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Kentucky-based processing company uses hemp to replace plastic and glass fibers
  • Jun 27, 2016
  • 2 min

Kentucky-based processing company uses hemp to replace plastic and glass fibers

Can you imagine a kayak made of Kentucky hemp? How about your favorite coffee mug, or flowerpot? Better yet, your car? Thanks to a...
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Kentucky Hempsters and Henry Clay Estate in Lexington host hemp symposium and dinner
  • Jun 13, 2016
  • 4 min

Kentucky Hempsters and Henry Clay Estate in Lexington host hemp symposium and dinner

On Saturday, June 11, 2016, Kentucky Hempsters hosted Henry Clay's Hemp Symposium at Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate in Lexington to...
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Shelbyville Hemp Projects Making Progress
  • Jun 12, 2016
  • 1 min

Shelbyville Hemp Projects Making Progress

This year, Kentucky Hempsters has two research farms in Shelbyville, Kentucky through parent company United Hemp Industries. One field...
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Hemp sprouts at Farmington Historic Plantation in Louisville
  • Jun 11, 2016
  • 1 min

Hemp sprouts at Farmington Historic Plantation in Louisville

Farmington Historic Plantation in Louisville was once a 550-acre hemp plantation owned by John and Lucy Speed during the mid-1800s. This...
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Kentucky Hempsters host Hemp History Week event at Locust Grove in Louisville
  • Jun 10, 2016
  • 2 min

Kentucky Hempsters host Hemp History Week event at Locust Grove in Louisville

Kentucky Hempsters hosted two events celebrating Hemp History Week, starting with a hemp history discussion at Locust Grove in Louisville...
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'Cotton Bagging and Bale Rope': The Technology of Hemp Culture in Kentucky, 1792-1860
  • Jun 10, 2016
  • 2 min

'Cotton Bagging and Bale Rope': The Technology of Hemp Culture in Kentucky, 1792-1860

Andrew Patrick is currently a PhD candidate in American History at the University of Kentucky. He works at the Kentucky Historical...
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Hemp for war, but not for peace?
  • May 30, 2016
  • 4 min

Hemp for war, but not for peace?

Throughout history, hemp has been cultivated to produce durable cloth and rope for U.S. Navy ships, parachutes, and military uniforms. If...
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Kentucky Hempsters host Hemp Discovery Day at historic Louisville plantation
  • May 2, 2016
  • 2 min

Kentucky Hempsters host Hemp Discovery Day at historic Louisville plantation

On April 30th, 2016, guests traveled from across the state and region to join Kentucky Hempsters for a Hemp Discovery Day held at...
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Make hemp foods your healthy go-to
  • Apr 27, 2016
  • 3 min

Make hemp foods your healthy go-to

Could the next "kale craze" come in the form of a tiny seed? We sure think so! The hemp seed packs quite the nutritional punch and can be...
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Kentucky Hemp Works becomes first hemp processing facility in Western Kentucky
  • Apr 25, 2016
  • 1 min

Kentucky Hemp Works becomes first hemp processing facility in Western Kentucky

Kentucky Hemp Works has opened in Christian County, becoming the first certified and licensed seed processing center in the Western part...
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UK professor connects hemp to the history of Transylvania University
  • Apr 1, 2016
  • 2 min

UK professor connects hemp to the history of Transylvania University

Charles T. Ambrose is a professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics at the University of Kentucky....
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How Building With Hemp Can Help Curb Climate Change
  • Mar 26, 2016
  • 4 min

How Building With Hemp Can Help Curb Climate Change

Between the manufacture of building materials, transportation of those materials and construction equipment, energy use and worker...
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Going Green This Spring: Top Hemp Fashion Brands in 2016
  • Mar 18, 2016
  • 4 min

Going Green This Spring: Top Hemp Fashion Brands in 2016

Spring into Summer with Sustainable Hemp Fashion One thing we’ve fallen in love with when it comes to hemp is the fashion! Long gone are...
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  • Feb 25, 2016
  • 1 min

Hemplands; a documentary by Patrick McNeese

Behold, a lost YouTube treasure! This unique, never-before-seen documentary offers a fascinating look into the historic and economic...
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550-acre historic Louisville hemp plantation to grow once again
  • Feb 5, 2016
  • 1 min

550-acre historic Louisville hemp plantation to grow once again

This year , Kentucky Hempsters have partnered with Farmington Historic Plantation in Louisville to offer historical hemp experiences and...
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Locust Grove to host second Hemp Festival in Louisville
  • Feb 4, 2016
  • 1 min

Locust Grove to host second Hemp Festival in Louisville

Historic Locust Grove, located in Louisville, will be participating in the hemp pilot program for a second year. Last season, the...
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Hemp, hemp hooray! (February 2016 Newsletter)
  • Feb 2, 2016
  • 1 min

Hemp, hemp hooray! (February 2016 Newsletter)

We are now a month into the new year and so far, so great! Applicants have been approved for the 2016 Hemp Pilot Program (including us!)...
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Kentucky approves 4,600 acres for hemp production
  • Feb 1, 2016
  • 1 min

Kentucky approves 4,600 acres for hemp production

More than 4,600 acres of industrial hemp has been approved to be grown in Kentucky in 2016. The Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA)...
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Kentucky Hempsters to grow hemp educational plots
  • Jan 26, 2016
  • 1 min

Kentucky Hempsters to grow hemp educational plots

On January 21, Kentucky Hempsters attended an MOU (memorandum of understanding) meeting with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA)...
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Hemp sequesters CO2 emissions and helps earth "breath"
  • Jan 8, 2016
  • 2 min

Hemp sequesters CO2 emissions and helps earth "breath"

According to a recent blog from The Huffington Post "Nature Wants Her Carbon Back" the latest research from Ohio State University, Texas...
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