The Industrial Hemp Association of Victoria (IHAV) is a non-profit organisation committed to representing growers, researchers, retailers and supporters. We are dedicated to education, industry development, and the accelerated expansion of the market for industrial hemp.

In 1998, Victoria was the first Australian State to pass legislation permitting growers, under licence, to grow industrial hemp. This is the form of Cannabis Sativa, L. which has none of the psychoactive properties of marijuana. In twelve years, the industry has not progressed.

Hemp food is consumed in every industrialised economy, with the exception of Australia. Even in the United States, where hemp food is legal, it is all imported (mostly from Canada) because growing industrial hemp in the U.S. is illegal...read more.

Check out this link on the ABC website, for a quick 1 minute demo on the importance and uses of industrial hemp.

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