The USA's National Industrial Hemp Council (NIHC) has received $200,000 in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Market Access Program (MAP) funding. MAP funding supports agricultural trade associations, cooperatives, state regional trade groups and small businesses in the USA in overseas marketing and promotional efforts to build commercial export markets for...

A medical cannabis patient advocacy group in New Zealand is again calling for an amnesty for compassionate providers, carers and their patients. Auckland Patients Group (APG) says pharmaceutical cannabis products should not be the only way for patients to access cannabis, and an amnesty would offer a safer environment for...

UK Aldi customers are now able to access a wider range of hemp products from the discount supermarket chain. The company recently announced several new faces in its Lacura beauty products line-up. There's a body lotion and a hand cream both containing hemp seed oil, but probably the more interesting...

A partnership between Western Australia's Little Green Pharma (ASX:LGP) and health fund HIF will see some of the health fund's members receive boosted cash back on medical cannabis scripts. HIF announced yesterday it will pay rebates for medicinal cannabis across most of its Extras policies, with eligible members receiving a...

Valens Australia was recently granted wholesale licences required to sell and supply Schedule 4 and Schedule 8 cannabis-derived products in Victoria. A subsidiary of Canada's Valens Company, the firm says this will enable its local representation to supply derivative products containing cannabidiol (CBD) and/or tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). “This exciting milestone allows us...

New Zealand medical cannabis company Puro said last week it has secured an outdoor cultivation licence that will enable it to plant 10 hectares at its Kēkerengū site. 80,000 seeds and seedlings are to be planted, with some of the seeds sourced from Australia. Puro Director Tim Aldridge says six...

Jamaica's Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce is striving to resolve banking issues impacting the country's fledgling medical cannabis industry. It seems many banks in the country are balking at funding medical cannabis operations out of concerns for their relationships with banks in the USA; where cannabusinesses also still struggle...

Voters in the US states of South Dakota and Mississippi have approved ballot initiatives in their respective states legalizing medical cannabis. First to South Dakota where voters approved Measure 26, which establishes a medical marijuana program for patients who have a debilitating medical condition as certified by a physician. As...

After a flurry of activity, 27 US states now have hemp plans approved by the US Department of Agriculture. The passage of the 2018 Farm Bill saw hemp no longer classified a Controlled Substance, and the USDA was directed to approve hemp production plans submitted by states and Indian tribes...

The total number of industrial hemp licences issued in South Australia have doubled since trials kicked off in 2018 - but the state's hemp industry is still very much at a nascent stage. According to the Adelaide Advertiser (paywall) 21 businesses are now approved to produce or process hemp in...