Two hemp processing initiatives moving forward in southwestern France illustrate how the country's industrial fiber sector is ...

A Virginia state senator who operates businesses selling hemp and CBD products has been charged with running a multimillion-dollar marijuana distribution operation, according to a federal indictment ...

Europe’s CBD industry is emerging from the novel foods era smaller, weaker and stripped of many of the companies that fueled the sector’s early boom. What began as a regulatory exercise has turned ...

A Chinese-backed project in New South Wales has won A$10 million ($6.5 million) in government funding for a processing facility that proponents say would be Australia’s first large-scale producer of ...

The first phase of a large hempcrete-based care-home complex being developed by Nepal-based Shah Hemp Inno-Ventures (SHIV) is nearing completion, marking the latest milestone in a decade-long effort ...

Italy’s industrial hemp sector is showing signs of life after years of contraction, with momentum emerging in food seed and green-building materials, according to a recent analysis. The shift suggests ...

A European Parliament committee has backed language that would extend farm supports to growers producing hemp flowers – just as Europe’s tightening CBD rules are squeezing the market that made those ...

Raw material from hemp stalks and roots could strengthen recycled paper, extending the life of reused paper fibers and improving mechanical performance in one of the world’s largest paper-recycling ...

Helped by an EU-funded initiative, stakeholders in France are working to strengthen the hemp textiles supply chain, engaging farmers, processors, and textile producers from north to south in a ...

Companies that have poured hundreds of thousands into the UK safety review for CBD now face the likelihood that approvals won’t come through the national system before regulatory control reverts to ...

New Zealand-based fiber-materials company Rubisco is relocating its hemp decortication line as part of a broader strategy to advance a vertically integrated natural-fiber platform. The company, which ...

India has approved a synthetic CBD drug for treating mild to moderate anxiety disorders, giving a pharmaceutical-grade cannabinoid a new medical application in one of the world’s largest potential ...