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Hemp Paper in the USA: Part 2

September 24, 2021 | Agriculture, Innovation & Hemp Technologies

Ken Gibson Hemp has been used for paper for some 2,000 years, the use of wood pulp is a new concept that has been causing economic and environmental chaos. At the time of this writing paper in the US is shipped in from southeast Asia, incurring transport costs and adding to the loss of …

TO Be Blunt

September 20, 2021 | CBD

The moment I went from being a cannabis consumer to a cannabis brand owner, everything shifted. It’s like picking the red pill vs the blue pill, pick the blue pill and you can stay unaffected, unaware, and in contented ignorance. But pick the red pill and you are in for a truthfully rude but rewa…

Podcast to Broadcast: Texas Hemp Show

August 23, 2021 | Business, News

The Texas Hemp Show is moving from podcast to broadcast on Austin’s News Radio KLBJ. Russell Dowden, the show’s host and editor of Texas Hemp Reporter Magazine, teamed up with Dennis Carter to bring the idea to life on Austin’s longest running station to educate Central Texans on all of the up to…

Naturally Hemps: Austin TX

August 23, 2021 | CBD News & Business

The conversation on Delta 8 has been a continuous hot topic in the state of Texas with many already invested in the hemp-derived product pushing for regulation over prohibition in the vested interest of their companies, the industry and the responsible consumer. Darrell Suriff of Naturally Hemps …

Ricky Ross & Kevin Booth: The Drug War

August 3, 2021 | The Drug War

Some days, you sit back and realize how all of your hard work has paid off. Some days, you may have the privilege of talking shop with a man whose work you’ve admired for over 20 years. I had the pleasure of interviewing these two men, and then the very next day, Mr. Tommy Chong.&nbsp…

Happy Karma Hemp

August 3, 2021 | CBD

Texas Hemp Reporter: Who is Happy Karma Hemp? Can you tell us a bit of your origin story? Laran Snyder: I started my business to be unique and different and to really help others, but also from a completely non-business like standpoint, my degree is in opera and while I was getting my…

Rodkey’s Health & Wellness:

July 28, 2021 | CBD

Rodkey’s Health & Wellness, San Antonio, Tx, I rodkeys.com Charles Rodkey Jr. is a true pioneer in the CBD retail and manufacturing space. A self-proclaimed plant science savant, Charles had already spent years researching and studying cannabis when he left a successful 20-plus year career i…

Steve DeAngelo, Father of the Cannabis Industry

July 28, 2021 | CBD News & Business

Texas Hemp Reporter: It is quite an honor to speak with you Steve. Most interviewers would ask this kind of a question toward the close, I’ll flip the coin. What is the future of cannabis? Steve: The future of hemp is to become the most profitable cash crop on Earth. Dollar per dollar volume cann…

Episode: # 43 TFNB Bank

July 16, 2021 | Banking News, Podcast

Mallory Harrington serves as the hemp banking compliance officer at TFNB Your Bank for Life in Waco, Texas. Our guest discusses the federal compliance rules, lending….

Episode # 41 and 42 Lucky Leaf Expo Day 1 & 2

July 16, 2021 | CBD News & Business, News

Jesse and Russell work the booth at the Lucky Leaf Expo in Dallas on day and day 2. Guests include New Bloom and Waymaker Labs, Epac, Drops of Life, Cosmic Cowboy Extractions.

Episode 40: CBD Seed Labs

July 16, 2021 | Podcast

Proudly grown in California, our hemp seeds are 100% USDA Compliant, 99.9% feminized, and 99% viable. CBD Seed Labs are dedicated to helping you grow your field of dreams with excellent genetics, expert consultation, and exceptional value.

Episode # 39 Tommy Chong issue Debuts

July 16, 2021 | News, Podcast

Russell gives an update on the magazines that were released this past July 4th weekend. Profiling Lucky Leaf Expo and many of the articles and stories featured in the new July magazine

Episode # 38 News, Texas Hemp Laws, 87th Legislature Discussed. Brite Ideas Hydroponics

July 16, 2021 | Podcast

Russell tries out a new mixer this week with the “Podtrack P8” ( so levels are experimental at best) Coleman returns to the conversation with Jesse to talk about Texas Farming, Lucky Leaf Dallas, and Brite Ideas calls in to talk about their business opportunities.

Justice Clarence Thomas Questions Federal Policy On Marijuana

July 16, 2021 | News

“A prohibition on interstate use and cultivation of marijuana may no longer be necessary or proper for the federal piecemeal approach,” the Judge declared in a report. “Federal policies of the past 16 years have greatly undermined its reasoning. The federal government’s current approach is a half…

To Boldly Grow where no Man has Grown Before: Patrick “Picard” Stewart on Pot

July 16, 2021 | News

“The thing about Star Trek is you’re never dead, really. There’s always a way to bring you back to life” “People think I’m getting high everyday. Nothing could be further from the truth.” Sir Patrick Stewart is 78 years old and exploring the first…

HEMP PAPER In Demand for more products and textiles.

July 16, 2021 | Cultivation

The majority of the hemp plants are in the stems. Thus a farmer has interest in making the most of this part. Those growing for medicinal use and CBD oils can turn a profit from the leaves and buds, while hemp oil and hemp seeds per se are proving to be a lucrative market. For […]

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