The United States is at the dawn of one of the largest agricultural revolutions our country has ever experienced. The legalization of industrial hemp presents an opportunity to radically transform the landscape of agriculture, manufacturing, and retail which can serve... Read more
Sana Packaging is creating hemp-based packaging for the cannabis industry because it views hemp as the ideal industrial crop. It is both sustainable and regenerative, requiring less water than other industrial crops and none of the pesticides. About 50% of the... Read more
With the regulatory landscape poised to change around hemp and its extracts (namely CBD), the hemp and CBD markets are experiencing rapid growth. This is creating many opportunities in genetics, cultivation, extraction, and branding of hemp-based products. Read more
Genome editing, particularly using site-directed nucleases such as the CRISPR system, has spread rapidly through the biological sciences. Genome editing in crops will significantly speed up the progress of breeding programs. It can drive the development of traits in... Read more
Hemp used to be everywhere. George Washington famously grew it on his Mount Vernon estate in Virginia, as did fellow founding father Thomas Jefferson, and the plant’s fibers were widely celebrated for their exceptional strength and durability. That changed, of course,... Read more
A cover crop is a crop that’s planted primarily in the offseason to manage soil erosion, soil fertility, soil quality, water, weeds, pests, diseases and other long-term farm concerns. Once that work is done, though, these crops are typically plowed under so the land... Read more
