Business
December 14, 2023
This North Texas Cannabis Farmer Gets By on His Own Supply
Eddie Velez's father went to prison for selling marijuana when Velez was a child. Now, Velez sells legal cannabis for hemp and CBD products.
Hemp
Libations
May 18, 2023
Texans Can Now Get (a Little) Stoned From Seltzer
After federal restrictions around hemp loosened in 2018, Texas brands swooped in to provide drinks—from canned cocktails to seltzer to vodka—that deliver a light buzz.
Style & Design
August 18, 2022
Can Texas Produce the Next Great American Textile?
According to a crop of producers, researchers, and geneticists, hemp is the future of the state's agriculture industry.
Business
October 21, 2021
Texas Hemp Business Celebrates Itself Amid Setbacks
The nascent industry is celebrating itself amid a series of setbacks, including having its most popular products deemed controlled substances by the state.
News & Politics
August 10, 2020
Struggling Texas Farmers Thought Hemp Might Save Them. The Crop Hasn’t Yet Delivered.
A year after the Legislature legalized farming the cannabis variant, big dreams for the new crop are withering.
Politics & Policy
July 30, 2019
Here’s What Texas DAs Think of the New Hemp Law that Effectively Decriminalized Pot
We reached out to prosecutors for all 254 Texas counties to ask whether they will still prosecute marijuana cases.
Business
January 1, 1997
Smokin’!
Sowing the seeds of the hemp craze.