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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Jun 13, 20164 min read
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...
Jun 12, 20161 min read
Shelbyville Hemp Projects Making Progress
This year, Kentucky Hempsters has two research farms in Shelbyville, Kentucky through parent company United Hemp Industries. One field...
Jun 11, 20161 min read
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...
Jun 10, 20162 min read
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...
Jun 10, 20162 min read
'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...
May 30, 20164 min read
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...
May 2, 20162 min read
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...
Apr 27, 20163 min read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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...
Feb 25, 20161 min read
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 5, 20161 min read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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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