Agriculture committee  In 2017, Canada had four times more seeded acres than the U.S. Today, the U.S. is slightly ahead of Canada in seeded acres of hemp.

Agriculture committee  Finally, from a plant perspective itself, as a farmer, you get a biomass yield, a tonnage biomass yield, because the hemp plant can grow three to four metres tall for hemp applications in fibre, so the sheer biomass yield is sequestering far more carbon than a flax plant, wheat c

Agriculture committee  Certainly. The Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance has established a sustainability subcommittee that is doing detailed life-cycle analysis and assessment to provide specific data and evidence in this regard. The reason that hemp is so attractive in its sequestration potential is becau

Agriculture committee  Yes, that's a tremendous point. There is significant interest in hemp fibre, and because hemp fibre is part of hemp straw, which is exempted from the act, the processors have moved with more confidence on hemp fibre because it's not connected to a food product. Ted, you had a co

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Shields. We found that with the uncertainty around the interpretation of the regulation, farmers are finding it too risky to seed hemp and to plant hemp. CHTA has collected numerous examples of how food processors have approached Health Canada with rega

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the committee for hearing from us today. Our organization has been involved as the Canadian national organization for the Canadian hemp industry. The Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance was established in 2003 to advance the industry. We