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• Reports on Europe, Asia North America & Africa • Hemp: The Year in Review • Interviews with global hemp players • Directory of leading hemp organizations • Agenda: Hemp events around the world

Introduction

Buzz, buzz

I

n southeastern Poland, researchers have

in a more rational light the world over.

fields in an attempt to make a super

research projects expands as the nation’s

turned swarms of bees loose in hemp

honey. In Nepal, the straw from naturally oc-

curring hemp “wild crop” is being chopped by hand to go into healthy (and safer) homes to

replace those destroyed in the massive earth-

Kehrt Reyher Editor and Publisher

quake of 2015; while in Morocco’s High Rif

hemp stalk from the region’s abundant canna-

vast farming states all stake their claim to

the American hemp future -- as a small but growing hemp consumer market stands by,

ready to buy up domestic production once it gets rolling. The U.S. market is primed.

In Asia, where it all started, China is

bis fields is being promoted as a construction

working to reshape its world leading hemp

and to create public facilities for long-suffering

returning to hemp as a major crop.

material to rebuild traditional farm dwellings,

local clans. In South Africa, a hemp-built soup kitchen is enriching the lives of less-fortunate

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locals with nutritious hemp-laced food. From and researchers are constantly working to

expand CBD’s promise to treat more and more maladies with medicine from nature.

All the while, all over the world, knowl-

edge and recognition of hemp is expanding.

Probing leading European firms and their

leaders for this edition of The Big Hemp Yearbook, one comes away rather in awe Kehrt Reyher is a veteran American business journalist and publisher based in Europe, and Founder of HempToday.net. He is the founder and past President, CEO and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of VFP Communications, a Warsaw-based B2B publisher: Media & Marketing Polska Weekly – Licensee in Poland of Advertising Age of the USA. Reyher is the former European Bureau Chief of Smart Grid Today. He is also currently the Co-Founder and Director of Development of The Naklo Foundation, which works for economic development through sustainable farming of industrial hemp in south-central Poland.

Meanwhile the number of American hemp

at the sheer volume of work that’s being

done to expand hemp across the continent.

Europe is solidly behind hemp from official levels down to the farm.

And in the USA, the absurd and de-

structive War on Drugs is finally winding

down. Even former U.S. federal prosecutors are pointing out the absurdity of cannabis

laws now on the books. The changes -- and they’re coming -- are certain to cast hemp

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industry while India appears on the cusp of But as the hemp industry has gained

velocity around the world, it’s brought a

flood of information -- and often misinfor-

mation about this abundant natural resource.

HempToday’s mission is to reflect the true

shape of the industry by underscoring major developments worldwide. Along the way

we’re working to unify the body of knowledge that’s out there, to spread knowhow

and market information, and to foster business relationships through our Media Hub, HempXchange and other media services and products.

The Big Hemp YearBook is our first

comprehensive overview of the global hemp scene, our snapshot in time of an industry being reborn. While you’ll find it a useful

guide, we’re sure you’ll also be inspired by the interviews with hemp pioneers from

all over the world, and the profiles of the

forward-thinking firms who are leading the hemp revolution.

A World of Hemp Europe

The Year In Review

Food comes on big, p. 8

Europe by the numbers................................9 Estonia: Packing a Punch...........................10 Poland: Expanding field and products........11 Poland: Bright outlook for revival................32 Poland: A cheap CBD pain pill....................33 Romania: Rich past, promising future.........11 Germany: Cross border development.........12 Germany: HemPro feeling the beat.............14 Germany: Guide to the hemp road.............20 Germany: Looking for logic in CBD.............22 France: Hemp’s intimate alchemy...............24

12-month chronicle Big, big hemp stories................... 82

France: A hope-based economy........ 26 France: Good will a good signal.......... 29 Czech Republic: Step by step............ 16 Czech Republic: Patient first............... 31 Slovakia: Hype and profits.................. 30

Ukraine: A hemp builder’s fate............ 18 United Kingdom: A Holistic View......... 34 Italy: Putting the farmer first................ 35 Moldova: Tough slogging . ................. 37 Portugal: A bold hemp dream............. 38

