Lancaster Farming newspaper editors talk to farmers and experts about industrial hemp.
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Expanding upon and spreading awareness about the Benefits, Uses, History, and Future of the God-given gift of life known as Cannabis Hemp! We are on a mission to help hemp entrepreneurs and hemp companies around the world succeed through marketing, branding, and education that works.
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The NHGC's number one goal is to provide wealth for our members through regenerative agricutlure and sustainability. We will answer all your questions and give you advise on how to move your business in a positive direction. Whether it's through hemp growth and cultivation, hemp transporting, hemp innovations, or hemp industrial law, we hope to have you covered.
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Seed to Sovereignty: Voices from Lower Sioux
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MORTON, Minn. — The Lower Sioux Indian Community celebrated the opening of its new hemp-processing facility with a full day of hemp education and demonstrations on September 5, 2024. This processing plant brings the tribe one step closer to what it calls “Seed to Sovereignty,“ where the tribe creates its own supply chain: growing the hemp to be pro…
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Marketing Raw CBD Products: Justin Benton’s Strategies and Insights
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Sure, here's a comprehensive sequence of topics covered in the text with sub-topic bullets: Introduction - Overview of the podcast and the episode. - Introduction of speakers: - Tyler Hemp: Host - Justin Benton: Guest, CEO of 101 CBD Entourage Effect - Incorporation of raw cannabis components (enzymes, cofactors, flavonoids, terpenes) for a synergi…
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This week's podcast is Part Two of our Lancaster County Hemp Circuit Coverage. Editor's note: Hey there, it's me Eric. I'm traveling this week to Minnesota for the Field Day at the Lower Sioux Indian Reservation, so in order to get the podcast out to you in a timely manner, I gave the transcript of the audio to my ChatGPT buddy and asked for a brea…
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Pennsylvania Hemp Shines Bright in the Spotlight
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This week on the Hemp Podcast we bring you Part One of our coverage of the Lancaster County Hemp Circuit, a two-day, four-farm hemp event that shone a bright light on hemp in Pennsylvania and attracted attendees from all over the U.S. and a few foreign countries. On Part One of our Hemp Circuit coverage on the podcast, we hear from a handful of out…
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Rising to the Challenge: Hometown Hero's Resilience and Innovation in the Hemp Market
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Welcome to HempAware Podcasts! In this episode, "Hometown Hero," we dive into the world of the hemp industry with special guests Cynthia Cabrera and Ryan O'Keen from Hometown Hero, a company dedicated to making a positive impact in the community. Join host Tyler Hemp as he discusses the challenges and successes of Hometown Hero in navigating state …
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Hemp-It: How a French Seed Propagator Meets the Demands of a Growing Industry
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In this week’s episode of the Industrial Hemp Podcast, Lancaster Farming talks with Jean-Eric Ponthou from Hemp-It and Robin Destiche from KonopiUS. Ponthou is the manager of sales and development at Hemp-It, a French company established in 1965 that produces certified industrial hemp seeds. “It’s the only company in France producing certified indu…
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Lower Sioux Host Field Day September 5, plus AAFCO Votes on Hemp Seed Meal
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Our guest this week is Danny Desjarlais, head builder for the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Morton Minnesota, where the tribe is undertaking one of the most ambitious hempcrete building projects in the country. Desjarlais said his community is has been experiencing a housing crisis. No so much homelessness, he said, but overcrowding—extended fami…
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Lancaster County Hemp Circuit: Four Hemp Farms in One Event
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On this week’s Industrial Hemp Podcast, we talk to the organizers of the Lancaster County Hemp Circuit: Sarah Mitchell, Steve Groff and Alyssa Collins. The circuit, an event centered on growing and processing industrial hemp in Pennsylvania, is scheduled Aug. 20-21. “It’s called the circuit because we actually have four different sites and they’re …
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Eco-Friendly Rhythms: Shawn Andres Shares the Taproot Hemp Drums Story
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Welcome back to HempAware Radio, where we dive deep into the world of hemp and cannabis business, education, and innovation. In today's episode, we have a special guest, Sean Andres, the founder of Taproot Drums, who shares his inspiring journey of creating high-quality, eco-friendly drums using hemp. Host Tyler Hemp and Sean bond over their shared…
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Hey there. I made a mistake on this week's episode, so if you hear something weird on the show, go back and downloaded it again. I fixed the issue and uploaded the new file. Thanks! -ericBy Eric Hurlock
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How Will the AAFCO Vote on Hemp Grain Affect the Industry?
