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Virginia governor signs bill to regulate CBD in food – Food Dive
Dive Brief: Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed a bill defining hemp extract, including CBD, as food. It gives state officials power to regulate the industry. The legislation, Senate Bill 918, is intended to help the hemp industry in Virginia by regulating production requirements and facility conditions. The bill enables the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to …
Virginia Gov. Signs Bill to Regulate CBD Products as Food – NBC4 Washington
Gov. Ralph Northam recently signed a bill that would define hemp extract, such as CBD, as food and usher in state regulations on these products. Senate Bill 918, patroned by Sen. David Marsden, D-Fairfax, will help guide the budding industrial hemp industry in Virginia by regulating facility conditions and requirements for the production of hemp-derived …
Virginia hemp weathers a difficult first year – Jackson County Newspapers
Jeff Platzke of Horizon Hemp discusses the difficulties facing large and small farmers alike after hemp became legal in March 2019 ETTRICK — Optimism was high last year after Gov. Ralph Northam signed House Bill 1839 at Virginia State University’s Randolph Farm, making it legal for farmers to grow Hemp in Virginia. Most of those …
Virginia hemp producers feel optimistic despite a volatile market – WFXRtv.com
DANVILLE, Va. (WFXR) — Josh Ludgate, co-owner of Natural Bridge Farm, plans to open a plant in South Boston this summer that will process his hemp into CBD oil. “What we’re trying to accomplish here is put Virginia on the map for being a leader in cultivating this plan,” he said. He expects to bring …
Virginia senators urge changes to USDA hemp rule – IEG Policy
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Hemp in Virginia grows toward the future – WTKR News 3
RICHMOND, Va. — “We do grams, eighths, quarters, half ounces, pounds, wholesale pounds — however you want it,” Jacob Stretch said, standing between crates of dried hemp in his living room that doubles as his hemp processing and drying facility. Stretch, owner of Chesapeake Blue, just finished his first season growing industrial hemp as a …
Hemp draws new businesses to Southwest Virginia, despite oversupply – Roanoke Times
CHRISTIANSBURG — The rapid growth of commercial hemp production in Southwest Virginia is attracting entrepreneurs to support the nascent industry, but market bottlenecks and uncertainty about state and federal regulations could slow its development. Commercial hemp became legal in Virginia in March and since then the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) has …