Asia

China faces its challenges, p. 40 India: Giant in the wings.............................41 India: Gearing up for hemp.........................43 India: Entrepreneurs focus: Green...............44 Nepal: Rebuilding after the quake...............46 Nepal: SHIV’s hospital project.....................48 Nepal: ‘The fear of the inhabitants’.............49 Japan: The First Lady steps in....................50

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The Big HempToday Interview p. 70

Steve Allin

Morris Beegle

Michael Carus

Dan Herer

World hemp organizations Leading hemp associations......... 87

North America

Hemp agenda

End of the drug war, p. 54

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USA: North America by the numbers..........55 USA: High out in the Rockies.....................55 USA: Kentucky’s unrivaled will....................55 USA: Good moment to legalize..................56 USA: A CEO’s hemp drive..........................57 USA: Sacking high tech for hemp...............59 USA: Hemp’s promise for building..............60 USA: Looking for business models.............61 USA: Replacing tobacco with hemp...........62

Africa

The virtue in perseverance, p. 64 South Africa: Big hemp potential................66 Morocco: Saving the High Rif.....................67 Morocco: ‘Punishing the villagers’..............68

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Calendar of industry events......... 90

Commercial offers....................... 92

Advertisers BOHECO.................................... 45 Bringing It Home Movie............... 76 Cannabric.................................... 36 CannabiGold............................... 27 European Industrial Hemp Assn... 88 Hanf Zeit........................................ 5 HempConsult.............................. 21 HempFlax.................................... 19 Hempire...................................... 11 Hempoint.................................... 17 Hemporium................................... 3 HemPro....................................... 15 Highland Hemp House................ 77 iHempFarms................................ 28 Medical Hemp............................. 23 Ministry of Hemp......................... 73 Natural Materials Unlimited.......... 52 NoCo............................................ 6 Pocket Wick................................ 91 Podlaskie Konopie....................... 13 SHIV............................................ 47 Stokvel Collective........................ 65 Tiny Hemp Houses...................... 51 Wolf Jordan................................. 25

Global advisory council www.hemptoday.net

Kehrt Reyher

Editor & Publisher Jan Żytko

Marshall Reyher

JZ Consulting/Poland Strategic Director

MPR Studio/USA Design & Production

SENIOR ADVISERS Hana Gabrielova

Steve Allin International Hemp Building Assn.

Hempoint/Czech Republic

Morris Beegle Colorado Hemp Company, NoCo Hemp Expo/USA

EUROPE

NORTH AMERICA

Rachele Invernizzi

John Patterson

SouthHemp/Italy

Tiny Hemp Houses, Colorado

Rafał Modliński

Pamela Bosch

HempMedicals/Poland

Highland Hemp House, Washington

Sergiy Kovalenkov Hempire/Ukraine

Ministry of Hemp, Texas

Boris Baňas CBDepot/Czech Republic

Monica Brümmer

AFRICA Tony Budden Hemporium/South Africa

Cannabric/Spain

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Pierre Amadieu

Initiative Chanvre/France

ASIA

Arne Verhoef Stokvel Collective, Hemp Hub/South Africa

MEDIA ADVISERS

Dhiraj K. Shah Shah Hemp Inno-Ventures/Nepal

Publisher

Gunhee Park

Riki Hiroi Each Japan, Inc./ Japan

Allan Lengel Editor in Chief Ticklethewire.com/USA

Karen Stevenson

BOHECO

Fellow Witness.org/USA

The Bombay Hemp Co./India

Tom Sakell Web Technical Manager Smithsonian National Zoological Park Washington D.C./USA

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Year in Review

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Global developments in industrial hemp over the past 12 months Hemp Chronicle June 2015

July 2015

06/06 • Wyden blasts hemp ban 16/06 • RI panel passes hemp bill 16/06 • Fast growth projected in CO 16/06 • Uphill battle for hemp in OR 17/06 • Veto in ME will let hemp grow 18/06 • Manitoba Harvest sold: $132m 22/06 • Big jump in Polish hemp fields 24/06 • MN hemp trials on horizon 25/06 • VA Tech applies to grow hemp 25/06 • Snafu causes seed loss for KY 28/06 • Hemp shops open in Poland 30/06 • CT law nixing ban takes effect 30/06 • White Plume renews challenge

