Hemp plants can also be planted very close together, making it high yielding. And unlike marijuana, whose plants are typically half as tall and have bigger leaves, hemp isn't fussy about ...

In a Mussolini-era newsreel, peasants are shown harvesting tall hemp plants, with the narrator praising the rising production as part of “the economic autarky programme approved by the Duce”.

A new study of hemp microbes may lead to more sustainable farming methods, using nature to boost the growth of the plant which has become increasingly popular for its versatile uses: CBD-rich ...