Read: CBD legal opinion from the U.S. Hemp Roundtable U.S. Hemp Roundtable, CBD Legal Opinion (PDF) U.S. Hemp Roundtable, CBD Legal Opinion (Text) The U.S. Hemp Roundtable, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, launched earlier this year with the backing of high-profile national hemp industry trade groups and a diverse slate of businesses. And, to that point, that’s where the U.S. Hemp Roundtable could step in and stack the odds further in the industry’s favor, he added. The group adopted the national moniker earlier this year, dissolving the Kentucky Hemp Industry Council in the process. The U.S. Hemp Roundtable’s roots can be traced to Kentucky, home to one of the nation’s most mature hemp markets.
American hemp is flush with grassroots organizations working to ensure the industry rises to prominence.
Now it has a “grass-tops” organization working to ensure that hemp’s fledgling federal protections gain permanence.
The U.S. Hemp Roundtable, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, launched earlier this year with the backing of high-profile national hemp industry trade groups and a diverse slate of businesses. The coalition has ramped up lobbying efforts on behalf of the latest attempt to fully legalize hemp.
The nearly 30-member group is supporting the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2017 (H.R. 3530), a bill introduced in late July by Rep. James...
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