Day: July 7, 2016 (Page 2)

Hemp, Inc. Reports: Hawaii Senate Bill 2659 to Be Signed Into Law TodayYahoo FinanceThe Industrial Hemp Bill (SB 2659) establishes an industrial hemp pilot program through the Department of Agriculture which allows the cultivation of industrial hemp and distribution of hemp seed in Hawaii for purposes of agricultural or academicContinue Reading

Two Loogootee Residents Arrested After Police Find Marijuana Grow OperationWBIW.com(LOOGOOTEE) – The Martin County Sheriff's Department arrested two Loogootee residents Wednesday after they searched the couple's home and found a marijuana grow operation. Authorities searched the residence at 305 Bloomfield Road as part of a … Read More: Two Loogootee ResidentsContinue Reading

Hundreds of plants seized in San Jose marijuana grow raidDaily MailHundreds of plants seized in San Jose marijuana grow raid. Six people were arrested in connection with a marijuana grow operation in the San Jose, taking millions of dollars of pot off the streets. Hundreds of plants seized in SanContinue Reading

News3LVSuspected marijuana grow house operation site of electrical fireNews3LVWhen the smoke cleared firefighters found the house was vacant and was being used for what appeared to be a marijuana grow operation. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department was notified about the situation. Investigators said the fire started on … Read More:Continue Reading

California pot buyers getting shortchanged, regulators stepping inSFGate (blog)The new weights rules also apply to “cannabis cultivators, product manufacturers and other persons that package and label the net quantity of cannabis products; … distributors, transporters.” Effective January 1, 2018, licensed “Weighmasters” will … Read More: California pot buyers getting shortchanged,Continue Reading

Defendants charged in large-scale Sierra National Forest marijuana grow appear in courtU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement NewsroomFRESNO, Calif. — One defendant was sentenced and a second pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to conspiring to cultivate marijuana in the Sierra National Forest in Madera County, following a multiagency probe thatContinue Reading

HempTech (HTCO) Ships grow.droid I, Fully Automated IoT Grow Systems to Colorado & WashingtonMarketwired (press release)OTC PINK : HTCO), a provider of advanced Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) with sophisticated automation and analytical tools for the cultivators of legal industrial hemp and cannabis, announces today that it has shipped two grow.droidContinue Reading

HempTech (HTCO) Ships grow.droid I, Fully Automated IoT Grow Systems to Colorado & WashingtonYahoo Finance(OTC PINK: HTCO), a provider of advanced Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) with sophisticated automation and analytical tools for the cultivators of legal industrial hemp and cannabis, announces today that it has shipped two grow.droid systems …andContinue Reading

Triple Pundit (registration) (blog)Could Hemp Grow Back to Aid Sustainability Efforts?Triple Pundit (registration) (blog)But hemp contains far less of the psychoactive compound, THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), found in marijuana. In 2014, U.S. President Barack Obama signed the Farm Bill, which made it legal for state departments of agriculture and universities to growContinue Reading

Community members off Highway 36 bemoan rapid growth of cannabis industryNorth Coast JournalThe aquifers and streams are inadequate to support commercial agriculture. But, of course, that's now exactly what they're being used for: Under new county medical marijuana laws, permitted grows are not allowed to truck in water from anContinue Reading