Some time ago, the internet was ablaze with articles touting the benefits of a new way to ingest medical marijuana: Juicing raw medical marijuana plants. The information stated that, much like juicing and the raw food diet, juicing medical marijuana preserves vital compounds and enzymes, like CBD cannabinoids, that would otherwise deteriorate with the combustion [...]

Halent Laboratories has made some remarkable discoveries in the last year, including several new strains that contain high levels of the compounds CBD and THCV—strains in high demand among medical cannabis patients. SACRAMENTO, CA – Halent Laboratories, a Bay Area cannabis testing lab, has only been testing medicinal cannabis samples for about a year, but [...]

For America’s agricultural biotech companies, the corn rootworm is threatening to turn into their worst nightmare. Last year, we reported that a major insect pest, the corn rootworm, had “found a chink in the armor” of genetically engineered crops.  In several different places across the corn belt, the insects have developed resistance to an inserted [...]

Dear Friend, Today we celebrate International Women’s Day. But, thanks to historic Senate votes, we can also celebrate some important victories for the environment. Moments ago, the Senate passed the bipartisan RESTORE the Gulf Coast States Act, a landmark bill that will dedicate 80% of BP’s Clean Water Act fines where they’re needed most — [...]

China’s State Council has released a ground-breaking draft proposal of a grain law that establishes legislation restricting research, field trials, production, sale, import and export of genetically engineered grain seeds. The draft stipulates that no organization or person can employ unauthorized GE technology in any major food product in China. “This is actually a world-first [...]

SB 409 Would Protect Seriously Ill New Hampshire Patients From Arrest If Their Doctors Recommend Medical Marijuana A hearing on New Hampshire’s medical marijuana bill, SB 409, ran past 5 p.m. on Thursday evening. The Senate Health and Human Services Committee, chaired by Sen. Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro), listened to two and a half hours of [...]