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‘Hemp House’ Project Kicks Off New Support for NYS Hemp
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The facilities and equipment will help farmers and businesses overcome barriers to the hemp industry’s growth in the state. According to builder Jeff Gagnon, a space that’s been insulated with hemp materials stays warm in winter, cool in summer, emits no toxins and is as quiet as snow. “It’s really apparent when you walk into…
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Hot Hemp? It’s Likely the Genetics
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The popular held belief is that growing conditions can lead to hemp with too much THC, but a recent study by Cornell University researchers found that genetics are the ultimate factor in THC content. THC is the psychoactive chemical that can make hemp “too hot.” Hemp must stay under 0.3% THC while its relative, cannabis,…
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Hype or Hope? CCE Podcast Cuts Through the Hemp Haze
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Delve into the hemp industry in New York State (and nationwide) with the latest episodes of Extension Out Loud, the podcast from Cornell Cooperative Extension. A versatile crop, hemp has many uses post-harvest from fiber for biocomposites (potentially a replacement for fiberglass), to extracting cannabidiol to using the protein for plant-based foods. Production has been…
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Julie Suarez Talks 2018 Farm Bill on "Extension Out Loud"
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To kick off season 3 of the Cornell Cooperative Extension podcast, “Extension Out Loud,” CALS Associate Dean of Governmental and Community Relations, Julie Suarez joins the show to talk through the new 2018 farm bill. The bill, renewed every five years, is the main tool the federal government uses to regulate food and agricultural policy.…
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Everything Old is New Again: Cornell University Researchers Study Industrial Hemp, One of the Earliest Domesticated Plants
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In early June, Cornell University researchers established three industrial hemp trials, one in Ithaca on the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station and two in Geneva on the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station. There are no industrial hemp varieties developed for New York, so we are testing commercially available varieties from central and eastern Canada…
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