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Morris Beegle

Rootfull guides living plant roots into bio-textiles for a circular future
Rootfull guides living plant roots into bio-textiles for a circular future Article

Rootfull guides living plant roots into bio-textiles for a circular future

design that begins beneath the surface Rootfull grows lighting, textiles, sculpture, and material studies from plant roots, bringing an underground system of growth into the space of design. Founded by artist and photographer Zena Holloway, the London-based bio-design studio guides roots through hand-carved beeswax templates, allowing the material to form through time, water, and living movement. What arrives is a biomaterial with…
Morris Beegle
May 22, 2026
Exclusive: INCB’s “secret” letter exposes contradictions in the international crackdown on CBD and hemp – Part II
Exclusive: INCB’s “secret” letter exposes contradictions in the international crackdown on CBD and hemp – Part II Article

Exclusive: INCB’s “secret” letter exposes contradictions in the international crackdown on CBD and hemp – Part II

annaReporter® conducted an investigation in which it discovered that, in December 2024, almost every country in the world received a circular letter from the INCB (International Narcotics Control Board) with various guidelines for the application of United Nations (UN) Conventions. But the document was kept secret and only after several efforts were we able to obtain it, through the European…
Morris Beegle
May 21, 2026
Italian hemp sector shifts toward food and fiber as industrial markets regain focus
Italian hemp sector shifts toward food and fiber as industrial markets regain focus Article

Italian hemp sector shifts toward food and fiber as industrial markets regain focus

Italy’s industrial hemp sector is showing signs of life after years of contraction, with momentum emerging in food seed and green-building materials, according to a recent analysis. The shift suggests Italy’s hemp economy may be returning to more traditional industrial markets built around grain and stalk after years of distortion caused by the country’s larger but unstable trade in “cannabis light” (smokable hemp)…
Morris Beegle
May 21, 2026
Global Momentum: Where Hemp, Cannabis, Policy, and Infrastructure Converge in 2026
Global Momentum: Where Hemp, Cannabis, Policy, and Infrastructure Converge in 2026 Article

Global Momentum: Where Hemp, Cannabis, Policy, and Infrastructure Converge in 2026

By: RootSource Media, For all the noise, infighting, shifting regulations, and ongoing debates over what belongs in which lane, the global hemp and cannabis sectors continue to move forward. Not evenly and not always gracefully, but forward nonetheless. One of the clearest ways to track that movement is by looking at where industry conversations are happening. Conferences and trade gatherings…
Morris Beegle
May 19, 2026
The EU’s CBD reclassification fight has already begun
The EU’s CBD reclassification fight has already begun Article

The EU’s CBD reclassification fight has already begun

The European Chemicals Agency's determination that CBD is a reproductive toxicant puts the EU's cosmetics sector on notice, and the industry has roughly two years to change the outcome before it becomes regulation. Francesco Mirizzi, Managing Director of the European Industrial Hemp Association, is clear with members that the process is not finished. "At this stage, it is important to…
Morris Beegle
May 19, 2026
Nepal hemp builder’s largest project yet marks a highly personal 10-year milestone
Nepal hemp builder’s largest project yet marks a highly personal 10-year milestone Article

Nepal hemp builder’s largest project yet marks a highly personal 10-year milestone

The first phase of a large hempcrete-based care-home complex being developed by Nepal-based Shah Hemp Inno-Ventures (SHIV) is nearing completion, marking the latest milestone in a decade-long effort by founders Dhiraj Shah and Nivedita Bansal Shah to build commercial and social infrastructure with hemp across South Asia.
Morris Beegle
May 18, 2026
Minnesota lawmakers ‘tweak’ cannabis laws to create new category, boost hemp THC
Minnesota lawmakers ‘tweak’ cannabis laws to create new category, boost hemp THC Article

Minnesota lawmakers ‘tweak’ cannabis laws to create new category, boost hemp THC

Minnesota’s modest adult-use cannabis industry is not yet a year old, but lawmakers are already making tweaks with an eye toward “opening up a little more opportunity” for license-holders – including marijuana social equity as well as hemp THC businesses. Lawmakers in the state Legislature also made some changes for operators with medical cannabis businesses in the annual omnibus cannabis bill, the state…
Morris Beegle
May 18, 2026
How US hemp ban could criminalize CBD products – and derail Medicare plan
How US hemp ban could criminalize CBD products – and derail Medicare plan Article

How US hemp ban could criminalize CBD products – and derail Medicare plan

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently started a new pilot to reimburse patients for hemp-derived products – like CBD – but a hemp ban that Congress passed in November could derail the program. The new program will make certain Medicare and Medicaid recipients eligible for reimbursement for up to $500 worth of hemp products each year and is intended in…
Morris Beegle
May 17, 2026