Category: Hemp Research
Hemp, Take 2: Research Program Shifts to Fiber Varieties as Demand Grows
A crop cultivated for thousands of years is being reimagined at N.C. A&T, where researchers are focusing their work on hemp for fiber and seeds, shifting away from the CBD-dominated market of recent years.
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Better together
In the last few years, growers have witnessed two agricultural setbacks.
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A Clean Sweep: Can hemp, mushrooms fight COVID on surfaces?
While the pandemic pushed most people to pause in 2020, it had the opposite effect on Leonard Williams, Ph.D., director, professor and researcher at the Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.
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Hemp research: Helping farmers navigate a new field
For some farmers, hemp sounds like the cash crop of their dreams. Since Congress made hemp farming legal in 2018, it has been the hot new topic in agriculture, bringing hope to North Carolina farmers still recovering financially from the decline of the tobacco industry. The fast-growing plant can yield seeds, flowers, fibers and oil, all of which can theoretically fetch high prices on the hemp market — enticing thousands to try growing it.
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Hints About Hemp
Hemp, Take 2: Research Program Shifts to Fiber Varieties as Demand Grows Tom Melton, chairperson...
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