Welcome to MIHEMP!

The Michigan Industrial Hemp Education and Marketing Project is a MI-based non-profit which works to expand hemp as a natural resource for industrial and private enterprise.

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  2016 Michigan Industrial Hemp Research Applications

  Applications for 2016 Michigan industrial hemp research projects are becoming available this month. Speak with your university / college partners and contact Mike Phillip at MDARD (517) 284-5649 or phillipm@michigan.gov for info and applications regarding industrial hemp. Lets get some seed in Michigan soil next spring! Lets get some seed in Michigan soil next spring!

  Posted at August 7, 2015 | By : Everett Swift | Categories : MIHEMP Update | Comments Off on 2016 Michigan Industrial Hemp Research Applications
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  7 and 4 News

  Two bills could create legal industrial hemp research in Michigan by Meghan Morelli Posted: 01.12.2015 at 7:31 PM http://www.upnorthlive.com/news/story.aspx?id=1148338 Governor Rick Snyder has two bills on his desk that if approved would make it legal to grow industrial hemp in Michigan for research purposes.  / upnorthlive.com

  Posted at January 28, 2015 | By : Everett Swift | Categories : Blog | Comments Off on 7 and 4 News
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  Michigan Farm News

  High time for hemp? January 27, 2015 Category: Crops by Paul W. Jackson https://www.michfb.com/MI/Farm_News/High_time_for_hemp/ Hemp seed is the product most in demand in hemp markets today. Mostly, it goes into health food and nutraceutical sectors, but new markets are under constant development. Photo courtesy of Hemp Industries Association. To the advocate, hemp is a cure-all. Health, economics, self-sufficiency. ...

  Posted at January 28, 2015 | By : Everett Swift | Categories : Blog | Comments Off on Michigan Farm News
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  A Summary of the Michigan Industrial Hemp Law

  PA 547 is the Industrial Hemp Research Act, allowing industrial hemp research. PA 548 puts the definition of "industrial hemp" in the Public Health Code and excludes it from the definition of marihuana. PA 547 allows the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) or a college or university in Michigan to grow and/or cultivate industrial hemp for agricultural ...

  Posted at January 21, 2015 | By : Everett Swift | Categories : Blog,MIHEMP Update | Comments Off on A Summary of the Michigan Industrial Hemp Law
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  What are HB 5439 and HB 5440?

  Currently on Governor Rick Snyder's desk for signing, HB 5439 would allow the research of Industrial Hemp to be done by the Michigan Agriculture Department and "institutions of higher learning". Also awaiting approval, HB 5440 removes Industrial Hemp from the definition of marijuana under state law. The research ...

  Posted at January 11, 2015 | By : Everett Swift | Categories : Blog,MIHEMP Update | Comments Off on What are HB 5439 and HB 5440?