Industrial Hemp Podcast

Lancaster Farming newspaper editors talk to farmers and experts about industrial hemp.

CBD Farmer & Hemp Builder React to New Federal Hemp Definition 11/15/2025

Code, Carbon and Hemp-Lime Construction with Jake Waddell 11/12/2025

Oh, For The Love of Farming... 11/06/2025

The Winds of Cansayapi (Part Three) 11/04/2025

The Winds of Cansayapi (Part Three) Welcome to part three of our Cansayapi Trilogy in which we explore the 13th International Hemp Building Symposium, held Oct. 3-5, 2025, at the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Southwestern Minnesota. Part Three opens where part two left off, with the sounds of a waterfall that melts into the rhythms of the Red Tree Singers as they chant and pray and lead the way into Day Three of the Hemp Building Symposium. After a news nugget from HempToday, this episodes opens with a tale of three Minnesota architects — Janneke Schaap, Simona Fischer and Anna Koosmann — who provide a roadmap for getting biobased building materials like hemp-lime and straw bale construction adopted into state building codes. Then we hear a collection of one-on-one interviews with farmers, builders and advocates. In order of appearance, you will hear: Marcus Grignon — Hempstead Project Heart, Menominee Nation Ira Vandever — Indigenous Hemp and Cannabis Farmers Cooperative, Navajo Nation Tom Knouss — RootDown Building Collective, Charleston Alex Sparrow — UK Hempcrete, England Gabriel Gauthier — ArtCan Hemp Construction, Quebec Guillaume Delannoy — FRD-CODEM, France Micaela Machado — Old Pueblo Hemp Co., Tucson Steve Allin — International Hemp Building Association (IHBA), Ireland News nugget from Bipartisan U.S. group calls for ‘Frankenstein’ intoxicating hemp market to be curbed Be More Pirate — Sam Conniff’s Be More Pirate, recommended by Alex Sparrow as a blueprint for creative rebellion and collaboration. Sponsors — IND HEMP, building a sustainable hemp supply chain in Montana and beyond. — HEMI, the Hemp Education and Marketing Initiative, connecting businesses with the potential of industrial hemp. — Americhanvre Cast Hemp, Pennsylvania-based hemp building specialists advancing circular design and education. — SunRay Hemp, Alaska-grown innovation and community-driven hemp projects led by Ray DePriest. /episode/index/show/lancasterfarming/id/38907650

Voices from Cansayapi (Part Two) 10/24/2025

Voices from Cansayapi (Part Two) On this episode we continue on our journey with host Eric Hurlock to Cansayapi, the place where they paint the trees red, the Lower Sioux Indian community, the home of the Medewakantan Band of Dakota people in Southwestern Minnesota. You will hear many voices on this episode — people who were there, people who were involved, people who are lighting the Eighth Fire. You will hear from: Danny Desjarlais — Lower Sioux Hemp Builder Cameron McIntosh — Americhanvre Cast Hemp Steve Allin — International Hemp Building Association Honovi Coup Trudell — son of John Trudell Samantha & Matt Marino — Homeland Hempcrete John Peterson — Dakota Hemp Dave Gertz — Renewabuild / Just Biofiber Pamela Bosch — Highland Hemp House Clarence Baber — Hawaii hemp advocates Brian Mogli — Industrial hemp advocate Katie McCormick — Pamunkey Indian Reservation hemp home project Joni McSpadden — Citizen of Cherokee Nation Rusty Peterson— IND HEMP Jared Sones — Victura Hemp Dallas Goldtooth — Host/MC; actor, writer, activist Donate to the New Dakota Language Hemp School Today! Pidamaya (thank you) for considering supporting the new K–4 Dakota Immersion School set to be made with hemp, opening in 2030. Ways To Contribute By Check: Write a check to the “Lower Sioux Indian Community” and write in the note: “New School." Send or give check to: Lower Sioux Indian Community 39527 Reservation Highway 1 Morton, MN 56270 Online via the “Honor Tax” Website: Your contribution goes to the Lower Sioux Indian Community. Click “Add note or comment” and type “New School.” Ukic̣aġapi kte (Let’s grow together), For questions or more information on the school, please contact: Vanessa Goodthunder — 507-697-8253 Vanessa.Goodthunder@lowersioux.com Thanks to Our Sponsors! SunRay Hemp () — 62° North IND HEMP King’s AgriSeeds Americhanvre Cast Hemp /episode/index/show/lancasterfarming/id/38770525

The Road to Cansayapi (Part One) 10/17/2025

USDA Hemp Report: Garbage In, Garbage Out 10/09/2025

Fighting Powdery Mildew With UV Light & Breeding Hemp for Better Grain and Fiber 10/01/2025

