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After months of coordinated work between global hemp industry associations, FIHO finally opens its doors to lead the industry into a new era.

Based on the recent advances and renewed global interest in hemp as an industrial commodity, a group of hemp industry associations worldwide got together to discuss the creation of a global entity with the mission to bring together industry leaders, market expertise, and resources to speak with one voice on hemp issues at the global level and to identify and create opportunities to scale sustainable hemp production, marketing, and trade to benefit the global hemp industry, consumers, and the environment.

FIHO, as a global organization committed to the hemp sector, will work to advance the global production, consumption and trade of industrial hemp and provide an unparalleled platform that promotes research, development and innovation, standards harmonization, regulation, knowledge dissemination, and awareness creation.

Après des mois de travail coordonné entre les associations mondiales de l'industrie du chanvre, la FIHO ouvre enfin ses portes pour faire entrer l'industrie dans une nouvelle ère.

La FIHO, en tant qu'organisation mondiale engagée dans le secteur du chanvre, s'efforcera de faire progresser la production, la consommation et le commerce mondiaux du chanvre industriel et fournira une plate-forme sans précédent qui promeut la recherche, le développement et l'innovation, l'harmonisation des normes, la réglementation, la diffusion des connaissances et la sensibilisation.

Plant breeders, seed companies, and members of the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance (CHTA) are invited to nominate industrial hemp cultivars for inclusion in CHTA's 2022 National Hemp Variety Field Trials program. Cultivars listed on Health Canada’s List of Approved Cultivars (LOAC) and/or legal research cultivars are eligible for nomination to the program.

“In-field research provides information for hemp growers to compare hemp varieties,” says Ted Haney – President and CEO for the Calgary based Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance (CHTA). “With the assistance of Diverse Field Crop Cluster (DFCC) funding, the CHTA administers this program on behalf of the Canadian hemp industry.”

Agriculture and AgriFood Canada (AAFC) has announced the details of the new $165.7-million Agricultural Clean Technology Program. There are two streams available under the program, the Adoption Stream and the Research and Innovation Stream.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has posted a recorded informational webinar to outline key provisions of the Final Rule establishing the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program, which went into effect March 22, 2021.

Haney, a well-known expert on the production and processing of hemp, will be speaking 16June2021 during the Regulation, Policy and Commerce session (13:30 EST).