Midwest Hemp Council

A pair of Ohio Republican state senators want hemp-derived THC products to be sold only at adult-use dispensaries—not convenience stores, smoke shops or gas stations.

Early research highlights the advantageous amino acid profile of hemp seeds along with their versatility in cooking, making them a strong contender in the plant-based food industry.

Kentucky lawmakers won’t ban beverages with hemp-derived THC - at least not yet. For now, the Bluegrass State will attempt to regulate and to study the increasingly popular products, while also imposing some limits, according to legislation that advanced Monday.

A newly-amended bill to be taken up by a Kentucky Senate committee Wednesday would ban the sale of any hemp-derived beverage in the state, putting the brakes on a growing market.

Six years after Texas lawmakers inadvertently triggered the state’s booming consumable hemp market, one chamber of the Legislature is pushing to shut down the industry by barring products that contain tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC.

Crossville businesswoman Maggie Clark believes a bevy of bills in the Tennessee legislature restricting hemp-related products will take the industry away from people who built it and give it to a “conglomerate.”

A Louisville-based hemp company is expanding its operations with a one million dollar investment. Cornbread Hemp, a producer of a wide variety of organic hemp products, will expand its Louisville manufacturing operation, creating 50 full-time jobs.

It’s a fairly niche product now, but a new study from Georgia Tech engineers suggests insulation made from hemp fibers could be a viable industry in the U.S., creating jobs, a manufacturing base, and greener homes and buildings at the same time.

Nepra Foods has partnered with an unnamed industry expert to develop a proprietary hemp protein for food manufacturing. The protein, now in early production in the United States, is designed to improve taste, texture, and functionality compared to existing hemp proteins, with baked goods as the first target market.

During the past two legislative sessions, Florida lawmakers have attempted to impose significant restrictions on hemp products that industry officials said would have been devastating to their bottom line. Although a measure did pass last spring, Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed it in June.