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Henry Homeyer: What can you do to help your plants survive the rains?
Providence Journal - Rhode Island
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Heavy rains can compact soil, making it difficult for plants to thrive. Raised beds and proper mulching techniques can help protect plants in wet conditions. Supporting tall plants with stakes and string can prevent them from flopping over in...
Researchers use high-tech drones with exceptional vision to revolutionize how farmers grow food: 'Farmers are looking for ways to assess their crops'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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June 14, 2025
Photo Credit: University of Florida A new drone-powered innovation is helping farmers grow hemp more efficiently, potentially transforming sustainable agriculture. Researchers at the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural...
Does Cannabis Research Deserve As Much Funding As Ibogaine Research?
Psychedelics Today
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June 14, 2025
By Halle Tarvin, MA, MS While waves of change diffused across psychedelic science and research policy in Texas, bills such as Senate Bill (SB) 3 made cannabis research and medical cannabis access infinitely more difficult when it had already been...
Research digs into ag challenges
Illinois Farmer Today
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When it comes to growing better crops and the challenges farmers face, researchers are at work looking for answers and improvements. Iowa State University Extension Weed Scientist Wes Everman does research as part of his work. “I do a lot of...
High crimes: FDNY chaplain’s signature forged on letter backing NYC marijuana shop
New York Post
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June 14, 2025
They’ll burn for this one! The owners of a legal Queens marijuana dispensary are under fire for allegedly trying to dupe government officials to back their expansion efforts — by claiming the FDNY’s top religious leader is high on the plan. A...
Smelly, invasive ‘stinknet’ weed creates wildfire risk in Sonoran Desert
InMaricopa - Arizona
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June 14, 2025
The Sonoran Desert is the most biodiverse desert in the world. It’s home to plants and animals that cannot be found anywhere else on Earth. Historically, wildfires are uncommon in the Sonoran Desert, which keeps our fire sensitive plants safe. All...
Delaware Bill Would Limit THC Beverage Sales To Liquor Stores, Closing Out Existing Hemp Retailers
Marijuana Moment
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June 14, 2025
“This bill effectively shuts small [hemp] retailers out of a market they helped create.” By Briana Hill, Spotlight Delaware A rift has emerged between the alcohol industry and hemp store operators as each lobbies lawmakers over a pair of state...
Canna-Creatives to Follow This Month
The Mercury News - California
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June 14, 2025
The cannabis industry is evolving rapidly, and at the heart of that evolution are the artists, content creators, designers, and entrepreneurs—better known as Canna-Creatives. These individuals are pushing boundaries, merging culture with cannabis...
Colchester couple behind 'successful' CBD Healing store in the city centre
Gazette & Essex County Standard
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The business, run by husband-and-wife team Lucia and George Miranda, has been operating for more than three years — first online, and now from their shop in Colchester. “We started the business online, but soon realised that CBD products need...
Weed warriors gain some ground on Palmer amaranth
Capital Press - Oregon
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June 13, 2025
Published 4:53 pm Friday, June 13, 2025 Maryna Serdani of crop protection company Nichino, Oregon State University weed scientist Joel Felix, speak at the Snake River Weed Research Tour June 12 at the OSU Malheur Experiment Station south of...
Pa. city decriminalizes marijuana use for adults
Penn Live - Pennsylvania
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June 14, 2025
After months of debate, marijuana usage will no longer be a misdemeanor in Easton. A new ordinance, brought forth by Councilman Frank Pintabone and passed in a 4-3 vote at Tuesday night’s city council meeting, will treat possession of a small...
Cannabis changed me, claims 'sword killer who hacked boy aged 14 to death after hallucinating that his cat was causing "Armageddon"', court hears
Daily Mail
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June 14, 2025
By REBECCA CAMBER CHIEF CRIME CORRESPONDENT FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 20:05 EDT, 13 June 2025 | Updated: 20:39 EDT, 13 June 2025 A cannabis user launched a samurai sword rampage hacking a 14-year-old boy to death after hallucinating that his...
Hemp’s American Arrival: Tariffs An Unexpected Ally
Textile World
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June 13, 2025
Hemp yarn spinning in action. (Image courtesy of U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, New Orleans) Will uncertainty in global supply chains created by tariffs create opportunities for hemp in the textile industry? By Aaron...
Trial begins for woman arrested after swearing, shouting at Tarrant County Commissioners Court
KERA - Texas
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June 14, 2025
A six-member jury is in place to decide whether a woman committed a crime when she swore and shouted at a Tarrant County Commissioners Court meeting in January. Carolyn Rodriguez, who goes by Carolina, has pleaded not guilty to hindering...
Hemp Summit: Learn, See, Network
Textile World
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June 13, 2025
The inaugural Global Industrial Hemp Fiber Summit is designed to foster collaboration across the U.S. hemp fiber industry. TW Special Report The 2018 Farm Bill brought with it an increased interest in growing hemp in the United States. In turn,...
Bucks drug dealer, 19, jailed after police seize £22,000 haul of cash and cannabis
Bucks Free Press
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June 13, 2025
Karol Wieczorkowski was sentenced to a total of two years, three months in prison at Amersham Crown Court after police executed two warrants at his address. The court heard how on October 18, 2024, police attended the 19-year-old's Milton Keynes...
Health regulator raises alarm over fraudulent cannabis dispensaries
Alberton Record
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Cannabis dispensaries, displaying fake licences to gain public trust and allow them to operate as a seemingly legit business, are increasing, says the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA). SAHPRA has warned the public to...
Former Texas Governor And Trump Cabinet Member Played Key Role In Making The State A Psychedelic Research Leader
Marijuana Moment
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June 14, 2025
“It’s the question I hear the most. What is a right-wing anti-drug governor doing associated with psychedelics?” By Stephen Simpson, The Texas Tribune As Texas sets to crack down on the recreational use of cannabis, state leaders are opting to...
Cannabis-Use Disorder Increasing in Older Veterans Despite Medicinal Use
U.S. Medicine
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June 13, 2025
Routine Screening Not VA Policy Click to Enlarge: Results shown are weighted percentages for any and exclusive use of cannabis by modes of use (smoking, vaping, dabbing, or edibles) among those who used cannabis in the past 30 days (n = 1193...
Best CBD Gummies for Sleep in 2025
South Africa Today
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June 14, 2025
If you struggle to fall asleep, stay asleep, or wake up feeling groggy, you’re not alone. Insomnia and sleep disturbances affect millions of people—and many are now turning to CBD Gummies for Sleep as a gentle, natural alternative to...