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Members of the American Association of Feed Control Officials are scheduled to vote early next month on hemp seed meal as an ingredient for laying hens. Pretty standard stuff, according to the group’s executive director, Austin Therrell. “It’s one of the big things that our association does to promote harmonization and uniformity when it comes to d…
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Building a Sustainable Future with Corey Hughes: Leveraging Hemp for Positive Impact
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Welcome to HempAware Podcasts! In this hempisode, our hosts Tyler and Corey delve deep into the world of sustainable building materials and the incredible potential of hemp. Corey hughes, from Pass It Forward, joins the conversation to share his experiences in navigating the challenges of integrating hempcrete in construction. From tackling misconc…
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Making Progress With Hemp at Horse Progress Days
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This week on the hemp podcast we saddle up and gallop out to Gordonville, Lancaster County, for Horse Progress Days, a two-day celebration of all things horsepower. Nearly 40,000 people were in attendance July 5-6, mostly Amish and Mennonite farmers and families. The weather was hot, the air was thick with humidity and the sounds of horses whinnyin…
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Building Confidence in the Cannabis Industry: Expert Advice with Mika from Acannability
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Welcome to HempAware Radio! Today's episode, "Acannability," features a thought-provoking conversation with Mika, the co-founder of Acannability, a groundbreaking cooperative advertising agency for the hemp and cannabis industry. Mika shares her insights on the future of the industry, emphasizing the importance of education, advocacy, and federal r…
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Building a Hemp Hub in Northern Illinois with Kifcure
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This week on the Hemp Podcast, Lancaster Farming talks with Kelly Burke from Kifcure, an Illinois-based hemp company that is focused on developing the hemp industry in the Land of Lincoln. Burke, along with her husband Jarett, have launched the Northern Illinois Hemp Hub, which recently hosted a hempcrete workshop in Maple Park, sixty miles west of…
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American and International Hemp Producers Talk EIHA Experience in Prague
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On this week’s podcast, we continue our coverage of the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) annual conference, this year held in Prague, Czech Republic, June 5 to 7. As Lancaster Farming’s friendly neighborhood hemp reporter, I was invited to be part of an American delegation to the conference, funded in part by a grant from the USDA Market…
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Hemp's Potential: Industry Insights Benefits, & Policy Impact with Eric Hurlock
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Unlocking the Potential of Hemp: Eric Hurlock and Tyler Hemp Discuss the Endocannabinoid System, Sustainable Farming, and the Future of Hemp on HempAware Radio. Join us as we explore the wisdom molecules in cannabinoids, the vital role of hemp in sustainable industries, and the impact of media in shaping perceptions. Dive into the evolving hemp ind…
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Hemp in Europe: Voices from the EHIA Conference and Expo in Prague
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On this week’s Hemp Podcast, I recap my recent visit to the Heart of Europe, the Golden City, the City of a Hundred Spires, the capital city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia — Prague. The occasion for my trip was the European Industrial Hemp Association’s 21st annual Conference, this year held in the Czech …
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Building Expertise and Community: The Power of Podcasting in the Hemp and Cannabis Industry
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Welcome to the HempAware Podcast, where we explore all things hemp and cannabis. Today's episode features a thought-provoking conversation with Brandy Shapiro Babin, the president of cannabisradio.com. Brandy shares her insight on the power of podcasting for businesses in the hemp and cannabis industry, offering valuable tips on how to build trust,…
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Will the Hemp Industry Survive the Miller Amendment?