Inside Cornell AgriTech: Germplasm, Robots and Hemp 09/26/2025

Grain & Fiber Hemp Field Day at Cornell 2025 09/23/2025

Grain & Fiber Hemp Field Day at Cornell 2025 On this week’s podcast, host Eric Hurlock travels to Geneva, New York, on the top of Seneca Lake to take part in Cornell’s Hemp Field day, held Thursday, Sept. 11. This episode covers both the morning and afternoon sessions for the field day. The day started in Jordan Hall on Cornell’s Agritech Campus, where hemp program director Larry Smart got things started with a reminder why we were there in the first place. “Hemp is an interesting crop, has a lot of potential, but there are some things that we just don’t understand about this crop,” he said. The morning session was focused mostly on hemp grain as a livestock feed. Cornell scientists presented their research on broiler chickens, dairy cows and horses. Andrew Bish from the Hemp Feed Coalition talked about the opportunity that hemp seed meal presents for farmers. “If 5% of the chickens are eating 20% of their diet in hemp seed meal, you need almost 275,000 acres of hemp grain produced in the United States,” he said. The morning session ended with Pennsylvania farmer Herb Grove from Brush Mountain Bison in Centre County, where he grows hemp grain and operates a bison feed lot and finishing operation. “We started the bison industry in 2011, and we started raising hemp in 2019. 2011, we had six head of bison. At the end of last year, we had 300 animals on feed." The afternoon session of the field day shifted from science to practice. Bob Pearce from the University of Kentucky talked about the S-1084 multistate trials, which bring together universities from Louisiana to Vermont to test hemp cultivars across latitudinal differences and growing conditions. "That’s the ultimate goal, making sure that a grower in New York knows which cultivars to pick for that location, and a grower in Kentucky or Tennessee has the opportunity to choose a cultivar that is well adapted to their conditions,” he said. There were equipment demonstrations, discussions with seed suppliers, and a very interesting talk from Lynn Sosnoskie, weed science specialist at Cornell, who, because of the lack of chemistry labeled for hemp, stressed the importance of non-herbicide methods of weed management, especially equipment clean-out. “We have to be focused on the weed seeds that we are moving from field to field, especially because we have Palmer amaranth in New York state now. We have waterhemp in New York state. These are two pigweed species. They are exceptionally competitive with our crops. They are spreading. You do not want to have one of these weeds get established in the fields where we have very few options of weed control,” she said. The day ended with a demonstration of the mobile decorticator. On this episode you will hear the voices of: Larry Smart, Cornell University Chuck Schmitt, New York Department of Agriculture & Markets Luis Monserrate, Cornell University Andrew Bish, Hemp Feed Coalition, Bish Enterprises Raj Kasula, Wenger Group Natalie Trottier, Cornell University Morgan Tweet, IND HEMP Xuedan Zhu, Cornell University Tom Overton, Cornell University Herb Grove, Brush Mountain Bison Lynn Sosnoskie, Cornell University Bob Pearce, University of Kentucky Jacob Bish, Cornell University Terry Moran, Kanda Hemp Robin Destiche, KonopiUS Corbett Mitteff, KonopiUS Reuben Stone, UniSeeds The trip to Cornell continues on the next episode with one-on-one interviews with Christine Smart, director of Cornell’s Agritech campus; Larry Smart, plant geneticist and head of Cornell's Hemp program; Luis Monserrate, doctoral candidate studying hemp fiber yields; and Jane Hamilton, a doctoral student studying the effects of UV light on powdery mildew on hemp. Learn More: Cornell University – Hemp Program New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets New York State Office of Cannabis Management Hemp Feed Coalition Kreider Farms / Kreider Feeds University of Kentucky Kanda Hemp UniSeeds KonopiUS HempIT IND HEMP Bish Enterprises Hemp Harvest Works Brush Mountain Bison News Nuggets from U.S. Democrats sign off on framework to rein in hemp intoxicants while protecting CBD Trump administration push to trim red tape leaves hemp industry still tangled in rules Texas agencies directed to tighten oversight of hemp THC products under new order Thanks to our Sponsors IND HEMP Forever Green, distributors of the KP-4 Hemp Cutter National Hemp Association (NHA) /episode/index/show/lancasterfarming/id/38318420

The Godfather of Hempcrete: Steve Allin and the International Hemp Building Symposium 09/11/2025

Dallas Goldtooth and Danny Desjarlais Preview the International Hemp Building Symposium 09/10/2025

