by PAHIC | Oct 17, 2016 | Hemp Blogs
During the last presidential campaign in 2012, I was burning the midnight oil seven nights a week trying to advance the careers of the half dozen rock n’ roll bands I managed. It was during that time that one of my clients, Bill Kreutzmann from the Grateful...
by PAHIC | Sep 7, 2016 | Hemp Blogs
Senator Casey, who is a member of the Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry committee, today added his sponsorship for S.134 which amends the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marihuana. On July 20, 2016, Pennsylvania joined...
by PAHIC | Aug 20, 2016 | Hemp Blogs
The five leading organizations in the U.S. industrial hemp industry, Vote Hemp, the Hemp Industries Association, the National Hemp Association, the Kentucky Hemp Industry Council and the Pennsylvania Hemp Industry Council – together representing hundreds of businesses...
by PAHIC | Jul 28, 2016 | Hemp Blogs
Just 8 days after Governor Wolf signed the Industrial Hemp Bill into law, the PA Department of Agriculture held a stakeholders meeting to discuss the roll out of the program. While there wasn’t much they could do before the legislation actually passed, its clear...
by PAHIC | Jul 14, 2016 | Hemp Blogs
Melissa Etheridge, Grammy and Academy Award Winning singer-songwriter and the undisputed national MMJ advocate, was the surprise guest speaker at an appreciation event for the Pennsylvanian advocates who were key to the passage of Pennsylvania’s Medical...
by PAHIC | Jul 6, 2016 | Hemp Blogs
It is rare, exceptionally rare, to find a politician who puts the interests of others, be it business, advocates, industry and voters before their own political career and party. Doing otherwise seems odd. Yet for State Senator Judy Schwank (D-Berks), she’s in it for...