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On this week’s hemp podcast we discuss a recent amendment to the House draft of the 2024 Farm Bill known as the Miller Amendment, which was introduced by Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill. The amendment effectively bans all hemp products with any amount of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the naturally occurring chemical compound found in the cannabis plant. Th…
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On this week’s hemp podcast, Lancaster Farming talks to Czech hemp farmer, consultant and advocate Hana Gabrielová, who started her first hemp company, Hempoint, in 2010 and has been instrumental in developing the hemp industry in the Czech Republic and Europe ever since. More recently, with several American partners she founded KonopiUS, which dis…
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Bear Fiber Weaves American Textiles with Hemp
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On this week’s Hemp Podcast, we talk to Guy Carpenter, founder of Bear Fiber in North Carolina, where he is spinning a blend of hemp and cotton into yarn and making garments like hats, shirts, and socks. “The vision was to incorporate sustainability and longevity into people’s lifestyle,” he said. Bear Fiber developed proprietary methods to produce…
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Apologies to Jimmy Stewart. I only went to Washington for one day. I took the train from Philadelphia May 6 to record a podcast episode at the Ag on the Mall event on the National Mall in D.C. The National Hemp Association and the Pennsylvania Hemp Industry Council invited me to spend time at their display. They had a tent set up with tables full o…
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Hempcrete Workshop Lays Foundation to Build Industry and Community
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This week’s podcast takes us to a hempcrete workshop in Barto, Pennsylvania. That’s where Cameron McIntosh of Americhanvre Cast-Hemp hosted a four-day hands-on training session to teach the basics of the spray-applied method of hempcrete installation using the Ereasy system. Training began Saturday morning at McIntosh’s shop at a farm in Berks Coun…
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Hemp Solutions for Social Justice: Alicia Fall's Indigenous Empowerment and Environmental Advocacy
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Welcome to Hempaware Radio, where we dive deep into the world of hemp and its potential to create positive change. In this episode, host Tyler Hemp sits down with Alicia Fall, founder of Her Many Voices Foundation, to discuss her work empowering indigenous communities and promoting hemp as a solution to environmental, social, and economic challenge…
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Exploring Hemp Fiber Agronomy and Genetics
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On this week’s hemp podcast, we listen to a panel discussion from the NoCo Hemp Expo that took place in Colorado earlier this month. The panelists were Rachel Berry, a farmer and founder of the Illinois Hemp Growers Association; Terry Moran, a sales rep from Kanda Hemp, an importer of Asian hemp varieties; Corbett Miteff from KonopiUS, an importer …
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420 Special: Rumble Strip – John Rodgers Weed Farmer
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On this 420 Bonus show, we share an episode of one of our favorite podcasts, Rumble Strip. It’s made by Erica Heilman who tells stories of rural Vermont. On this episode she interviews Vermonter John Rodgers, a stonemason the Northeast Kingdom, where he also runs a construction business, plows driveways and rents properties, and for sixteen years h…
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10th Annual NoCo Hemp Expo Gathers Many Voices
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This week’s hemp podcast is a recap of the 10th annual NoCo Hemp Expo in Estes Park, Colorado, April 11-13, where industry stakeholders gathered to collaborate, commiserate and celebrate the state of hemp in 2024. The episode features voices from many attendees, including Colorado Gov. Jared Polis. “We’re really all hands on deck to make sure Color…
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Experimental Hemp Micro Processing With Steve Groff
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On this week’s hemp podcast, Lancaster Farming talks to Steve Groff from Cedar Meadow Farm in Holtwood, Lancaster County, where he is getting ready to plant 70 acres of industrial hemp. “This year it’s all fiber. And we’ll probably plant about 10 varieties,” Groff said. Of those 10, about a third will be what he calls his “core varieties“ that have…
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Eyes on the Prize: The Somewhat Messy Process of Getting Hemp Grain into the Feed Markets
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On this bonus episode we talk to Andrew Bish and Morgan Tweet from the Hemp Feed Coalition, the advocacy group that has been working for four years to get hemp grain approved as a livestock feed. Opening up the feed markets is the one of the most important issues in the hemp industry today. Hemp grain was given tentative approval by AAFCO in Januar…
