HEMP INDUSTRY RESEARCH NEEDS

This industry-focused virtual workshop helped to identify the science, research, and valuable products that the hemp industry needs to solve any challenges and accelerate the establishment of hemp as a modern United States (U.S.) commodity. The workshop focused on all aspects of hemp value chains from production to product manufacturing and for grain, fiber, and chemical market classes of hemp... The workshop brought together leading industry and government experts to help determine what the research approaches are, and effective private-public partnerships required to establish a sustainable hemp industry that competes in a world market. The workshop's design included knowledge of systems science and transformational change in fields outside of agriculture including the social and policy sciences, diversity and inclusion, and laws and regulations.

Primary location: Corvallis United States