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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Apr 27, 20163 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...
Apr 25, 20161 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...
Apr 1, 20162 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....
Mar 26, 20164 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...
Mar 18, 20164 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...
Mar 7, 20163 min
Exploring Hemp History with the Hemp Road Trip Crew
On Tuesday, March 1, Kentucky Hempsters spent the day with the Hemp Road Trip Bus exploring Kentucky hemp history from Lexington to...
Mar 3, 20161 min
Hemp Foods America hosts campaign launch party
Kentucky-based Start-up Hemp Foods America is launching a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to purchase viable seed, soil amendments,...
Mar 1, 20163 min
Kentucky Hempsters explore hemp history with the Hemp Road Trip
The Kentucky Hempsters are teaming up with the Hemp Road Trip Bus (pictured above) on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 for an all-day road trip...
Feb 25, 20161 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...
Feb 23, 20161 min
Lexington Herald-Leader features Q&A with Kentucky Hempsters
Kentucky Hempsters co-founder, Alyssa Faith Erickson, had the opportunity to sit down with Tom Martin to discuss our involvment in the...
Feb 22, 20161 min
Kentucky Hempster co-founder speaks to group, alongside Senator Rand Paul and Commissioner Quarles
Kentucky hemp was the hot topic at Take Back Kentucky's 19th anniversary meeting last weekend. Kentucky Hempsters joined the group on...
Feb 5, 20161 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...
Feb 4, 20161 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...
Feb 2, 20161 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!)...
Feb 1, 20161 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)...
Jan 26, 20161 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)...
Jan 8, 20162 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...
Jan 2, 20161 min
Happy New Year, Hempsters (January 2016 Newsletter)
Last year was monumental for industrial hemp, and we have no doubt that 2016 will be even more significant! Thousands of acres of hemp...
Dec 11, 20151 min
Is hemp the fabric of our future?
The phrase “cotton is king” was coined in 1858, and since then the textile has enjoyed top billing as the world’s primary fabric....
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