In Search Of: A Pennsylvania Hemp Textile Supply Chain 09/05/2025

Regenerative Hemp Field Day at Pocono Organics 08/27/2025

Sustainability Report: Does Hemp Live Up to the Hype? 08/21/2025

Sustainability Report: Does Hemp Live Up to the Hype? This week on the Lancaster Farming Industrial Hemp Podcast we’re looking at hemp’s environmental promise. We’ve all heard the claim the hemp can save the planet—but what does the science really say? I talk with environmental scientist Lorelei Alvarez and strategist Joseph Carringer, co-authors of the brand-new Hemp and Sustainability Report, published by HempToday and CannaMarkets Group. Together, we dig into the evidence, the hype, and the responsibility that comes with hemp’s potential. The report breaks down hemp’s impact on carbon, soil, water, and lifecycle assessments, pulling from peer-reviewed research to separate fact from fantasy. Lorelei and Joseph challenge legacy claims like “one acre of hemp equals four acres of trees,” while also highlighting real opportunities where hemp can reduce emissions, improve soil health, and support sustainable supply chains. The message is clear: hemp won’t single-handedly solve our environmental problems, but when grown and processed responsibly, it can be part of the solution. One of the things I like about this report is that it raises the standard for how we talk about hemp. It asks us to back up our stories with evidence, to tell the accurate version of hemp’s potential rather than the inflated one. That honesty gives the industry a stronger foundation to grow from, and it gives farmers, processors, and entrepreneurs the tools to make smarter choices. Check out the Hemp and Sustainability Report for yourself, and see what the data has to say. Hemp’s future is still being written—and we all have a role to play in shaping it. Special Report: Hemp & Sustainability - HempToday Special Reports Combo Package Hemp News Nuggets, August 20, 2025 Powered by HempToday Hemp seed meal for laying hens clears key hurdle in U.S. but faces state bottlenecks Cannabinoid firm’s takedown another ‘wake-up call’ in Italy’s treacherous hemp market Florida’s debate over ‘intoxicating hemp’ packaging masks deeper flaws in state rules Thanks to our sponsors: IND HEMP Forever Green, distributors of the KP4 Hemp Cutter /episode/index/show/lancasterfarming/id/37898900

The Hemp Waltz, Sides 5 and 6 08/15/2025

Raleigh '25, Sides 3 and 4 08/06/2025

Greg Wilson and the Golden Ratio of HempWood 08/05/2025

All Things Must Hemp, Sides 1 and 2 07/31/2025

All Things Must Hemp, Sides 1 and 2 Dear listeners, This week on the Hemp Show, we’re dropping the needle on a very special commemorative box set from the 2025 Global Industrial Hemp Fiber Summit in Raleigh, North Carolina. In this first installment — Sides 1 and 2 — of a three-episode miniseries, we hear from a wide range of voices building the fiber side of the hemp industry from the ground up: farmers, machine makers, wet processors, entrepreneurs and professors. They’re working in the field and in the lab, bridging research and manufacturing, and helping steer the industrial hemp conversation back to its core: fiber, hurd and regenerative purpose. NIHC’s Global Fiber Hemp Summit in Raleigh was special. No question about that. And I thought it deserved special treatment here on the podcast. I am hopeful that I was able to capture the energy in the room. I interviewed nearly 40 people during the summit, and they each have a story to tell about their part of the supply chain. Forty interviews is too long for one show. It’s too long for two shows. but it’s perfect for this three-disc set. I’m calling it a “box set” because that’s how it feels — like a classic record album like "All Things Must Pass," "Joe’s Garage," "Europe ’72," or "The Last Waltz." Thank you for indulging me. — eric Side One — Voices Featured: • Guy Carpenter – President, [00:02:25] • Maciej Kowalski – Founder, Kombinat Konopny, Poland [00:05:06] • Hardy Sullivan – Managing Director, US [00:12:24] • Bryan Wilson – Project ELI, , Texas [00:15:56] • Dan Matthews – Project Manager, , U.K. [00:17:52] • Shira Adler – Founder, [00:20:18] • Anjli Kumar – Founder, [00:23:07] • Alejandro Diaz – [00:25:45] • Rick Brown – N.C. [00:29:04] Side Two — Voices Featured: • Larry Smart – Hemp Geneticist, [00:35:25] • Monique Anderson – Farmer, Orangeburg County, S.C. [00:38:57] • Morris Beegle – Founder, [00:41:39] • Keith Dunn – , Dunn, N.C. [00:42:11] • David Suchoff – [00:46:37] Stay tuned for sides 3 and 4. Sponsors IND Hemp Americhanvre Cast-Hemp King’s AgriSeeds Forever Green – Distributors of the KP4 Hemp Cutter National Hemp Association – Advocating for hemp farmers and the fiber industry Special thanks to the National Industrial Hemp Council of America for sponsoring our travel to the Global Fiber Summit /episode/index/show/lancasterfarming/id/37626535