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The Bee’s Knees: Ken Meyer on the Buzz About Hemp in South Dakota
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In this week’s hemp podcast, Lancaster Farming speaks with Ken Meyer, beekeeper and hemp processor from South Dakota. Meyer and his family run a fourth-generation beekeeping business as well as the state’s first industrial hemp processing facility. As a young man, Meyer enjoyed beekeeping but was encouraged by his elders to get an education instead…
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Right Coast Hemp Hosts Hempcrete Workshops in New Jersey
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On this bonus episode of the Hemp Podcast, we talk to Mike Mercadante from Right Coast Hemp in Manahawkin, New Jersey, where the company is holding the first of a series of hands-on hempcrete work shops, May 10-12. The workshops are intended to give local builders and contractors a chance to get to know hemp as a material and see how the hempcrete …
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Hempitecture Aims to Make the ‘Most Sustainable Building Material on the Planet’
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This week’s podcast guest Mattie Mead competed in a 2013 pitch competition at Hobart College in Geneva, New York. He had just shared his vision for a company that made building materials out of hemp. “One of the judges for the contest said, ‘So let me get this straight, you’re looking to build houses out of a Schedule 1 substance?’ “And I said, wel…
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Crafting a Sustainable Tomorrow: Greg Wilson Reveals the Magic of HempWood
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Welcome to the HempAware Radio Podcast, where we explore the exciting world of hemp and its impact on sustainability, health, and innovation. In today's episode, host Tyler Hemp welcomes Greg Wilson, founder of HempWood, to discuss the company's mission and groundbreaking products. Greg shares insights on the importance of sustainable forestry, the…
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Mill26 is Making 100% Hemp Paper in Upstate New York
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Hemp Podcast guest James “Jimmy” Cottrell II is a fourth-generation paper maker at family-owned Cottrell Paper in Saratoga County, New York. He started cutting the grass in high school and began working at the mill after graduation, and has worked his way up. Today he is director of maintenance for the mill and vice president of Mill26, Cottrell Pa…
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Good News from the National Hemp Association
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This is a special weekend edition of the Hemp Podcast. Lancaster Farming speaks with Geoff Whaling, chair of the National Hemp Association. I will update the details of this episode soon. For now, enjoy the audio. Learn more: National Hemp Association https://nationalhempassociation.org/ Thanks to our sponsors! IND HEMP https://indhemp.com/ Americh…
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Jean Lotus Trains an Eagle Eye on Hemp Building Worldwide
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Jean Lotus is an award-winning investigative journalist and publisher of HempBuild Magazine. She is based in Fort Collins, Colorado, where she has been covering the hemp industry since 2017, and is our guest on this week’s hemp podcast. While she has written about various sectors of the hemp industry, her main area of interest is the hemp building …
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Hemp Agricultural Solutions: Navigating Regulatory Hurdles and State Perspectives
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Welcome to HempAware Podcasts, where we explore the latest developments in the hemp industry and discuss important legislative and agricultural solutions. In this episode, "Hemp Agricultural Solutions," host Tyler Hemp is joined by Courtney Moran, the chief legislative strategist at Agricultural Hemp Solutions. Together, they delve into the intrica…
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Polish Entrepreneur Builds Hemp Textile Company After Success in CBD
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This week on the Hemp Podcast, Lancaster Farming talks with Maciej Kowalski, founder and CEO of Kombinat Konopny, a hemp company based in Elbląg, a Polish city on the Baltic Sea. Kombinat Konopny is a vertically integrated hemp operator working both in the herbal and fiber division. Kowalski said the company takes a no-nonsense approach to floral p…
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An Essential Hemp Story: Ron Alcalay Reveals the Vital Hemp Journey
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Welcome to another episode of HempAware Podcasts! In this episode, our host Tyler Hemp interviews Ron Alcalay, the creator of Vital Hemp, a Southern California-based lifestyle and hemp clothing brand. Who is Ron Alcalay? Ron Alcalay, of VitalHemp Clothing Company, is the eldest son of Jewish immigrants and grew up in LA. He got into trouble during …
