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  • ‘Hemp House’ Project Kicks Off New Support for NYS Hemp

    Caitlin Hayes

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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…

  • As U.S. Craft Beer Industry Goes Flat, NYS Bubbles with Optimism

    Laura Reiley

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    With 539 craft breweries and counting, New York is ranked second in the nation for craft beer. After decades of growth, craft beer nationwide is in its worst-ever slump, with negative production for the second straight year and more craft brewery closures in 2023 than ever before.  But the graph for New York state hasn’t…

  • Hot Hemp? It’s Likely the Genetics

    Kelsie Raucher

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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,…

  • Hype or Hope? CCE Podcast Cuts Through the Hemp Haze

    Kelsie Raucher

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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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