Teagasc’s Ashtown Food Research Centre in D15 was the splendid location for the annual gathering of the Irish hemp industry’s leading lights, and some up-and-coming hemp stars. Across a very busy Friday, 8 April 2022, we can confirm that, yes, the Irish hemp industry does have a pulse! Just about! Among our highlights from the… Continue reading Irish Hemp Conference Report
Category: Growing Hemp
Why 2024 is the year of hemp – Top 5 reasons
1. Because there is no faster, better way to remove CO2 from the air Hemp rocks! It was mankind’s first cultivated crop and its benefits were felt through the ages, until it was banned in much of the western world by a bunch of racists, sociopaths and fossil fuel megalomaniacs. Hemp is ready to reclaim… Continue reading Why 2024 is the year of hemp – Top 5 reasons
Better than nothing! European Union makes life slightly easier for hemp growers
In a nutshell The new EU CAP, Common Agricultural Policy, will raise the amount of THC cannabinoid allowed in hemp and hemp products from 0.2% to 0.3% in 2023, which is something, but we say it needs to go further, faster. What are cannabinoids and how much of them are in hemp and cannabis? The… Continue reading Better than nothing! European Union makes life slightly easier for hemp growers
Meet hemp grower, Ed Hanbidge, County Wicklow, Ireland
Our first view of Hempoffset sponsored hemp It was a blazing Friday morning in July, when Gary and Niall from Hempoffset drove the N81 highway, an hour south from Dublin, into County Wicklow. Into hemp country. Hemp licenses are free in Ireland Ed took us on a tour of his hemp fields, and it was… Continue reading Meet hemp grower, Ed Hanbidge, County Wicklow, Ireland