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Regulatory confusion and slow emergence from the effects of prohibition were talking points at this week’s Pennsylvania Hemp Summit in Lancaster. Read more
Think you need specialized equipment to grow and harvest hemp grain or fiber? If you already grow corn and soy then you probably have all the equipment you need. Read more
Kami Gechter of Conrad Weiser High School wants to get hands-on training with hemp, and she doesn’t want to wait until she graduates from high school. Read more
How do you ret, or separate, fibrous hemp from the stalk and why is it a critical step in creating hemp textiles and materials? Read more
Your guide to resources on industrial hemp 101, how to grow industrial hemp and what you'll need to do to keep yourself legally safe while growing hemp. Read more
Is it time to exempt fiber and grain hemp growers from the testing requirements? This week's podcast guests thinks so, and are lobbying the government to make the change. Read more
Industrial hemp advocates argue we need to ease the burden of background checks, costly sampling and testing protocols on farmers who grow fiber and grain crops. Read more
Industrial hemp is a growing industry that has massive potential to disrupt how we think about sustainable agriculture and how we go about reducing our carbon footprint. Read more
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding shares his thoughts on the hemp industry in Pennsylvania in 2022. Read more
Family farmers should have an equal opportunity to grow cannabis if it is ever legalized in Pennsylvania. Read more
A collection of recipes featuring hemp. Read more
Carbon dioxide. Carbon sequestration. Carbon markets. These buzzwords have been making the rounds for years. But can farmers do more than just talk about carbon? Read more
This week on the podcast, Lancaster Farming talks to Blake Alexandre from Alexandre Family Farm in northern California, America’s first certified regenerative dairy. Read more
Jacob Waddell fromthe US Hemp Building Association is a guest on the Lancaster Farming Industrial Hemp Podcast this week. He talks about the process his group went through to build the case for hempcrete and what IRC approval would mean for the hemp and construction industries. Read more
This special podcast series features conversations from the NoCo Hemp Expo that took place in Denver, Colorado, March 24-25, 2022. Our guests include Ukrainian Hemp Builder and businessman Sergiy Kovalenkov, Texas-based hemp educator James J.J. Johnson, German Climate Impact Story Teller Mar… Read more
Kentucky hemp pioneer Joe Hickey tells stories from the early days of the modern hemp industry, including how he got actor Woody Harrelson arrested for planting four hemp seeds. Read more
On this episode we talk to author and photographer Maren Krings, a German storyteller whose most recent book is called H is for Hemp. Read more
J.J. Johnson is a a hemp educator based in Texas. Lancaster Farming interviewed him at the Noco Hemp Expo on March 25, 2022. Read more
This is the first episode in a series of four special episodes of the podcast. First we talk to Sergiy Kovalenkov, a Ukrainian hempcrete builder and businessman. Read more
This week we talk to Bob Daniell, president and CEO of American Hemp Corporation in Reno, Nevada, where the company is working with farmers to develop the hemp supply chain in in the state. Also, what you need to know about the Pennsylvania Hemp Summit. Read more
Jessica DeLuise, The Wellness Kitchenista and co-founder of Intention Lifestyles, is our guest this week, plus Lancaster County hemp farmer Abner Stoltzfus. Read more
This week on the podcast we talk to PA. Senator Judy Schwank about her bill that would allow hemp as a livestock feed. Plus Steve Groff from Groff North America, and Steve Groff from Cedar Meadow.Farm. Read more
Pennsylvania state Sen. Judy Schwank announced that she will be introducing legislation to allow hemp and its byproducts to be used in commercial feed for meat animals, horses and pets. Read more
Lancaster Farming's Eric Hurlock took a trip to Denver to receive a journalism award from the National Farmers Union. Read more
This week on the Lancaster Farming Podcast, our guest is Morgan Tweet, executive director of the Hemp Feed Coalition, who responds to a recent letter from the AAFCO concerning the allowance of hemp in animal feed. Read more
On this week we go to the National Farmers Union Convention in Denver to interview FSA Administrator Zach Ducheneaux, FSA State Executive Director for Pennsylvania Heidi Secord, Montana Senator John Tester, and Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture Kate Greenberg. Read more
