Category: Hemp History

CBD Oil Markets on Rocket Sled Growth Run Through 2020
CBD Oil Markets on Rocket Sled Growth Run Through 2020
The Cannabidiol Oil markets are projected to grow 700% (from 2016) The Hemp Business Journal estimated that the CBD market will grow to a $2.1 billion market in consumer sales by 2020 with $450 million of those sales coming from hemp-based sources. That’s a 700% increase from 2016. Forbes | Retail | Boitech In fact, these markets are so hot right…

Industrial Hemp: 8 Little Known Facts
Industrial Hemp: 8 Little Known Facts
Clothing, shoes, textiles, paper & pulp, biochar, health food, painkiller, skin care, twine, cord, rope, webbing, CBD oil, and many more … Truly an interesting chapter in the story of Industrial Hemp is how many applications it has. But look at these other chapters: Nutritional Density – Hemp might be part of solving the world’s hunger problem. Hemp seeds are…

Hemp, Health, & Humans: A Brief History
Hemp, Health, & Humans: A Brief History
The First 13,800 or So Years … Cannabis sativa (industrial hemp and its psychoactive cousin marijuana) started as agricultural products that were raw material for textiles. In fact, hemp appears to be man’s first crop. The history of this humble botanical is long, wide, and deep. Our intent here is to brush across the top, and provide some links to…