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Are THC Beverages the Future of Civilized Intoxication?

For most of human history, beverages have done more than hydrate us. They have organized our social lives, anchored rituals, shaped revolutions and quietly reprogrammed how civilizations gather after dark. Long before bars and breweries, there were fireside brews, crushed fruit mashes, fermented teas, communal cups passed in silence or celebration with juice, tea, coffee, beer or hot chocolate. Every…

Morris BeegleDecember 17, 2025

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Hemp at Year’s End: Holding the Line, Looking Ahead to 2026

By: RootSource Media Staff, As the year winds down and the holidays settle in, the hemp industry finds itself in a familiar place. Somewhere between hope and frustration. Between momentum and uncertainty. Between what this plant can do and what policy continues to get wrong. There’s no sugarcoating it. We’re closing out the year in a confused state. A looming…

Morris BeegleDecember 16, 2025

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Industrial hemp can fill needed niche in crop rotation

The U.S. hemp grain supply chain is really at a critical milestone, given where farming is in general and how far industrial hemp has come in less than a decade after 80 years of prohibition,” Rosen said. Victory straddles a great deal of the value chain relating to genetics, agronomy, processing, policy, marketing and food science.

Morris BeegleDecember 15, 2025

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Remembering Michael Sligh, a champion for farmers and food justice

The first time I met Michael Sligh, I was working as an intern for the Center for Food Safety (CFS) in Washington, DC. It was 2002, and he walked past my desk where I was organizing a mailing for a new book that my boss had edited, called Fatal Harvest. I remember his steady gait and stoic face under a Kerry…

Morris BeegleDecember 14, 2025

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Hemp house’ project kicks off new support for NYS hemp

According to builder Jeff Gagnon, a space that’s been insulated with hemp materials stays warm in winter, cool in summer, emits no toxins and is as quiet as snow. “It’s really apparent when you walk into the space – it feels similar to when there’s a fresh snowfall, that embracing quiet,” said Gagnon, a design builder at Rondout Natural Builders based in…

Morris BeegleDecember 11, 2025

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James Comer helped build Kentucky hemp industry. Now he wants to save it

The bill to end the longest federal government shutdown in the nation's history put U.S. Rep. James Comer in a bind. Comer, a Kentucky Republican and former state agriculture commissioner who's considering running for governor in 2027, has been a strong advocate for hemp. He backed a state bill in 2013 creating a regulatory framework for hemp production in Kentucky ahead of its…

Morris BeegleDecember 9, 2025

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FDA, DEA May ‘Lack the Resources’ to Enforce New Federal Hemp Product Ban

The federal government’s upcoming prohibition on intoxicating hemp products may not work, according to congressional researchers who cast a shadow of doubt over enforcement mechanisms. The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) issued a report Dec. 3 covering implications for federal enforcement related to Congress passing a provision in last month’s budget deal that changes the federal definition of hemp.

Morris BeegleDecember 8, 2025

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Rooted Resilience: How Regenerative Agriculture Is Healing People and the Planet

By: RootSource Media Staff, Across farms, pastures, and communities worldwide, a quiet revolution is taking root. Farmers, ranchers, and innovators are turning toward regenerative agriculture, systems designed not merely to sustain but to restore. These practices reach deep into soil, biodiversity, and human connection, revealing how caring for the land can also heal the people who tend it. What Regeneration…

Morris BeegleDecember 8, 2025

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U of M scientists find fungi can fight emerald ash borers

University of Minnesota researchers say they’ve discovered several naturally occurring parasitic fungi that could be weaponized against emerald ash borers, the invasive beetles responsible for killing millions of ash trees across Minnesota and the eastern United States.

Morris BeegleDecember 7, 2025

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Oregon among states scrambling to save hemp industry — and THC, CBD products — as ban looms

“Advocates for this language that’s in the bill will tell you this won’t affect CBD,” Sen. Jeff Merkley, an Oregon Democrat, told his colleagues during a floor discussion earlier this week. “Every expert I’ve consulted has said that is exactly wrong. That this will in fact wipe out 95 to 99% of the industry.”

Morris BeegleDecember 6, 2025