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Industrial Hemp Podcast

Industrial Hemp Podcast

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Lancaster Farming newspaper editors talk to farmers and experts about industrial hemp.© 2025 - Lancaster Farming Política y Gobierno
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  • Pushing Progress in the DC Swamp

    Pushing Progress in the DC Swamp
    Apr 9 2026
    On this week's hemp show, we talk to a couple of hemp policy advocates who recently traveled to the swamps of D.C. in hopes of affecting change. This week we're joined by Geoff Whaling, chair of the National Hemp Association, and Andrew Bish, president of the Hemp Feed Coalition. Together they represent HEMI — the Hemp Education and Marketing Initiative — which recently released its "Pushing Progress" framework, an industry-led effort to bring some structure to federal hemp policy. The Pushing Progress framework attempts to do several things — not the least of which is to impose order on an industry that's been a swirl of chaos since its inception. First, clear lanes must be established. Fiber and grain over here, cannabinoids over there — with their own rules. Next, make it easier for agriculture to adopt this crop by removing regulatory tensions and creating real access to markets — so a farmer can plant hemp with some confidence about where it's going and how it's going to get paid. As Bish puts it, "We're coming at it from the industrial aspect, trying to figure out how we make sure that we have farmers that can successfully grow industrial hemp products and that hemp products can be in the marketplace without a tremendous amount of restriction." Then, put some guardrails around the cannabinoid side. Not to shut it down, but to bring it out of this gray area where anything goes and everything gets called hemp. And maybe most importantly, get the federal agencies on the same page — USDA, FDA, the whole alphabet — so we're not dealing with this split-screen reality where one arm of government tolerates something and another one ignores it. Because right now, we don't have a system. We have fragments. And what they're trying to do — whether you agree with every piece of it or not — is build something that actually functions like an industry. And part of that — this is important — is money. They're asking for roughly $600 million in federal funding to help stand up the infrastructure this industry still doesn't have — processing, research, supply chains. That's a lot of money. But their argument is pretty straightforward: Every major crop we take for granted today had decades of public investment behind it. Hemp didn't. So if hemp is going to become a real agricultural commodity — not just an idea — we have to decide whether we're willing to build it, or just keep talking about it. Plus, we've got a handful of news nuggets this week, including a slightly head-scratching, maybe-kind-of-important move from the FDA on CBD and a letter from seed guy Terry Moran, who read my Argentina episode and basically said, "Hold on a second…" and brought the whole conversation back down to earth. Listen up, y'all. Learn More National Hemp Association nationalhempassociation.org Hemp Feed Coalition hempfeedcoalition.org Pushing Progress Framework (PDF) https://www.lancasterfarming.com/farming-news/hemp/pushing-progress-framework/pdf_b36257bd-ea94-4edf-b0c4-7bf88272f557.html News Nuggets FDA MEMO: Hemp-Derived Cannabidiol Products in Medical Research Models https://www.lancasterfarming.com/fda-decision-memo-cbd-enforcement-discretion-memo-04012026-pdf/pdf_cf01bcc8-7753-4fc8-970c-52bcdfe807af.html HempToday: Anti-cannabis groups sue over U.S. plan allowing hemp products in healthcare programs hemptoday.net/anti-cannabis-groups-sue-over-u-s-plan-allowing-hemp-products-in-healthcare-programs/ HempToday: Polish hemp textile maker draws heavy demand in public offering on Warsaw exchange hemptoday.net/polish-hemp-textile-maker-draws-heavy-demand-in-public-offering-on-warsaw-exchange/ Thanks to our Sponsors IND Hemp indhemp.com Americhanvre Americhanvre.com
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  • Cannabis Loves Community: Voices from the Industrial Hemp International Conference