Eric Hurlock, who focuses on all issues related to hemp, was recently recognized by the National Farmers Union for excellence in journalism. Read more
Pennsylvania’s hemp supply chain is taking a major step as a next-generation construction company sets up research and manufacturing operations in Monroe County. Read more
On this week's podcast, we talk to Tim Almond from Heartland Industries, James Gaspard from Biochar Now, and Aaron de Long from Red Dog Market. Read more
On this week's podcast we talk to Victor-Alan Weeks and Jalen Madden, founders of 404 Twenty, a hemp start-up in Yanceyville, North Carolina. Then we talk to Drew Kitt, owner of Two Moons CBD in Asheville, North Carolina, a retail CBD shop focused on health and wellness. Read more
In New York, interest in hemp grown for grain and fiber, rather than the reputed medicinal benefits of CBD, is increasing. Read more
On this week's podcast we talk to Ben Dobson who's turned his farm in the Hudson Valley into soil laboratory studying how regenerative farming can maximize carbon capture and restore ecosystems. Plus, Cameron McIntosh shares news about an American version of the Ereasy Spray-Applied Hempcrete System. Read more
Hemp builder and authorized distributor of the Ereasy Spray-Applied Hempcrete System, Americhanvre Cast-Hemp announces American-made version of Ereasy system. Read more
In this episode of the Industrial Hemp Podcast, we embark on our journey of discovery into regenerative agriculture – what it is, what makes it different from conventional agriculture, and why it’s important. Read more
The Lancaster Farming Industrial Hemp Podcast is back! It's a new year, a new season, and a new expanded focus: Hemp and a whole lot more. Read more
We tried something new at Lancaster Farming this year with the National Hemp Tour. Ten thousand miles in six weeks, visiting hemp farmers, producers and processors from coast to coast. Read more
On this final episode of 2021, we first talk to Erica Stark from the National Hemp Association and then Marty Clemons from the Southeast Hemp Association. Read more
On this week’s episode, we talk to Dave Andrews from Kreider Farms, the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, producer of Chiques Creek Hemp Eggs, the first commercially available hemp-fed eggs in the US. Read more
Hemp-fed cage free eggs will soon be available for the first time in U.S. grocery stores. Read more
USDA’s Risk Management Agency is strengthening the hemp crop insurance policy by adding flexibilities around how producers work with processors as well as improving consistency with the most recent USDA hemp regulation. Read more
Ken Elliott, founder and president of Montana-based IND HEMP, is the guest on this week's Industrial Hemp Podcast to talk about why he founded IND HEMP, his personal and professional commitment to climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration and soil regeneration. Read more
On the hemp podcast this week, hemp industry advocate Geoff Whaling returns to the show to talk about his latest endeavor to inject much needed capital into the hemp space to build out the supply chain, develop processing capacity and develop markets. Read more
When Jack Hillard read a story about a hempstone in Lancaster Farming a few weeks back, he thought about a similar stone his father pulled out of Mill Creek when Jack was a little boy. Read more
The third annual Pennsylvania Hemp Summit brought together hemp farmers, processors, policy experts and advocates to sharing knowledge, resources, and camaraderie Nov. 2-4. Read more
This week on the hemp podcast we talk to George Overbey and Nick Strawn, executives from the Texas-based hemp start-up Delta Ag, who tell us about hemp in the Lone Star State. In 2021 the company contracted ten thousand acres of hemp in Texas, Colorado and Kentucky. Read more
On this week’s podcast, Lancaster Farming talks to Daniel Lirette, founder and CEO of GrowDoc, a Canadian maker of an app that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to diagnose issues with cannabis plants, such as disease, pests, and nutrient deficiencies. Read more
On this episode, we find out what a hempstone is, why it was in the creek, and how the Zooks managed to get it out of the creekbed where it’s sat undisturbed for nearly 2 centuries. Read more
The Zooks weren't quite sure what to make of this cone-shaped mill stone they found in their creek, until a local historian told them it was a hempstone. Read more
Affordable housing constructed with hemp-based building material is nearing completion in New Castle, Pennsylvania. Read more