Virginia Hemp Coalition

10/16/2026

10/13/2026

The way politicans have treated the small guy in the h**p industry just shows you how ruthless and fraudulent their pay to play system truly is. The government basically is a scam if you don’t have the big bucks to play its game. When you do have the cash and are willing to be a total as***le then you can get the morally inept politicians to fine and imprison your competition over things like growing and possessing a plant or whatever is needed at the time to increase profits for the usual suspects.

When we stop playing their game it’s over.

America's multibillion-dollar market for impairing h**p products faces potential elimination before the end of the year.

10/13/2026

How does tough h**p stalk become soft, comfortable fabric?

One important step is degumming—a process that removes natural binding materials from h**p bast fiber, helping make it softer, finer, and easier to spin into yarn. Chemical, enzymatic, biological, and mechanical methods can all be used, with the best process depending on the final product.

At H**p Traders, we sell degummed h**p fiber, and many of our h**p fabrics are made using degummed fibers.

Strong by nature. Refined for purpose. That's h**p.

https://h**ptraders.com/blogs/news/what-is-h**p-fiber-degumming-from-bast-fiber-to-soft-spinnable-textile-fiber

10/13/2026

The move comes after their effort to delay the law's implementation was denied in August.

10/06/2026

Taco Tueeeeeessssssdayyyyyyyy

10/03/2026

🕯️ Thoughts are with our friend Joy “H**p Ace” Beckerman and all her friends and family at this difficult time. 🕯️

It is difficult to put into words what Joy Beckerman has meant to the h**p community.

Joy was there long before there was an industry to speak of. Before h**p was legal, before businesses were built around it, and when legalization was still a distant hope shared by a small group of advocates. Joy believed in it, and she fought for it.

For decades, she pushed against the status quo, educated anyone willing to listen, and did the hard, often thankless work that helped make what we have today possible. Through it all, she carried an optimism and energy that was uniquely hers.

Her life’s work reached far beyond h**p. Joy believed deeply in what this plant could do for people and the planet, and she dedicated much of her life to making that future real.

Those of us working in h**p today inherited a road that Joy and a small group of pioneers spent decades clearing for us. We owe her a debt of gratitude that is difficult to put into words.

Joy was a longtime supporter and friend of the U.S. H**p Building Association, but more than that, she was part of the heart of this movement.

Every h**p field planted, every h**p home built, and every person who discovers what this plant can do is part of the future Joy spent her life fighting for.

Thank you, Joy. For believing before so many others did. For doing the hard work when few were watching. For refusing to give up.

We will remember what you gave us, and we will carry it forward.