West Virginia Hempsters

01/29/2019

Big shout out from the West Virginia Farmers Cooperative Inc. to Kent Leonhardt for requesting money from the Legislature to help run the h**p program this session!

“We are requesting $310,000 for personnel upgrades so can have the full staff to run the program effectively,” Leonhardt said. “The result is more income for the state.”

This is literally an investment in the future of the state's agricultural economy! Please show your support for this vision for WV agriculture by sharing this story and asking your representatives to support these funding measures. Providing the proper budget to regulate this exciting new cash crop helps farmers to diversify and to raise more local produce!

http://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2019/01/leonhardt-asking-west-virginia-legislature-to-invest-in-agriculture/

08/28/2018

Lobelia Builders will be hosting a Building with H**pcrete workshop Sept 1st & 2nd, 2018 in Hillsboro, WV.

Participate in the remodel and renovation of an early 1900's one room schoolhouse using h**pcrete!

Take a Tour just a few miles from the workshop location of West Virginia's first passive solar h**pcrete house built in 2017 by Lobelia Builders and Seven Rivers Design Build!

Participants will mix, cast, and tamp h**pcrete as well as secure and raise formwork. The workshop will start with a brief overview of h**p-lime construction and material safety data and proper handling before diving into the hands on work. After attending this workshop, participants will gain the skills and knowledge to successfully cast h**pcrete on their own projects.

Workshop participants will learn:

Designing for h**p lime construction
Framing considerations
Window and door opening details
Proper mixing and batch consistency
Placing h**pcrete in formwork and proper tamping
Material safety and handling
Sources for h**pcrete binders and h**p hurd

For more information and registration, please contact Marlyn +304.942.6909 or [email protected].

07/18/2018

04/30/2018

I just took action to support U.S. h**p farming. Please join me! **pFarmingAct

03/24/2017

03/07/2017

to support industrial h**p as the state’s new niche crop. The WVHIA is a 501(c)(6) non-profit trade association that represents farmers, businesses, researchers and investors working with industrial h**p in West Virginia. They are requesting support for education, advocacy, and outreach efforts to a...

01/31/2017

Join us for the historic H**p Day at the West Virginia Capitol on Monday, March 27, 2017. Exhibitors will display h**p products and the many benefits sustainable industries can have for our health …

04/03/2016

Republicans who took control of the Legislature are supposed to be pro-business — but they clumsily undercut a brand-new West Virginia industry that might create Mountain State jobs.

04/03/2016

We're keeping the h**p movement alive! S. 159 was vetoed by Governor Tomblin on Friday, which allows us to continue our research and development programs for 2016 as planned. Huge victory for h**p and the future prosperity of sustainable agriculture in West Virginia!!!

Four months ago, West Virginia farmers and entrepreneurs were gearing up to grow industrial h**p — legally — for the first time since World War II.

03/18/2016

As the debate on cannabis continues nationwide, WVU holds its first Strategic Cannabis Conference. Speakers at the conference Thursday discussed the medical and industrial uses of h**p, a cannabis ...

01/15/2016

If Congress passes a measure this year, it could bring more jobs—and cannabis—to American soil.