Hemp Explained: The Plant and Its Vocabulary
Hemp and cannabis are the same species, which is why so much of the writing about them is muddled. This section starts at the beginning: what separates industrial hemp from drug-type cannabis, what THC and CBD actually are, and how a single plant yields seed, bast fibre and woody hurd. Terms like decortication and cannabinoid get defined as they appear. If you have been nodding along in conversations without quite following the vocabulary, start here.
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Hemp Myths: 12 Claims Checked Against Evidence
Six fear myths and six marketing myths, each checked: getting high, drug tests, water use, pesticide claims, whey comparisons, omega-3 versus fish, and what hempcrete can and cannot replace.
Hemp Terminology: A Working Glossary
Plain-English definitions of the terms a Canadian buyer encounters: cannabinoid, bast, hurd, edestin, PDCAAS, retting, ROC, COA, and the LOAC. A practical reference glossary.
Hemp: A 10,000-Year Crop
Archaeological origins in China, European maritime dominance, colonial American cultivation, 1937 criminalisation, wartime "Hemp for Victory", and the 1998 Canadian revival that built today's industry.
Canadian Hemp Food Brands Worth Knowing
Mum's Original, Hempola, Nutiva, Bob's Red Mill, Costco Kirkland, Terrasoul: which Canadian and North American brands sell what, plus what the May 2026 ConsumerLab study revealed about product quality.
Hemp Foods: 12 Questions, Briefly Answered
Legality, drug tests, allergies, kids, daily serving, organic, expiry, and the CBD distinction. The most-asked questions about hemp foods with concise, current answers.
The Canadian Hemp Industry in 2026
Acreage recovery to 37,800 acres, the major Canadian food producers, Regenerative Organic adoption, the slow fibre side, and the export markets that drive Canadian production.
What Is Industrial Hemp? A Canadian Primer
Industrial hemp explained: the 0.3 percent THC legal threshold, how it differs agronomically from marijuana, what it produces commercially, and why a century of legal conflation persists in public perception.