The Fiber of Our Being: The NIHC Global Industrial Hemp Fiber Summit Recap 07/25/2025

The Fiber of Our Being: The NIHC Global Industrial Hemp Fiber Summit Recap This week on the Lancaster Farming Industrial Hemp Podcast, we’re listening to a recap of the 2025 Global Industrial Hemp Fiber Summit, hosted by the National Industrial Hemp Council of America at the Wilson College of Textiles at NC State, that took place in Raleigh, NC, July 15-17, 2025. For three well-planned days, leaders from across the hemp value chain came together—from farmers and geneticists to processors, engineers, and global apparel brands. On this episode we follow the flow of the summit itself, threading together powerful takeaways from the TED-style talks across agriculture, processing, textiles, composites, and branding. We hear from nearly 40 speakers—some familiar voices from the hemp world, and some new collaborators—sharing what’s working, what’s needed, and how we build a domestic fiber industry that actually works. Special thanks to the NIHC for sponsoring our travel, and to NC State’s AV team for sharing the audio from the event. And thanks to our show sponsors HEMI – the Hemp Education & Marketing Initiative – and the National Hemp Association. On this show you will hear (in order of appearance): Rachel Raineri – Wilson College of Textiles – [00:00:01] Guy Carpenter – President, Bear Fiber – [00:02:37] Dr. Andre West – NC State, Textile Innovation Engine – [00:03:11] Patrick Atagi – President & CEO, NIHC – [00:04:14] Agriculture Dr. David Suchoff – NC State Extension – [00:05:41] Dr. Larry Smart – Cornell University – [00:06:05] Terry Moran – Kanda Seeds – [00:07:12] Glenn Kayll – Hemp Plastic Company – [00:07:36] Melissa Nelson – South Bend Industrial Hemp – [00:09:09] Rick Brown – Brown Family Farms – [00:10:07] Steve Groff –Cedar Meadow Farm – [00:10:45] Processing Trey Riddle – IND HEMP (moderator) – [00:11:35] Sandra Marquardt – On the Mark PR – [00:12:18] Coleman Beale – BastCore – [00:13:43] Satish Hodage – YUJ Labs – [00:14:42] Siyan Wang– PhD Researcher, NC State – [00:15:39] John Peterson – Dakota Hemp – [00:17:24] John Lupien – Consolidated Carbon – [00:18:52] Naiden Kremenliev – Argon Fiber / Tryon Finishing – [00:19:57] David Culp – Andritz / LaRoche – [00:21:29] Elias Junker – Andritz / LaRoche – [00:21:47] Textiles Ding Hongliang – Hemp Fortex – [00:22:44] Maciej Kowalski – Kombinat Konopny – [00:24:57] Dave Cook – Tuscarora Mills – [00:26:36] Dr. Andre West – NC State (follow-up) – [00:28:05] Arlo Estill – Hempsmith Clothing – [00:28:57] Composites & Building Materials Matty Mead – Hempitecture – [00:30:49] Trey Riddle – IND HEMP – [00:31:59] Dr. Daniel Walczyk – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – [00:33:41] Katie Coppenhaver – Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) – [00:35:12] Value Chain & Industry Strategy Patrick Atagi – NIHC (again) – [00:38:59] Mark D’Sa – Panda Biotech – [00:39:50] Joseph Carringer – Sound Strategy / Hemp 3.0 – [00:42:23] Larry Serbin – Hemp Traders – [00:43:52] Gabriella Fioravanti – Jefferson University – [00:45:15] Olaf Jezela – Trace Femcare – [00:45:45] Pierre Berard – HEMI – [00:46:32] Erica Stark – National Hemp Association – [00:46:57] /episode/index/show/lancasterfarming/id/37550065

