Prospects of hemp in the Canadian Market

Canada has been growing industrial hemp since 1998. Canadian farmers have primarily focused on cultivating hemp for the purpose of seed and fiber. However, adapting regulations are broadening the potential for the CBD market and its refinements. 

Farmers, entrepreneurs, and investors recognize hemp's capability of providing quality oil that can be used in:

  • Foods

  • Cosmetics

  • Health supplements

  • Veterinary products

In addition, hemp stalk, can be used for numerous industrial applications: 

  • Sustainable building materials - Hempcrete 

  • Paper

  • Textiles - clothing, rope, canvas, and netting

  • Biocomposites- pulp can form bioplastics that can breakdown easily 

Canada's establishment of the 2018 Cannabis Act, has allowed industrial hemp license holders to cultivate hemp and produce numerous products including:

  • sell viable seeds

  • sell grain (i.e. non-viable seeds) or hemp seed derivatives for use in:

    • food

    • cosmetics

    • other products

  • cultivate hemp for the flowering heads, branches and leaves, which may contain CBD

  • sell those flowering heads, branches and leaves to a license holder under the Cannabis Regulations, who may then extract the CBD

Hemp is a renewable, reusable and recyclable resource. Being environmentally friendly is just one of the many positive aspects hemp possesses. After harvest and broken down into its subsequent products it continues to provide a myriad of benefits to its consumer. Hemp has the potential to help us combat climate change and provide relief for vast ailments. The journey to our new green era starts with sourcing the highest quality hemp seeds.