New federal hemp program expected to help growing Maine industry

Approved farmers will be eligible for key federal agriculture assistance, including farm loans and insurance, in 2020.

Out-of-state hemp now allowed in Maine CBD market

For one month, Maine hemp farmers had the state's CBD-infused food market to themselves, but a law change has reopened it to out-of-state growers.

Our View: Maine hemp farmers are not criminals

But financial institutions are treating them that way, thanks to slow-moving bureaucrats in Washington.

Hopes for hemp farm in Whitefield wilt as bank and insurer cut farmers loose

Farming hemp is legal under state and federal law, but many in the banking and insurance industries still consider it too hot to handle.

Everything you need to know about hemp

Maine’s first pick-your-own hemp field opens in Whitefield

About 50 people flock to Sheepscot General Farm, believed to be only the second publicly accessible hemp field in the U.S., on the first of 4 days of picking for consumers looking for plants to turn into CBD lotions and tinctures.

Brewery-inspired CBD coffee shop open for business in Oakland

The Warehouse, at 826 Kennedy Memorial Drive, was given the green light Friday to sell coffee infused with cannabidiol made on-site.

CBD foods sold in Maine must be made with locally grown hemp

A state law that took effect Thursday was created as a workaround to a federal ban.

Hemp: Maine’s newest growing field

Farmers can earn tens of thousands of dollars an acre raising and processing the plant for medical products. In Maine, that's got them planting.