How to Nip Intoxicating Canabinoids in the Bud 07/11/2025

The PA Flax Project & The Return of American Linen 07/03/2025

The PA Flax Project & The Return of American Linen This week on the Hemp Show we’re talking about flax, a fiber plant with remarkable similarities to industrial hemp when grown for textiles. There’s a fair amount of flax growing this year in southeastern Pennsylvania. The last time this much flax grew here, tractors hadn’t even been invented yet. By the late 1800s flax production was in rapid decline in the Keystone State, pushed out by cheap cotton and forgotten by a country racing toward synthetic fiber — which makes 2025 a special year in Pennsylvania. Thanks to the PA Flax Project, spearheaded by Heidi Barr and Emma de Long, there are 30 acres of flax for fiber production in Chester, Montgomery and Lancaster counties this year. Thirty acres sounds small, but it’s a far cry from the eighth of an acre the organization started with in 2022, or the zero acres for generations before that. When they harvest their 30 acres of flax next week, de Long said, this will be the first flax for fiber ever mechanically harvested in Pennsylvania. “When flax became no more in the United States, thanks to cotton and free labor and synthetics, the linen industry was destroyed. And since then, it has mechanized in other parts of the world. So now that we are having a resurgence of growing fiber flax and bringing this industry back, we have imported equipment from Belgium and we’re ready to rock and roll,” she said. Barr said the Pennsylvanian Department of Agriculture has been instrumental in helping further the nascent flax industry in the state. “We advocated for and they added fiber flax to Pennsylvania’s specialty crop list, which made us eligible for a specialty crop block grant, which we received,” Barr said. The organization also received an Organic Market Development Grant through USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service, which they are using to implement their business plan and scale acreage, educate and support farmers, and to develop a plan for a scutching mill, Barr said. She said the mill will be a worker- and farmer-owned cooperative, based on flax-producing co-ops in Europe. The podcast this week shares a handful of voices from the PA Flax Project’s Flax Flower Picnic, held June 14 at Lundale Farm in South Coventry Township, Chester County. In order of appearance on the show, we hear from Emma de Long and Heidi Barr from the PA Flax Project; Natalie Horvath, design director at F. Schumacher and Company, a family-owned textile and interior design powerhouse in New York; Bill Schick, director of agriculture for the PA Flax Project; Mike Roth from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture; Paul Turner, chair of the Department of Theater and Dance at Rowan University; Leslie Davidson from the Pennsylvania Fibershed; and PA Flax Project member Rachel Laramee. After flax, we check in with Dr. David Suchoff from NC State University in North Carolina about the Global Fiber Hemp Summit in Raleigh later this month. Learn More: PA Flax Project F. Schumacher & Co. Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Pennsylvania Fibershed North American Linen Association (NALA) Thanks to our sponsors! IND HEMP Forever Green, distributors of the KP4 Hemp Cutter /episode/index/show/lancasterfarming/id/37272465

The Etymology of Hemp and Why Words Matter 06/25/2025

The Etymology of Hemp and Why Words Matter Lately on the podcast, I’ve been wrestling with a question of language. What does the word hemp really mean, where did that meaning come from, how has it shifted over time, and who gets to define the word hemp today? For a thousand years, hemp was known as the plant or material that you made things from — things like rope, cloth and paper. But now when people hear the word hemp, they think about weed. And that’s not helpful for a nascent industry trying to raise capital, build infrastructure and develop markets. To help me sort out the history and meaning of the word hemp, I spoke with Oxford University Professor Lynda Mugglestone, a historian of the English language, a lexicographer and an expert in how words evolve and collide with law, commerce and culture. “You would be cheered to know that hemp as a plant grown for fiber has history on its side. If we go right back to Old English we can see the very earliest kind of herbals and leech books talking about hemp,” Mugglestone said. For most of its long life in English, hemp meant the fiber plant grown for ropes, sails and home spun fabrics, and that meaning was stable for centuries. It was a household word, part of daily life, tied to farming and industry. But language doesn't sit still, and hemp is no exception. Over time, new uses for the word hemp have crept in. First medicinal, then psychoactive, and now commercial forces are pulling hemp in more directions. While lawmakers try to impose definitions and industries fight for market share, ordinary people just keep using the word however they want. That's how language works. But the original meaning hasn’t gone anywhere — the fiber, the grain and the plant with history behind it. That meaning is still there and perhaps more robust today than at any time in the past 80 years. But the meaning of hemp has been expanded, like it or not, to include these new definitions, including that hemp can be THC-a flower or that hemp can get you high. Of course, I disagree with this new definition. Hemp that gets you high isn’t hemp. Call it pot, call it weed, call it what you will, just don’t call it hemp. As Mugglestone, paraphrasing Samuel Johnson, said, “Words, like their author, when they're not gaining strength, they're generally losing it.” So there you go, fiber and grain folks. You know what to do. Claim the word hemp and make it grow strong. You are hemp’s rightful heir. Be the signal in the noise. * Books by Lynda Mugglestone, author of a range of books on English words and how they get used and recorded.Recent books include: (Oxford University Press, paperback) (OUP, paperback) (Oxford University Press, hardback) Thanks to our Sponsors! Credits: Produced by Eric Hurlock, mixed and mastered by Justin Berger /episode/index/show/lancasterfarming/id/37152225

