Rural Affairs
‘Highway to Hemp’: Building, Making and Dreaming Big with Hemp Fiber
Manufacturers are finding new ways to make sustainable products using hemp fiber.
Hunger Pains Hitting Hard in Rural America
Rural counties account for 87% of the counties with the highest rates of food insecurity in the nation. About 2.2 million rural households face hunger.
Highway to Hemp: ‘Wild West’ of the CBD Market
Prices for CBD plummeted in 2019 as producers flooded the market, but those who stayed in the game are hopeful that FDA approval will blossom the industry.
Fertilizer Washes off Midwest Farm Fields and Taints Communities’ Drinking Water, Poisons Gulf of Mexico
As rainfall events become more intense and frequent, fertilizers applied to Midwestern farmland wash away, contaminating waterways near and far.
‘Highway to Hemp’: Waves of Fiber and Grain
South Bend Industrial Hemp, located at the outskirts of Great Bend, Kansas, is at the cutting edge of the emerging industrial hemp economy.