board with 1,100 open cannabis and hemp jobs. Leafwire is designed to be a LinkedIn-style business network where the cannabis Industry can share news, promote events, find new jobs, find investors and simply network with their peers. Leafwire is 100% dedicated to the Cannabis and Hemp industries and the perfect place to post and share information about your company, new product launches or other related news. We’ll see you on Leafwire!
About Let’s Talk Hemp
Let’s Talk Hemp is a publication of Colorado Hemp Company (a division of We Are For Better Alternatives) focused specifically on the subject of industrial hemp and cannabis. We present features and curate news from across the globe to share the benefits of cannabis on health, energy, manufacturing and planet (H.E.M.P.). Colorado Hemp Company also is the Producer of NoCo Hemp Expo and Southern Hemp Expo, the nation’s leading hemp conferences and expositions.
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