While ashwagandha investment and innovation is surging, some European authorities are showing signs of safety concern, leading industry experts to criticize a spread of “complete misinformation” across the continent.
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While ashwagandha investment and innovation is surging, some European authorities are showing signs of safety concern, leading industry experts to criticize a spread of “complete misinformation” across the continent.
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The funding, which was led by Temasek, will enable Brightseed to advance natural compound discovery and clinical validation.
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Founded by Jeffrey Bland, PhD, the company has been fostering the development of certified organic Himalayan Tartary Buckwheat, a legacy crop that fell into obscurity as modern cultivars of wheat, maize and other foodstuffs came to the fore.
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Ancient Nutrition will implement regenerative techniques on 4,000+ acres of organic farmland and will also partner with Rodale on a 14-year project to objectively study methods to revolutionize environmental regeneration and healthy food production through carbon sequestration, water conservation and soil microbiome diversity.
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A bill put forward by Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to decriminalize marijuana includes language on CBD that has been welcomed by supplement industry stakeholders.
Read Article A good overview of the current market situation and legal uncertainty surrounding CBD supplements and food.
Read Article A group of hemp/CBD purveyors have teamed up with a clinical research firm to conduct a large scale study to provide the safety data that the FDA says it lacks.
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The boom in hemp cultivation after the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill has created a supply bulge that the industry is still working through, observers say.
Read Article An analysis of recent warning letters underscores the notion that FDA is focused its enforcement efforts on CBD and is not targeting hemp extracts per se.
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Sparked by proposed USDA regulations that would drastically alter the certification process for industrial hemp, two lawmakers from Oregon want the agency to make changes before it finalizes rules for domestic hemp production.
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Consumers may not know that many of the synthetic cannabinoids entering the market pose a real health risk, something that could cast a very negative light on the entire CBD industry.
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Driven by the allowance of hydroponics and factory farms in industry, the backers of The Real Organic Project aim to reclaim the movement that has been co-opted from them.
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