Hemp was never all that rare. Long before it was banned and stigmatized, this ancient plant was already part of daily life, used in textiles, ship sails, ropes, paper, and even building materials.

23rd January 1956: Chatham Dockyard workers are 'hackling the hemp' in preparation for getting hemp fibre into continuous lengths. It was the most extensive re-rigging since 1945. (Photo by L.

WINFRED, S.D. — There has been a steadily growing interest in hemp production across the nation, but most notably in South Dakota, which was named the top producer of hemp in 2024. The 2018 Farm Bill ...

The Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine is working with partners across the city to use technology to build more ...

Bye-Bye High?: An amendment in the bill to reopen the federal government effectively kills products—including beverages sold at Target, Circle K and Total Wine—made with hemp-derived THC. The longest ...

Industrial hemp has been commercially cultivated in Canada since 1998 — two decades before the legalization of recreational cannabis use — but data suggests recent years haven't been too kind to the ...

A team of researchers at Oregon State University created a quick-setting, environmentally friendly alternative to concrete ...