{"id":7987,"date":"2021-09-23T14:43:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T18:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/?p=7987"},"modified":"2023-06-22T14:53:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T18:53:45","slug":"first-industrial-hemp-conference-attracts-stakeholders-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/sans-news-releases\/first-industrial-hemp-conference-attracts-stakeholders-media\/","title":{"rendered":"First Industrial Hemp Conference Attracts Stakeholders, Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The University of Maryland Eastern Shore\u2019s first Industrial Hemp Conference was met with much attention from stakeholders and the local media.&nbsp; Over 200 attendees and local media representatives converged on the Student Services Center for the relevant event.&nbsp; The conference educated and provided participants with the most updated information about the emerging hemp industry and informed them about becoming nationally competitive for successful hemp production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Experts from the industrial hemp industry provided information on hemp production and processing, marketing and laboratory analyses, and the legal and regulatory aspects of industrial hemp.\u00a0 Dr. William Hoffman, USDA NIFA Chief of Staff, was the keynote speaker. Topics covered included:\u00a0 Crop Production and Management, Industrial Hemp Processing and Marketing, and Federal and State Regulations for Industrial Hemp Production.\u00a0 A round table discussion featured the following UMES hemp researchers: Drs. Simon Zebelo, Naveen Kumar Dixit, Benham Khatabi, and Sadanand Dhekney.\u00a0 Exhibitors and suppliers were also on site.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"753\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2023\/06\/DSC_3865.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2023\/06\/DSC_3865.jpg 753w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2023\/06\/DSC_3865-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 753px) 100vw, 753px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr Sadanand Dhekney is the event coordinator<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2023\/06\/DSC_3744-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7990\" width=\"758\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2023\/06\/DSC_3744-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2023\/06\/DSC_3744-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2023\/06\/DSC_3744-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2023\/06\/DSC_3744-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2023\/06\/DSC_3744-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Anderson provides a welcome address.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"753\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2023\/06\/DSC_3805-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2023\/06\/DSC_3805-1.jpg 753w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2023\/06\/DSC_3805-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 753px) 100vw, 753px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Standing room only.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2023\/06\/DSC_3830-1-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7992\" width=\"766\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2023\/06\/DSC_3830-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2023\/06\/DSC_3830-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2023\/06\/DSC_3830-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2023\/06\/DSC_3830-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2023\/06\/DSC_3830-1-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lisa Purell, UMES&#8217; USDA liaison, with keynote speaker, Dr. William Hoffman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Maryland Eastern Shore\u2019s first Industrial Hemp Conference was met with much attention from stakeholders and the local media.&nbsp; Over 200 attendees and local media representatives converged on the Student Services Center for the relevant event.&nbsp; The conference educated and provided participants with the most updated information about the emerging hemp industry and&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/sans-news-releases\/first-industrial-hemp-conference-attracts-stakeholders-media\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">First Industrial Hemp Conference Attracts Stakeholders, Media<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":18,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sans-news-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7987"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=7987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}