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Morris Beegle

Hemp: The New Green Revolution
Hemp: The New Green Revolution Interview

Hemp: The New Green Revolution

Ralph welcomes back his old running mate, Native American activist, Winona LaDuke, who has devoted her life to advocating for Indigenous control of their homelands, natural resources, and cultural practices to talk about her latest incarnation: hemp farmer. Then, we’ll speak to Hal Weitzman, from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, about how Elon Musk’s feud with Delaware…
Morris Beegle
July 19, 2026
Nepal Launches Five-Year Plan to Revitalize Carpet Industry
Nepal Launches Five-Year Plan to Revitalize Carpet Industry Article

Nepal Launches Five-Year Plan to Revitalize Carpet Industry

Kathmandu. The government has put forward an ambitious five-year plan to bring the Nepali carpet industry, considered the main backbone of Nepal's economic transformation, job creation, and foreign exchange earnings, back to its old rhythm. The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies has approved and implemented the 'Carpet Export: National Strategic Action Plan (2083-2088)' through a ministerial decision on Ashad…
Morris Beegle
July 18, 2026
Regenerative agriculture helps Western Slope farmers cope with the warmest winter on record
Regenerative agriculture helps Western Slope farmers cope with the warmest winter on record Article

Regenerative agriculture helps Western Slope farmers cope with the warmest winter on record

On a clear June morning in Missouri Heights, Felix Tornare gazes out over his 87-acre cattle ranch. From a distance, it looks like a regular grass field, but there are several other vegetables growing among the tall green blades. “We plant cover crops… like radishes, turnips, peas,” Tornare explained over the sound of birds chirping.
Morris Beegle
July 15, 2026
Industrial Hemp Isn’t One Industry Anymore
Industrial Hemp Isn’t One Industry Anymore Article

Industrial Hemp Isn’t One Industry Anymore

By: RootSource Media, Spend enough time around industrial hemp and one thing becomes obvious: we're still talking about it like it's a single industry. It isn't. What started as a niche agricultural crop has grown into an expanding network of businesses serving entirely different markets. While they all begin with the same plant, that's often where the similarities end. A…
Morris Beegle
July 14, 2026
Ireland confronts hemp bottlenecks as Parliament weighs reforms to restart industry
Ireland confronts hemp bottlenecks as Parliament weighs reforms to restart industry Article

Ireland confronts hemp bottlenecks as Parliament weighs reforms to restart industry

Ireland’s industrial hemp sector remains largely dormant, with only about 11 hectares registered for cultivation this year, as Parliament examines regulatory and commercial barriers that have kept the crop from developing into a meaningful business sector. The figure underscores the gap between hemp’s potential and the industry’s commercial reality in a post-CBD hemp world, according to testimony during recent hearings…
Morris Beegle
July 14, 2026
Hemp And Marijuana Businesses Should Unite Around A New Regulatory Framework That Protects Consumers And Supports Farmers
Hemp And Marijuana Businesses Should Unite Around A New Regulatory Framework That Protects Consumers And Supports Farmers Article

Hemp And Marijuana Businesses Should Unite Around A New Regulatory Framework That Protects Consumers And Supports Farmers

Few industries have watched the rise of hemp-derived intoxicating products with more frustration than regulated cannabis. Yet one of the more interesting realities of this debate is that many cannabis operators have quietly entered the hemp market themselves. While publicly advocating for stricter restrictions on hemp-derived products, many have simultaneously launched hemp beverage brands, cannabinoid product lines or other investments…
Morris Beegle
July 13, 2026
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