Bast Fiber Tech and the Rise of Hemp in Nonwoven Hygiene 06/18/2025

Bast Fiber Tech and the Rise of Hemp in Nonwoven Hygiene This week on the Lancaster Farming Industrial Hemp Podcast, we’re talking about wipes. And diapers. And makeup pads. And all the other throwaway hygiene products we barely think about — but use every day. Most of these single-use items are made from plastic. Why? Because plastic is cheap, consistent, and engineered to run smoothly on fast-moving machines. But that convenience comes at a cost: landfill waste, microplastic pollution and a total disconnect from the land. But what if we could change that? What if the raw material for these essential products didn’t come from oil — but from agriculture? From the hemp fields, even? This week, we talk to Jason Finnis from Bast Fiber Technologies, a company working to make that shift real — using hemp fiber to replace plastic in nonwoven hygiene products. Our guest is Jason Finnis, co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer at Bast Fiber Technologies, a clean-tech fiber company with operations in North Carolina and Germany. Jason’s been working to bring hemp fiber into hygiene and personal care products for more than 30 years — not as a novelty, but as a high-performance alternative to synthetic materials. We talk about: • The massive and often invisible role of nonwovens in our daily lives • The hidden microplastics in wipes, pads and tampons — and why it matters • Why hemp fiber is a smart material for hygiene: absorbent, soft and compostable • What BFT looks for in hemp fiber: long, clean and consistent • The importance of regional supply chains and local farm partnerships • How consumer pressure, brand demand and European policy are aligning to create real momentum Jason shares his journey from selling hemp out of a VW bus in the ’90s to helping build a future where everyday products are cleaner, greener and made from plants, not petroleum. Learn More: Bast Fiber Technologies Global Hemp Fiber Summit – July 10–11 at NC State University Thanks to our sponsor: HEMI – The Hemp Education and Marketing Initiative Learn more at Produced by Eric Hurlock and Justin Berger /episode/index/show/lancasterfarming/id/37060955

Virginia Hemp Month, Responsible Hemp Standard & Banking Barriers on Brush Mountain 06/12/2025

Virginia Hemp Month, Responsible Hemp Standard & Banking Barriers on Brush Mountain On this episode of the Lancaster Farming Industrial Hemp Podcast, we take a look at the fight for industrial hemp’s future — from grassroots advocacy to global certification and the ongoing struggles farmers face in the banking system. Act 1: Virginia Hemp Month – Reclaiming the Word "Hemp" Joe Domino and Scott McStacy of the Virginia Hemp Coalition join the show to talk about their efforts to officially recognize June as Virginia Hemp Month. With events ranging from hempcrete building workshops and beekeeping demonstrations to film screenings and brewery gatherings, Virginia is building momentum to reclaim the word hemp for fiber, grain, and industrial uses — and to separate it from cannabinoids and cannabis. Learn more: Virginia Hemp Month Virginia Hemp Coalition Act 2: Responsible Hemp Standard – Certification for Fiber Hemp Eric Singular returns to introduce the Responsible Hemp Standard (RHS) — the first global certification system for the industrial hemp fiber supply chain. RHS brings traceability, transparency, and verified responsible practices to every stage of hemp fiber production, from cultivation to cottonization. This certification gives brands and textile mills the confidence to source truly sustainable hemp fiber for apparel, textiles, and home goods. Learn more: Responsible Hemp Standard Act 3: Banking Headaches on Brush Mountain In our final segment, we head back to Brush Mountain in Centre County, PA, where bison farmer and hemp grower Herb Grove tells how his local bank abruptly canceled his accounts — simply because he held a legal hemp farming permit. His story is a stark reminder of the outdated financial roadblocks still facing hemp farmers nationwide. Thanks to our Sponsors! • IND Hemp — • King's AgriSeeds — • Forever Green / KP4 Hemp Cutter — Don’t forget the in Raleigh, NC — hosted by NC State and NIHC this July /episode/index/show/lancasterfarming/id/36971420

Victory Hemp’s Processing Expansion and the Future of Hemp Ingredients 06/05/2025

