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Morris Beegle

Encore Presentation of Michale Klepacz’s First Interview on Hemp Show, March 2024
Encore Presentation of Michale Klepacz’s First Interview on Hemp Show, March 2024 Interview

Encore Presentation of Michale Klepacz’s First Interview on Hemp Show, March 2024

This is a special encore edition of an interview we published on YouTube two years ago. This is my conversation with Michael Klepacz, an Ohio native and Air Force veteran who moved to Poland in 2012 and founded Natural Materials Unlimited, a company that makes textiles and products from hemp, linen and other bast fibers.
Morris Beegle
July 13, 2026
Wasted Waste: the Czech design project turning textile waste into a systemic question
Wasted Waste: the Czech design project turning textile waste into a systemic question Article

Wasted Waste: the Czech design project turning textile waste into a systemic question

Since 2024, students at Prague’s Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design (UMPRUM) have been traveling to a textile sorting facility on the Czech-Polish border to confront something the fashion industry rarely shows: what happens after the garment leaves. Wasted Waste — the project that emerged from those visits — brought together three studios (Product Design, Fashion and Footwear Design, Fine…
Morris Beegle
July 12, 2026
French know-how, global ambition: industrial hemp is ready for take-off!
French know-how, global ambition: industrial hemp is ready for take-off! Article

French know-how, global ambition: industrial hemp is ready for take-off!

Hemp, every which way! From 24 to 26 November 2026, Troyes will host the World Hemp Forum, the leading global event dedicated to the development of hemp value chains and their industrial applications, organised by the Hemp European Hub. At a time when industrial sovereignty, decarbonisation and the development of bio-based materials have never been higher on the agenda, the…
Morris Beegle
July 10, 2026
Guest article: The wizard, the prophet, and the case for regenerative agriculture
Guest article: The wizard, the prophet, and the case for regenerative agriculture Article

Guest article: The wizard, the prophet, and the case for regenerative agriculture

On June 25, President Trump signed an executive order aiming to advance regenerative agriculture and strengthen American farm resilience, placing it at the heart of the Make America Healthy Again agenda. This drops us straight into the dilemma at the heart of Charles Mann’s book “The Wizard and the Prophet.” On one side stands Norman Borlaug, the wizard, convinced that human ingenuity and technology…
Morris Beegle
July 9, 2026
‘We still have the best quality hemp fiber, but it’s getting more expensive to produce’
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‘We still have the best quality hemp fiber, but it’s getting more expensive to produce’

Hongliang Ding is founder and president of Hemp Fortex Industries, one of the world’s longest-established hemp textile companies. He founded the company in Qingdao, China, in 1999 and has more than 30 years of experience in hemp fiber processing and textile manufacturing. Hemp Fortex, which employs some 1,700 workers, supplies hemp fabrics, yarns and finished textile products to international apparel…
Morris Beegle
July 8, 2026
Foley hemp store defeats state in lawsuit after forced forfeiture of products, cash
Foley hemp store defeats state in lawsuit after forced forfeiture of products, cash Article

Foley hemp store defeats state in lawsuit after forced forfeiture of products, cash

A Foley hemp store emerged victorious in court last month after the state seized nearly $75,000 in cash and hemp products from Medicinal Bay CBD alleging that it engaged in illegal drug activity. Baldwin County Circuit Judge J. Clark Stankoski dismissed the case with prejudice, a rare move that will prevent the state from pursuing similar charges against the business…
Morris Beegle
July 7, 2026
USDA’s finalized rule could boost adoption of regenerative farming practices
USDA’s finalized rule could boost adoption of regenerative farming practices Article

USDA’s finalized rule could boost adoption of regenerative farming practices

Farmers growing corn and soybeans for biofuels can now quantify the carbon intensity of crops grown with certain regenerative agriculture practices, due to a recently finalized federal rule. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Regenerative Feedstock Rule will allow farmers to “capture new value” from agricultural practices like cover crops and reduced tillage, according to a news release from the department.
Morris Beegle
July 6, 2026
Beyond 0.3%: Why the Future of Industrial Hemp Regulation Is 1% and, Ultimately, Intended Use
Beyond 0.3%: Why the Future of Industrial Hemp Regulation Is 1% and, Ultimately, Intended Use Article

Beyond 0.3%: Why the Future of Industrial Hemp Regulation Is 1% and, Ultimately, Intended Use

By: RootSource Media, For decades, industrial hemp policy has revolved around a single number: 0.3% THC. That threshold has determined whether farmers harvest their crops or destroy them, whether genetics are considered compliant or illegal, and in many cases whether an industry can develop at all. Yet despite its influence, the 0.3% standard was never intended to be a universal agricultural…
Morris Beegle
July 6, 2026
Just the Flax
Just the Flax Article

Just the Flax

Last year, while looking through the Center’s gifts and artifacts records, my attention landed on a specific line item. The description of the item, as it appears in that spreadsheet, reads “interlocked hatchels or wool combs. Rusty metal, dirty.” I was intrigued. For one, as a primarily audio-visual archive, the Center is not generally in the habit of collecting “artifacts.”…
Morris Beegle
July 5, 2026