LTH Year in Review
Compiled by Natalie Kra
It’s been a memorable year for the hemp industry; from FDA’s continued objection to allowing the sale of hemp-derived CBD in supplements and foods, to the application of regenerative agriculture to cultivation, there have been both challenges and triumphs shared by the industry. Let’s Talk Hemp has carefully covered the continually evolving hemp landscape and these 10 stories in particular drew the most attention from the LTH community in 2021:
10. FDA Objects to CBD Being Sold as a Dietary Supplement; Industry Leaders Speak Out
https://www.letstalkhemp.com/fda-objects/
Despite months of diligent communications with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), along with the submission of volumes of data demonstrating the safety and efficacy of full-spectrum, hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD), the FDA rejected two New Dietary Ingredient notification (NDI or NDIN) applications for CBD submitted by pioneering CBD brand Charlotte’s Web and leading natural supplement brand Irwin Naturals. The decision casts a continuing cloud of uncertainty over the market for dietary supplements and functional food and beverage products made with hemp-derived CBD.
Hemp News Spotlight
Hemp Is Ready to Shine, Thanks to Plastic Bans and Carbon Caps
By Bloomberg
USDA Awards $360,000 Grant to Michigan-based Heartland Industries in Support of Hemp4Soil, a Soil Innovation Program
By Greenhouse Product News
Luxury Goods Brand Tonino Lamborghini Launches Line of CBD Beverages
By Cannabis.net
Understanding the U.K.’s Hemp “Grey Area”
By Canex
Curaleaf May Face Wrongful Death Lawsuit Tied to Mislabeling CBD Products
By Cannabis Business Times
New York’s Hemp Plan Approved by USDA
By WIVB News
Claire Crunk, Founder of Hemp Tampon Maker Femcare, Featured on Joy Beckerman’s Hemp Barons Podcast
By Hemp Barons
What’s the Difference Between CBN and CBD? Here’s Everything You Need to Know
By SF Gate
9 Crazy Benefits of Hemp Fabric
By Benzinga
Researchers at Medical College of Georgia See Reduction in Glioblastoma Tumor Size with Inhaled CBD
By Medical Express
Meanwhile in Massachusetts: Raging Deer Crashes into CBD Wellness Shop
By Mandatory
Actor Casey Wilson Says She Takes CBD Gummies to “Keep Calm” with Her Kids During Bathtime
By People
Ontario Regulator Warns Cannabis Dispensaries About Selling Unlicensed Hemp Products
By Forbes
The Benefits of Hemp Expansion – for the UK and the World
By Canex
EVENTS
How to Meet U.S. Hemp Authority® Certification Requirements, Lansing, MI, Jan. 20, 2022
Midwest iHemp Expo, Lansing, MI, Jan. 21-22, 2022
NoCo Hemp Expo, Mar. 23-25, 2022, Denver, CO
Southern Hemp Expo, Aug. 18-20, 2022 – Save the Date!
Add your event to Hemp Events, a free listing service for legitimate hemp industry events. Visit www.HempEvents.org.
TAKE ACTION
Support Friends of Hemp During the Good Giving Challenge this Year
Friends of Hemp is growing the U.S. hemp economy through education and opportunity. We focus on normalizing hemp which directly benefits economic development in your communities. We are advancing the value of hemp by engaging our communities. We believe that everyone should be a friend of hemp! Donate during the GOOD GIVING CHALLENGE and have your dollars matched!
Trace Wants to Make the First Hemp and Regenerative Cotton Tampon and We Need Your Help!
The world is ready for hemp fiber products, and we all know it! But the CEOs, the manufacturers, the research and development teams, and the “big dogs” at the heads of companies need to see numbers supporting this if they are going to invest in innovative hemp products. Please help the advancement of hemp fiber within the hygiene and period care industry by filling out this survey, offered by Trace Femcare, Inc., making the first hemp and regenerative Climate Beneficial (TM) cotton tampon. Your voice matters! Let’s heal the earth and our bodies! Love– the team at Trace.
Save Ti & His 329 Rights
If you or a loved one are a medical cannabis patient, this affects you. Ti is an autistic 15 year old who was abruptly removed from his mother/medical caregiver on June 3, 2021 by Child Welfare Services in Hawaii. This GoFundMe has been set up to pay for his legal fees needed to promptly dismiss the CWS case and enforce their civil and medical rights to have access to his medical professionals to participate in providing for his medical needs. Any donation no matter how big or small means we are that much closer to getting Ti back.
Support H.R. 841, The Hemp and Hemp-Derived CBD Consumer Protection and Market Stabilization Act
In September 2020, U.S. Reps. Kurt Schrader (D-OR) and Morgan Griffith (R-VA) introduced the Hemp and Hemp-Derived CBD Consumer Protection and Market Stabilization Act – a bill which would provide a clear legal pathway for the sale of hemp extracts like CBD, while ensuring that products must comply with the rigorous regulatory framework existing for dietary supplements. The bill garnered broad bi-partisan support. On Feb. 7, 2021, Reps. Schrader and Griffith and 17 of their colleagues reintroduced the bill as H.R. 841. Support passage of the bill here.
Urge Your Members of Congress to Support Our Troops’ Access to CBD
On July 20, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives approved an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to allow service members to use products containing hemp, including CBD. Unfortunately, the amendment was not included in the Senate’s version of the NDAA, which passed on July 23, and was not included in the final bill. However, as a new Congress meets this year, they are hoping for another hearing. Learn more.
Sign the 1% Hemp Petition
The 2018 Farm Bill authorized hemp production but used an outdated definition of hemp that does not work for farmers or the hemp industry. The current definition limiting hemp to 0.3% THC has proven unworkable, forcing many farmers to destroy their crops. Congress must change the definition of hemp to allow up to 1% THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) so that farmers can grow hemp without fearing that they will later have to destroy them. Add your name to the Vote Hemp petition urging Congress to redefine hemp as up to 1% THC.
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Have You Joined Leafwire Yet?
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