Victory Hemp’s Processing Expansion and the Future of Hemp Ingredients This week on the show we reconnect with Chad Rosen, founder and CEO of Victory Hemp Foods, who was first on the show back in the summer of ‘21 when I drove the Lancaster Farming National Hemp Tour RV right up to Victory Hemp’s grain bins in Carrollton, Kentucky. When I was there 4 years ago, Victory was processing batches, roughly 20,000 lbs a month, but they just put in a new processing line that lets them do 120,000 pounds of hemp hearts per month, a sixfold increase. But that’s not all. The new production line features “patented processing technology” that Rosen said, “delivers cleaner flavor, higher yields for us in the plant, and functional formats that really meet the expectations of major food manufacturers." “We are a food ingredient manufacturer. That's the core of what we do,” Rosen said. Hemp heart protein and oil are the core of Victory’s business, but the new processing technology also allowed Victory to launch value-added ingredient formats like puffs, crisps, clusters and textured proteins. “We’ve evolved beyond hemp hearts,” Rosen said. “The idea is to maximize the economic and nutritional value of the hemp seed.” Victory’s products appear in a wide range of consumer foods, from gluten-free Texas toast to meal replacement shakes and post-workout smoothies. But you’ll have to read the ingredients to find hemp. “We see a lot more traction with the customers that don’t advertise hemp on the front of the box,” Rosen said. “What they advertise is transparent supply chains or protein boosts or omega-3 claims.” This low-key marketing strategy reflects lingering stigma—and regulatory confusion—surrounding hemp-derived products. Rosen is optimistic but realistic about the hurdles still facing U.S. hemp grain farmers. “We have to do a lot of the heavy lifting up front and on the back end to guarantee farmers are going to be able to compete,” he said. On this episode you can expect to hear where hemp food ingredients are going, how Victory Hemp Foods is scaling production, and what it will take for U.S. farmers to meet future demand. Also on the show, we touch on Hemp History Month, the upcoming NIHC Global Hemp Fiber Summit in Raleigh, and how hemp can bring manufacturing back to small-town America. Learn more about Victory Hemp Foods: Register for the NIHC Global Industrial Hemp Fiber Summit in Raleigh, NC (July 15–17): Listen to the National Hemp Tour Interview with Chad Rosen from July 2021: Thanks to our sponsors! HEMI – The Hemp Education and Marketing Initiative Americhanvre Cast Hemp – Leaders in sustainable hempcrete construction /episode/index/show/lancasterfarming/id/36877300

Inside The NIHC Global Hemp Fiber Summit With Guy Carpenter 05/29/2025

Inside The NIHC Global Hemp Fiber Summit With Guy Carpenter The hemp event of the summer is taking place in Raleigh, North Carolina, July 15-17. It's the Global Industrial Hemp Fiber Summit, hosted by the Wilson College of Textiles, in conjunction with the National Industrial Hemp Council. This week on the Hemp Show, we’ll talk to the lead organizer of the event, Guy Carpenter. Unlike other events focused on industrial hemp, this summit centers squarely on hemp fiber and the industries that are growing up around fiber: textiles, apparel, denim, upholstery, non-wovens, construction, hempcrete, insulation, acoustic panels, automotive, biocomposites, door panels, dashboards, paper, packaging, bioenergy, bioplastics and more. Just don’t expect cannabinoids, CBD, Delta-8, hemp-derived intoxicants, or any discussion of the floral side of cannabis. According to Carpenter, this event is all about building the fiber industry. "If you have any interest whatsoever in starting a business in our industry and figuring out how to make it work and also figuring out what are the starting points, what are the roadblocks, what are the opportunities … this is the place to be,” he said. The three-day event will include panel discussions with industry experts, as well as field trips to NC State hemp fields, local manufacturing centers and the largest and newest hemp processing facility on the East Coast, recently opened by Biophil Natural Fibers in Lumberton, North Carolina. Carpenter said the summit will cover “everything from seed to decortication … whatever type of segment of the fiber you want to use, we're going to have people here who are experts at it." Carpenter has dedicated his life to natural fibers. He’s worked in fashion and apparel, international textile manufacturing, and policy development. After the Army and the Peace Corps, his professional journey in the apparel industry took him all over the world, eventually studying hemp fiber production in China. His vast industry knowledge is a pivotal resource as his home state of North Carolina ramps up hemp for textiles. He brings an unmatched experience and credibility as the organizer of the summit. Carpenter said this event follows in the tradition of the Montana Hemp Summit, hosted by IND Hemp in previous years, which means the summit will be less of a celebration of hemp and more of a working session to move the industry forward, and the people who attend are the people building the industry. “They're not just out there promoting hemp for its magical powers or its halo of goodness… but figuring out ways to make money from it,” he said. “This is the place to be." Also this week, we read a few hemp excerpts from USDA's 1913 Yearbook. Register for the NIHC Global Industrial Hemp Fiber Summit here: Read the USDA Yearbook of Agriculture, 1913 — Chapter on Hemp by Lyster Dewey: News Nuggets Texas Legislature Moves to Ban THC Hemp Products Moldova Plants First Legal Hemp Fields Germany Introduces Hemp Flower Tax Stamps Texas Poultry Farm Transforms to Hemp Cultivation Thanks to our sponsors: IND HEMP Forever Green – Distributors of the KP4 Hemp Cutter National Hemp Association /episode/index/show/lancasterfarming/id/36770570

