Lancaster Farming Podcast, a short introduction
Podcast host and creator, Eric Hurlock sketches out his vision for what will ultimately become the Lancaster Farming Podcast. It's a quick glimpse into the history of farming and just how crucial...
View ArticleThe Basics of Growing Hemp, Industrial Hemp Podcast, episode one
Click for show notes. We talk with the farm manager at the Rodale Institute about growing industrial hemp. Rodale was one of 14 permit holders in the 2017 Hemp Pilot Program in Pennsylvania.
View ArticleGeoff Whaling, Chairman of the National Hemp Council, Industrial Hemp...
Click for show notes. We talk to Geoff Whaling, chairman of the National Hemp Association, who offers his insight into building a supply chain for the nascent hemp industry in Pennsylvania and how the...
View ArticlePA Ag Secretary Russell Redding, Industrial Hemp Podcast, episode three
We continue our discussion of industrial hemp, talking to Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture, Russell Redding, who shares his unique perspective on hemp. We discuss the marijuana stigma, how to...
View ArticleAvoiding the Short End of the Stick, Industrial Hemp Podcast, episode four
How can farmers make sure they don't get the short end of the stick when it comes to industrial hemp? We talk to Rodale Institute farm manager Ross Duffield, National Hemp Council chairman Geoff...
View ArticleThe Many Uses of Hemp with Erica McBride Stark, Industrial Hemp Podcast,...
We talk to Erica McBride, the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Hemp Industry Council, about the many uses of industrial hemp, from fiber to fuel, manufacturing to medicine.
View ArticleThe History of Hemp with Les Stark, Industrial Hemp Podcast, episode six
Hemp was grown throughout Pennsylvania for nearly 300 years, but in the past 80 years it's been illegal to grow. Today we talk to hemp historian Les Stark who has documented the history of hemp in the...
View ArticlePenn State's Alyssa Collins, Industrial Hemp Podcast, episode seven
Episode 7 continues with industrial hemp as we visit with Dr. Alyssa Collins, agronomy professor and director of the Penn State's research farm in Lancaster County Pennsylvania. We discuss the hemp...
View ArticleThe Farm Bill is Late. Now What? Industrial Hemp Podcast, episode eight
We begin digging in a little deeper into how the auto industry might want to use hemp in automobile production. And we also make the realization that the 2014 Farm Bill expired and the 2018 Farm Bill...
View ArticleCannabis Lawyer Nathalie Bougenies, Industrial Hemp Podcast, episode nine
We're back talking about industrial hemp — this time with a cannabis lawyer from Portland, Oregon. Nathalie Bougenies, from the law firm of Harris Bricken, specializes in cannabis law and also writes...
View ArticleFord Motor Co. Research Scientist Debbie Mielewski, Industrial Hemp Podcast,...
The latest Lancaster Farming podcast goes to Dearborn, Michigan, where Ford Motor Company research scientist Debbie Mielewski turns plants into car parts. This interview shines a light on the potential...
View ArticleElixinol's CBD Revolution with Gabriel Ettenson, Industrial Hemp Podcast,...
This week on the hemp podcast, we talk to Elixinol president Gabriel Ettenson about growing hemp for CBD. What is CBD and why is it suddenly everywhere? What is it good for? What will the hemp industry...
View ArticleHemp Seed as Chicken Feed? Industrial Hemp Podcast, episode twelve
On episode 12, we talk to professor of poultry science and poultry nutrition at Penn State University, Dr. Paul Patterson, about the components of a balanced poultry diet and how the nutritional...
View ArticleJon Cohn, CEO of Agri-Kind Hemp, Industrial Hemp Podcast, episode thirteen
This episode of Lancaster Farming's industrial hemp podcast features a conversation with Jon Cohn, the founder and CEO of Agronomed Pharmaceuticals and Agri-Kind Hemp in Chester County, Pennsylvania,...
View ArticleKristen Nichols from Hemp Industry Daily Talks Farm Bill, Industrial Hemp...
We talk 2018 Farm Bill with Hemp Industry Daily editor Kristen Nichols. This Farm Bill will end the prohibition on growing hemp. What will this mean for farmers? How will the ag industry respond? What...
View ArticleEighth Generation Fruit Farmer, First Generation Hemp Farmer: Industrial Hemp...
The 2018 Farm Bill has passed both Houses and is awaiting the president’s signature, which is expected this week. How is this going to affect farmers in Pennsylvania? What will become of the state’s...
View ArticleHow Farmers Will Save the World: Inventor Bruce Dietzen & Carbon Negative...
Farmers can and will save the world, according to Bruce Michael Dietzen, founder of Carbon Negative Technology and Renew Sports Cars. The prototype of his sports car made from industrial hemp was...
View ArticleJessie Johnson from Purple Peace, Industrial Hemp Podcast, episode seventeen
Our seventeenth podcast features a conversation with healthcare educator and consultant, Jessie Johnson, founder of Purple Peace, LLC, which holds a research permit for growing industrial hemp in...
View ArticleJust BioFiber Hempcrete Blocks, Industrial Hemp Podcast, episode eighteen
Of the tens of thousands of uses of industrial hemp, one of the most practical is as a building material known as hempcrete, created by mixing the inner woody core of the hemp plant, known as the hurd,...
View ArticlePennsylvania Opens The Door for Commercial Hemp Production, Industrial Hemp...
Exciting news from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture this week announcing the lift of the acreage cap on industrial hemp, a move that will usher in a new age of hemp in Pennsylvania by opening...
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