It may not have hit prime time yet, but it’s only a matter of time before hemp is as big as chia in the US food and beverage market, predicts the co-founder of one snacking company determined to put the protein-packed seed on the map.
For those monitoring the potential market of dietary supplements based on cannabidiol the message is this: Don’t hold your breath for products made in the US, if the experience of Colorado industrial hemp growers is any benchmark. The complex and in some...
Bursting with nutrients and boasting an impressive growth rate, the future of hemp seed is bright– but what’s the best way for manufacturers to cash in on a product that is connected – mistakenly but understandably – with an illegal drug?
Despite the cloudy legal status of dietary supplements and functional food products featuring cannabidiol (CBD), which is extracted from industrial hemp, as the approval of medical marijuana and legalization of recreational use of the plant spreads across...
CannaVest, a Las Vegas-based company that is investing in the development of foods and supplements from hemp, announced a thin gain from operations in its second quarter of 2014 buoyed by a large paper transaction involving a subsidiary that boosted the...
Canadian company Naturally Splendid, which has long experience in hemp production, is the latest to move toward marketing a dietary supplement based on cannabidiol (CBD), a non-narcotic fraction of the cannabis sativa plant.
Despite the continued murkiness surrounding the legality of non-narcotic fractions of cannabis sativa for dietary supplement use, one company is forging ahead with hemp ingredient production in Colorado. And it doubtless will be joined by others, as...
Australian regulators are considering allowing non-psychoactive versions of fatty acid and nutrient-rich hemp into the food supply and have opened a public consultation on the matter.
Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods & Oils has received undisclosed funding from fellow Canadian biotech-focused investment form, Avrio Ventures, which the rapidly growing company says will allow it to “accomplish its five year plan”.
Commercial hemp products do not contain sufficient hemp to cause intoxication, says new research that is welcomed by an industry keen to promote its nutritional benefits.
Two North Dakota farmers who had their commercial hemp farming case
dismissed are now appealing the decision with the federal
court, further battling for the protein crop's right to grow.
Hemp advocates are angered by Governor Schwarzenegger's veto of an
industrial hemp bill that would have allowed local farmers to
legally produce and supply the nutritious seed.
Hemp food producer Manitoba Harvest has designed a new hemp protein
powder - used in sports nutrition applications - targetted at
consumers that are supplementing their diets with protein.
In marked contrast to its North American neighbors, the Canadian
government has helped form a Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance (CHTA)
designed to help the emerging industry grow and expand into new
markets.
Lawyers representing 250 hemp companies will make their final
arguments before a court of appeal in San Francisco tomorrow, in an
attempt to hold off a ban on hemp foods by the Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA).
Nutiva, a Northern California manufacturer of hemp food products,
has announced the availability of its latest innovation, Organic
Hemp Protein Powder.
As the recent DEA ruling banning hemp products for human
consumption sinks in, another industry member says it is confident
that there will be a 'pro-hemp victory in the 9th circuit court'.
The Hemp Industries Association (HIA) in the US said it was
confident that the Court of Appeals would uphold its claim that the
Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA's) attempt to ban nutritious
hemp foods was illegal and...
Canadian agribusiness group Kenex is to meet with federal agencies
in the US next week to discuss the proposed ban on foods made from
hemp. Kenex has been growing and processing hemp oil, seed and
fibre products in Canada for distribution...
