Hemp Field Days and the Importance of Language
This week on the podcast, Tim Fritz and Sarah Mitchell from King's Agriseeds talk about the upcoming hemp field day August 16-17 at the research farm in Christiana, Pennsylvania, where they are trialing varieties of fiber and grain hemp, as well as experimenting with different growing techniques such are fore-cropping and nurse-cropping.
Then we talk to Segue Fischlin, a builder in the Puget Sound area of Washington State, where she is hosting a hempcrete workshop in early September. We talk about the workshop, but the main thrust of the conversation is about the language we use when we talk about hemp, and how certain language might be undermining the industry.
Links
King's Agriseeds' Field Day, August 16-17, 2022
Penn State’s Twilight Hemp Walk August 16, 2022
https://web.cvent.com/event/3b269a07-6c81-4d08-bc89-d3a22cba8785/summary
Segue Fischlin’s Hempcrete Workshop
https://svarajasthan.net/hempcrete
News Nuggets
Congressional Hearing: “An Examination of the USDA Hemp Production Program” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09VlD40Nt2k
AAFCO details new webinar on the usage of hemp
https://www.petfoodprocessing.net/articles/16023-aafco-details-new-webinar-on-the-usage-of-hemp
State ag secretary, senator visit hemp house
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