National Hemp Industry Research Needs Roadmap (released March 2024)
To build upon ongoing collaborations and coordination across the hemp industry, Oregon State University’s Global Hemp Innovation Center and the USDA co-organized the National Hemp Industry Research Needs Workshop in November 2022. The workshop brought together leaders from academia, industry, and government to identify the significant gaps, challenges, and opportunities for research to support development of a globally competitive U.S. hemp industry. The Workshop focused on six topics spanning all aspects of hemp value chains: plant breeding and genetics, sustainable agricultural production, harvest and materials processing, product
manufacturing and supply chains, economics and markets, and testing and compliance. This roadmap is the synthesis of stakeholder input from the National Hemp Industry Needs Workshop.
Hemp Textiles Workshop (March 2024) (1st of 3)
On March 24-25, 2024, Oregon State University’s Global Hemp Innovation Center hosted a workshop to discuss the expansion of hemp fiber supply chains in the United States. Nearly 60 people were brought together from all supply chain sectors, including leaders in the apparel and footwear advising and solutions industry, as well as farmers, processors, mills, researchers, academics, innovators, and non-profits. This report provides a summary and insights into the event, along with next steps to support the ongoing research and exploration of hemp textile products, particularly for the apparel sector.
European Hemp Industry Listening Session Workshop, Prague (June 2024)
A listening session organized by Oregon State University’s (OSU) Global Hemp Innovation Center was convened in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 7, 2024. The workshop was held in conjunction with the annual conference of the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA). The attendees represented a cross-section of hemp fiber industry members from across Europe. The purpose of the workshop was to gain insights from European hemp companies, industry associations, and experts on factors that contribute to the success of their industry, and to initiate a dialogue on how European and U.S. industries can work together towards the shared goal of expanding the global market for products made from industrial hemp. This report summarizes the insights and outcomes of the listening session.
Hemp Industrial Materials Supply Chain Workshop (August 2024)
Hemp industry leaders convened in August 2024 for the Hemp Industrial Materials Supply Chain Workshop, a hybrid event held at Oregon State University that focused on the following challenge question: “What would it take for the established building materials, paper/packaging, activated carbon, and plastics/biocomposites sectors to use industrial hemp in the manufacture of their products? The workshop was co-hosted by GHIC, the New Zealand Hemp Industries Association (NZHIA), and the New Zealand Product Accelerator (NZPA). USDA also played a key role in planning and convening the workshop. This report summarizes the process and overarching takeaways from the workshop.
Hemp Textiles Workshop (March 2025) (2nd of 3)
This white paper examines the critical challenges to establishing a domestic hemp textile production infrastructure in the United States (U.S.), based on insights gathered during the Global Hemp Innovation Center's (GHIC) second Hemp Textile Supply Chain Workshop held in March 2025. This second of three workshops was focused on the perspectives of hemp stalk decorticators and their producers and follows on a first workshop held in March 2024 that was centered on the perspectives of leading brands and retailers who utilize hemp fiber materials in the manufacture of their apparel and footwear products.
Hemp Textiles Workshop (August 2025) (3rd of 3)
This paper synthesizes insights from the Oregon State University Global Hemp Innovation Center’s (GHIC) Hemp Textile Manufacturing Listening Session, held virtually in August 2025 with targeted hemp industry participation from yarn spinners, fabric mills, and brands. This was the fourth GHIC meeting since 2024 focused on developing U.S. hemp textile production infrastructure. Previous sessions brought together apparel brands, hemp producers, and co-product innovators. In total, 17 technical experts participated in the conversation.