P.E.I. hemp farmers are lobbying for a bigger piece of the CBD pie

Hemp farmers on Prince Edward Island want to up their growing game and obtain the right to grow varieties of the plant with higher levels of cannabidiol (CBD).   Subscribe to the Cannabis Post newsletter for weekly insights into the industry, what insiders will be talking about and content from across the Postmedia Network. Hemp has a long history in North America and interest in the hearty crop has never been higher Shopify hops on the U.S. CBD wagon, and takes Josie Maran’s Skin Dope along for the ride Tennessee's new tool allows authorities to differentiate hemp from high-THC cannabis CBD, a non-intoxicating cannabinoid derived from the cannabis plant, has skyrocketed in popularity over the past few years. Production and sale of CBD products are more strictly controlled in Canada, where all cannabinoids—regardless of their capacity to intoxicate—are restricted under the Cannabis Act, and retailers and producers must have a government-issued licence to make or sell CBD.   Want to keep up to date on what’s happening in the world of cannabis? He also grows another 750 acres of the plant in the U.S., where the Hemp Faming Act of 2018 made it legal to grow hemp high in CBD, providing it contains less than 0.3% tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the intoxicating cannabinoid in cannabis. ( function() { pnLoadVideo( "videos", "Tzxvoy0rWFI", "pn_video_757716", "", "", {"controls":1,"autoplay":0,"is_mobile":""} ); } )(); Jennings says that Canadian legislation is giving U.S. growers an edge over their neighbour to the north when it comes to CBD, and that the rules are causing him and other farmers to lose out on significant potential profits. “We’re growing, at best, a five percent CBD,” Jennings said. “If we could grow some of the other varieties, the good varieties that are coming out of private research around the world, it could be as high as 16 percent, so you’re talking about an increase in value of triple the price,” he said.