How hemp lines are approved in Canada

As Mike Scheffel, of the Canadian Seed Growers Association, explains, there are still standards in place to verify purity and performance of different lines. (Check out the 1:25 mark for full geeking out over Form 300 and Circular 6 and some other paperwork details that only seed people really want to know about, including some modernization of those forms and process for hemp.)What it means is that the list of cultivars available for farmers should expand in the next few years, as there has been a “flurry of activity” in the U.S. on new lines — specifically those with higher CBD oil content. But while there is hemp development happening elsewhere, there are still significant differences between Canadian and U.S. production and rules and regulations, meaning the three-year timeframe many are counting on is more a guideline than a set process. Scheffel says that Health Canada is in the process of reviewing and revising the approval process of making sure that the lines ...