The Hemp Show in Three Acts: A Café, a Workshop and a Reckoning 05/22/2025

The Hemp Show in Three Acts: A Café, a Workshop and a Reckoning This week’s episode of the Lancaster Farming Industrial Hemp Podcast unfolds in three acts, each exploring a different facet of the growing hemp industry — from a café built on hemp-based food, to a hands-on construction training, to a linguistic deep dive into the meaning of the word hemp. Act 1: A Hemp Café in Mount Pleasant The show begins with a conversation with longtime hemp entrepreneur Cindy Amick, whose new endeavor is the Planet Hemp Café, which opens June 7 in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. The café aims to showcase the full potential of hemp in everyday life —from food and drinks to menus, uniforms and even countertops. The menu centers on edestin protein derived from hemp hearts and used to create hemp-based meats, cheeses, dressings and baked goods. The café is designed to be a prototype for a future franchise model, with plans to expand into Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, using American-grown hemp throughout its operations. Act 2: Learning Hempcrete, the Hands-On Way In early May, Americhanvre Cast Hemp hosted a hempcrete workshop at its headquarters in Barto, Pennsylvania. Attendees traveled from around the country to train on the Ereasyy spray-applied hempcrete system, an innovation originally developed in France by Damien Baumer, who was the lead instructor at the workshop. The event highlighted both the technical capabilities of the spray system and the growing interest in hemp-based construction solutions nationwide. Act 3: Reclaiming the Word “Hemp” The final act explores the evolving — and sometimes confusing — definition of the word hemp. Drawing from historical texts like Jack Herer’s "The Emperor Wears No Clothes," the 1913 USDA Yearbook, and a 1938 Popular Mechanics article, the segment makes a compelling case: historically and agriculturally, hemp has always referred to the fiber and grain parts of the cannabis plant, not the flower or its resin. The episode argues that lumping intoxicating cannabinoids under the hemp banner dilutes its meaning and undermines the emerging fiber and grain sectors. As host Eric Hurlock puts it: “If everything is hemp, then nothing is hemp.” Learn more: Planet Hemp Café Americhanvre USDA Yearbook 1913 – Hemp by Lyster Dewey (PDF) Jack Herer’s "The Emperor Wears No Clothes" Popular Mechanics (1938): “New Billion-Dollar Crop” News Nuggets: Ukraine opens major hemp processing facility University of San Diego study: Hemp vs. cotton Victory Hemp Foods expands Kentucky operations Calendar Events June 20 – PA Fibershed tour at Buck Mason Mill June 26–27 – NIHH Hemp Building Workshop – IL July 15–17 – Global Hemp Fiber Summit – NC Thanks to our Sponsors HEMI – Hemp Education & Marketing Initiative Bish Enterprises – FiberCut Harvester /episode/index/show/lancasterfarming/id/36680845

Untangling The Language: What We Mean When We Say Hemp 05/16/2025

Untangling The Language: What We Mean When We Say Hemp This week on the Lancaster Farming Industrial Hemp Podcast, host Eric Hurlock wrestles with a question at the heart of the industry: What is hemp? The term has become increasingly diluted and controversial — especially in light of smokable flower and intoxicating cannabinoid markets, i.e. THC-a flower, Delta-8, etc. Lately, Eric has been saying that if you're growing floral hemp, maybe you're not actually a hemp farmer. But he might be wrong and this week he goes on a journey to find out. On this show, Eric speaks with three trusted voices on the cannabinoid side of the conversation to help untangle the confusion: Joe Ullman of Atlas Seed, Ben Davies of Wild Fox Provisions and Jeremy Klettke of Davis Hemp Farms. Together, they explore the cultural history, legal definitions and evolving market forces that have transformed how we use — and misuse — the word hemp. From fiber and grain to cannabinoids and regulation, this episode digs deep into the meaning, the consequences and the potential for redefining the future of the hemp industry. Learn More: • Joe Ullman – • Ben Davies – • Jeremy Klettke – Topics Covered: • The origin and historical meaning of "hemp" • How the 2018 Farm Bill broadened the definition • The rise of THCa flower and "intoxicating hemp" • The conflict between cannabinoid and fiber/grain sectors • Regulatory confusion and COA loopholes • The cultural baggage of the word "hemp" • The role of education, infrastructure, and language in shaping the industry Hemp Sponsors: • — Building real infrastructure for American hemp • — Call Sarah Mitchell for seasonal seed needs (717-687-6224) • — Distributor of the KP4 hemp cutter Questions or comments? Email: podcast@lancasterfarming.com This episode was written, recorded, edited, and produced by Eric Hurlock and Justin Berger. © 2025 Lancaster Farming Newspaper, part of the Steinman Communications family. /episode/index/show/lancasterfarming/id/36594670

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