    Cannabis Loves Community: Voices from the Industrial Hemp International Conference
    Apr 3 2026
    On this week's hemp show we're headed out to Colorado for the Industrial Hemp International Conference where hempsters from all across the value chain gathered to share ideas, make deals and be in community with one another. As a hemp podcaster, I had the unique opportunity to work in community with a couple of storytellers while I was there — Blaire Johnson and Jordan Berger — two independent filmmakers who teamed up for this special event. And what you'll hear on this episode is the result of that collaboration. First we talk about their respective work — including Berger's long awaited documentary film One Plant, which will premier this spring. Then we hear an audio essay — a sound collage of voices from the industry, including Winona LaDuke, Nick Furlong, Micaela Machado, Jeremy Klettke, Morris Beegle and more. This is a critical time not only for the hemp industry but for the world. As Winona LaDuke puts it, "You have a choice between a scorched path and a green path." The people building the hemp industry are choosing the green path, but it takes longer than you might think. Hemp industry veteran Joe Hickey compares it to a dance, "two step forward and then one step back." 1937 International's Nick Furlong brings new energy to the dance of hemp this year. Furlong is a multi-platinum songwriter and producer whose work spans global hits and major-label rock records. He said he has been bitten by the "hemp bug" and has focused his energy on building out the supply chain and developing opportunities for business. He said he wants to help shape the story of hemp so it intersects with pop culture — and intersects with culture in general. We also hear from Larry Serbin from Pure Fiber Innovations who talks about his much anticipated green decorticator, which he says will increase farmer's per acre income on hemp. "Currently they're earning about $800 per acre. With our machine, they're going to earn about $2,000 per acre," said Serbin. Listen to the whole show for maximum goodness. This episode features the reporting work of Blaire Johnson and Jordan Berger. Learn More One Plant oneplant.film Industrial Hemp International Conference industrialhempinternational.com Blaire Johnson blairejohnson.com Sunflower Films (Jordan Berger) sunflower.film Old Pueblo Hemp Co. oldpueblohemp.com 1937 International 1937international.com Pure Fiber Innovations purefiberinnovations.com Sponsors IND Hemp indhemp.com King's Agriseeds kingsagriseeds.com Forever Green (KP4 Hemp Cutter) hempcutter.com This episode of the Lancaster Farming Industrial Hemp Podcast features an on-the-ground audio collage from the Industrial Hemp International Conference (IHI) in Aurora, Colorado, bringing together voices from across the global hemp industry. Through interviews with farmers, builders, supply chain developers, and advocates, the episode explores the current state of industrial hemp, with a focus on fiber, grain, construction materials, and scalable infrastructure. Key themes include the challenge of building reliable supply chains, the need for processing infrastructure such as decortication, and the importance of aligning farmers, manufacturers, and markets. Speakers discuss innovations in hemp-based construction, textile production, and biocomposites, alongside emerging global supply chain efforts in regions like Pakistan. The episode highlights both optimism and realism, with industry leaders acknowledging slow but steady progress. The episode also emphasizes the role of storytelling and collaboration in advancing the hemp industry. Filmmakers Blaire Johnson and Jordan Berger contributed field interviews and visual documentation as part of their broader documentary project, One Plant. Their work captures the cultural and economic momentum behind hemp as a regenerative agricultural commodity and industrial material. Overall, the episode positions industrial hemp as a critical component of future sustainable materials systems, with applications in housing, textiles, and manufacturing. It underscores the need for policy clarity, investment in infrastructure, and coordinated industry efforts to move hemp from niche crop to mainstream agricultural and industrial commodity.
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  • Can Argentina Solve Hemp's Seed Problem?

    Can Argentina Solve Hemp's Seed Problem?
    Mar 25 2026

    We've been covering industrial hemp on the podcast for eight years now, and the story of farmers getting bad seed is so common it barely feels like news anymore. It's just accepted — low germination rates, inconsistent genetics and fields that never quite come in the way they should.

    But this is not OK. This is not how you grow an industry. If hemp is going to scale as a commodity crop, then it must behave like one and right now, it doesn't.

    So when I was invited to Argentina to see a company building the SOPs for large-scale seed multiplication alongside one of the world's top hemp geneticists—working in the same regions where companies like Syngenta and Bayer produce their seed, alongside one of the world's top hemp geneticists — I went. This is an effort to solve the problem at its root.

    And it's happening in a place with a much deeper story than we expected. Because once you start to understand what was built there before, the future of hemp starts to look very different.

    See Photos From Eric Hurlock's Trip to Argentina

    https://www.lancasterfarming.com/hemp-podcast-cries-for-me-argentina-photos/collection_4268a512-f387-4542-9c6c-09adf37df93f.html

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