• Agriculture

    WHY HEMP? Agriculture. Growing America's Future

  • Recycling

    WHY HEMP? Recycling. Uses resources more efficiently

  • Ecology

    WHY HEMP? Ecology. Using only sunlight and soil

  • Industry

    WHY HEMP? Industry. Thousands of uses

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.

  • Tell Governor to Sign Hemp Bills Into Law!

    Governor Rick Snyder now has until January 18th to sign, veto, or let the industrial hemp bills die. Now is the time to ask him to sign them into law.  MIHEMP is an organization of activists, so feel free to email, snail mail, text, billboard or Goodyear Blimp either this page or the following link.  Together we can make this happen! The bills in ...

    Posted at January 11, 2015 | By : | Categories : Blog,MIHEMP Update | Comments Off on Tell Governor to Sign Hemp Bills Into Law!
  • Michigan Legislature Sends Hemp Bills to Governors Desk.

    With less than 48 hours left in a lame duck session, the Michigan Legislature passed two Industrial Hemp bills off to Governor Snyder for his signature. HB 5439, introduced by Rep. Kevin Daley, a Republican from Lapeer County, creates the "Industrial Hemp Research Act" to allow the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) or a college or university in ...

    Posted at December 18, 2014 | By : | Categories : Blog,Michigan Businesses,MIHEMP Update | Comments Off on Michigan Legislature Sends Hemp Bills to Governors Desk.
  • Hemp Is on its Way to Your Car Battery

    Hemp Is on its Way to Your Car Battery and Many Things You Haven't Yet Imagined This piece is an advance excerpt of a hemp-printed piece Doug Fine will be publishing in the spring. Follow Doug @organiccowboy Original article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/doug-fine/hemp-is-on-its-way-to-you_b_6017068.html By Doug Fine October 14, 2014 | Doug Fine, from DougFine.com and Twitter.com/organiccowboy © 2014 ...

    Posted at December 12, 2014 | By : | Categories : Blog,Michigan Businesses,MIHEMP Update | Comments Off on Hemp Is on its Way to Your Car Battery
  • New Federal Farm Bill Allows Industrial Hemp Research, But Michigan May Be Missing Opportunity, Says Advocacy Group

    Dowload a .pdf of this Press Release Here illman, MI - The Michigan Industrial Hemp Education and Marketing Project, MIHEMP, is excited to report that on February 7th, 2014, President Obama signed the Agriculture Act of 2014, commonly called the Farm Bill, which contains a forward-thinking Amendment allowing the legal growth of industrial hemp.  After passing Congress, the final bill was signed by the President here in Michigan. The Amendment (H.AMDT.2087) ...

    Posted at February 20, 2014 | By : | Categories : Blog,MIHEMP Update,Press Release | 0 Comment
  • Proposed Legislative Bill

    Proposed Legislative Bill Legislative Proposal For a .pdf of the proposed legislation of a bill to define IH, go here . . . MIHEMP encourages all members and anyone with a passion for this issue to both call and write their - County Commisioners (see MIHEMP's guide here) - US Senators - US Representatives - State Senators - State Representatives - State Governors, and of course - President Barack Obama to voice your strong support for Industrial Hemp. Don't ...

    Posted at November 29, 2013 | By : | Categories : Blog,MIHEMP Update | 12 Comments