01/07 • Down to wire on CT hemp bill 06/07 • New Zealand seeks standards 06/07 • OR ‘leaves it to pros,’ for now 07/07 • NC mulling hemp oil pilots 07/07 • WV eyes hemp to replace coal 10/07 • Canadian hemp exports boom 11/07 • Ire over Australia hemp delay 13/07 • Euro hemp study probes feed 14/07 • Italians exploring hemp in 3D 14/07 • S. Aussies see hemp solution 17/07 • MI quartet starts hemp firm 21/07 • WY issues hemp extract cards 21/07 • Prof pushing hemp for Malawi 21/07 • Hemp movement lags in NE 21/07 • MIT pitched on 3D hemp build

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21/07 • NC law moves CBD forward 21/07 • Cannavest settles for $750,000 22/07 • FB mob raids UK hemp field 24/07 • Already harvest time in Hawaii 27/07 • INTIVA expands fields in CO 27/07 • IL medical-pot plant to open 30/07 • Echo dissolves CBD in H2O 31/07 • CBD anti-nausea patent sought

August 2015 03/08 • RealHemp store goes online 03/08 • Hemp shop reopens in DC 03/08 • Big Pharma in CBD incursion 03/08 • 10-K delay puts Stevia in pinks 05/08 • Field inspections begin in TN 05/08 • CO senators push CBD law

Year in Review Top stories: 06/2015 – 06/2016

FDA scrutiny in U.S. Hit’s Euro hemp fields

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Post-quake hemp building startups in Nepal, Haiti Hemp food moves into mainstream in Europe Hemp Oil Canada is purchased for $132m Hemp Inc. founder faces fraud charges

Hemp Chronicle 05/08 • Taking a CBD risk in Georgia 05/08 • Ex-hockey player backs hemp 06/08 • Harvest time nears in ND 06/08 • Prof pushes hemp in Indiana 07/08 • Intravenous CBD on fast track 07/08 • Hemp gains steam in Canada 08/08 • MN farmers lament slow start 09/08 • Aussie bill in consultation 09/08 • Lawmaker pushes hemp in WY 09/08 • Hemp field day set in Indiana 09/08 • FL vets 28 CBD appplications 11/08 • Slow going on pilots in OR 11/08 • HempToday adds 2 advisers 12/08 • Growers cry ‘foul’ in Tasmania 12/08 • Hemp on upswing in Canada 12/08 • Borage seeds yield hemp too 13/08 • TX writing rules for CBD 13/08 • UK says KY pilots on track 13/08 • ND petition pushes hemp 14/08 • Jamaica sets hemp research 19/08 • BOHECO joins HT in India 20/08 • Hemp bill moving in Cyprus 21/08 • Research starts in Colorado 23/08 • Puttonen joins HT as adviser 25/08 • Oregon halts hemp licenses 26/08 • SD tribe mulls legalization 26/08 • Hemp Initiative at IHBA 27/08 • VT looks to produce hemp oil 27/08 • Aussie lawmakers press feds 27/08 • Hemp Assn formed in Oregon 29/08 • Govt retreats in CBD battle 30/08 • Slow pace lamented in OR 30/08 • Tests in Hawaii ‘promising’ 31/08 • Push for CBD oil in Vermont

September 2015 02/09 • ‘Hemp Days’ set in Poland 07/09 • Cyprus adopts hemp bill 07/09 • Israel may be med ‘superpower’ 09/09 • Maine tribe to cultivate hemp 11/09 • New rule worries VT farmers 13/09 • Trials seen growing in ND 13/09 • NC s first HempX event set 14/09 • Evidence grows on cancer aid 16/09 • Cashing in on hemp in Colorado 16/09 • Hemp, recycled paper for walls 17/09 • Australia probes hemp food 18/09 • Moderate Kentucky yield seen 20/09 • US demand spurs Canadian sales

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