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Changes to the PA Hemp Program & Getting to Know the KP4 Hemp Cutter
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This week’s hemp podcast is divided into two parts. Lancaster Farming talks with Shannon Powers from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture about some major changes to the hemp program in the Keystone State. “The first is that Pennsylvania is moving to a performance-based testing system for growers who are growing either for fiber or grain,” Po…
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The Rise of ‘Red State Weed’ and What to Do About It
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This week’s podcast guest is Robert Hoban, a cannabis attorney and industry leader. Hoban recently published a five-part series at Forbes.com in which he takes a deep dive on some of the most controversial issues in the hemp industry today. Hoban has had a full-spectrum cannabis career, having worked extensively on both sides of the marijuana/hemp …
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Hemp Industry Farm Bill Priorities and Building an Overseas Market for U.S. Hemp
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This week’s hemp podcast guest is Patrick Atagi, president and CEO of the National Industrial Hemp Council of America (NIHC), a DC-based organization that advocates for and lobbies on behalf of the hemp industry. ON this episode, Atagi discusses industry priorities for the next Farm Bill and the work the NIHC is doing to put hemp on a level playing…
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How to 10 X Your Hemp Content Creation with the Power of AI
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In this episode of HempAware Radio, host Tyler Hemp is joined by Greg Wasserman, the head of growth, partnerships, and community at Cast Magic. They dive deep into the world of AI and content creation, exploring how Cast Magic's AI tool can revolutionize the way hemp entrepreneurs and podcasters produce and distribute content. Greg shares insight o…
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Panda Biotech Goes Big in Texas With High Plains Hemp Gin
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This week on the industrial hemp podcast, Lancaster Farming talks with Scott Evans, executive vice president of Panda Biotech, a Dallas-based company whose High Plains Hemp Gin in Wichita Falls will be one of the largest hemp processing facilities in the world when it opens this year. Evans said the processing technology comes from Europe and has a…
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Good News for Hemp Feed and Hempcrete in 2024
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The Industrial Hemp Podcast is back after a short break. Episode one of Season Four is available now. The theme of this episode is Good News, because there seems to be a fair amount of it these days in the hemp space. One such piece of positivity comes to us from podcast guest Morgan Tweet, executive director of the Hemp Feed Coalition, a nonprofit…
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A Brief Message Before We Start the New Season
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Season 4 of the Industrial Hemp Podcast will be starting up soon, and this brief message is sort of like a teaser for the new season. Have questions, comments or concerns? I'd love to hear from you: podcast@lancasterfarming.com. Thanks!By Eric Hurlock
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The Healing Power of Hemp: Nick Orion's Path to Wellness Through Orion's Naturals
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Introduction Welcome to HempAware Radio, where we delve into the world of hemp and CBD with a focus on education and empowerment. In this episode, host Tyler Hemp sits with Nick Orion, the founder of Orion's Naturals, a CBD company based in Alaska. Nick shares his journey that led him to start the company, emphasizing the company's mission to help …
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Hempcrete Projects Push the Envelope in Massachusetts
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We’re taking the show on the road again. This week we’ll hear interviews from my recent trip to Massachusetts, where I visited the Cape Cod Hemp House in Harwich, and the Hillside Center for Sustainable Living in Newburyport. Michael Monteiro gave me a tour of his newly built 6,000-square-foot house. “It may look like any other house here on the ca…
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This weeks' show is sort of mixed bag. I've got a few nuggets of hemp news, a few updates, a trailer for a new Lancaster Farming podcast called The Farm House, and an in-person interview with hempcrete builder Cameron McIntosh. Sorry for the lack of details on this episode, but I'm trying to get everything done before i hit the road a mini hemp tou…
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