Industrial Hemp Bill Now Law
It calls for a pilot program through the Hawaii Department of Agriculture.
Hawaii Gov. David Ige on Thursday signed into law a pilot program through the state Department of Agriculture allowing for听the cultivation of industrial听hemp and distribution of hemp seed “for purposes of agricultural or academic research.”
The bill was sponsored by state Sen. Mike Gabbard, a Democrat like Ige, and championed by state Rep. Cynthia Thielen, a Republican.
In a press release after the bill signing, Thielen听noted听that听researchers at the University of Alberta’s听National Institute for Nanotechnology in Canada recently announced听“a startling discovery” that seems to听indicate that “hemp-based electrodes for supercapacitors outperformed standard supercapacitors .”
“Hemp truly is a miracle plant,” Thielen. “With the newly signed hemp law Hawaii will be able to tap into this exciting technical field, bringing down the price of energy systems and storage in our islands.”
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Support for hemp is growing.听Read Civil Beat’s related reporting:
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