US NEWS & WORLD REPORT — The Global Hemp Innovation Center at Oregon State University has received a $1 million gift to explore hemp genomics, research that can grow understanding of how hemp may be used in health and nutrition products, textil...
CAPITAL PRESS — A heightened emphasis on seed-free flowers in Oregon’s hemp industry, combined with booming crop acreage, is causing legal conflicts among growers over cross-pollination.The industry’s focus on generating cannabidiol — a compo...
THE OREGONIAN — A plant that has had prison time attached to its name for decades has the potential to treat cancer and Parkinson’s disease. It could be used to build and insulate houses. It could replace hops to flavor beer.Many believe newly le...
CANNABIS NOW — It’s early on a mid-March Friday morning at the Oregon CBD headquarters, outside Corvallis, Oregon. The company’s co-founder, Eric Crawford, is breaking up a piece of intimidatingly frosty cannabis as I watch with apprehension.â€...
SHAPING FIRE — Autoflowering cannabis plants offer revolutionary new options for home, medical and commercial cannabis cultivators. This episode of Shaping Fire was recorded live on the main stage at Cultivation Classic in Portland. Join host Shang...
LEAFLY — Pirate (not his real name) has been working with cannabis his entire adult life, a trajectory that took him from getting his fingernails dirty at a clandestine outdoor grow in the underground economy to serving patients as part of Californ...
MEDICINAL GENOMICS — In a recent episode of the Shaping Fire podcast, host Shango Los sat down with Seth Crawford, Ph.D. to discuss his blooming seed business, Oregon CBD. The published sociologist-turned cannabis breeder entered the industrial hem...
MEDICINAL GENOMICS — Gender is a controversial topic in hemp cultivation. Recently, Oregon CBD made a statement on its social media accounts, calling for the end of male hemp cultivation outdoors in Oregon and other areas that are currently devoid ...
PROJECT CBD — These days it feels like CBD is everywhere. But if you’re looking for whole-plant, terpene-rich, high-CBD products – the kind that tends to be the most effective and that Project CBD recommends – these may be hard to find. Thatâ...
PORTLAND BUSINESS JOURNAL — It’s not easy for a new entrant to separate itself from the herd stampeding into hemp-derived CBD products, to lend a sheen of legitimacy that might entice investors. But one apparent technique is to invoke Seth and Er...
EMERALD CUP — The amount of cannabis breeding and genetics experience on this panel is formidable. This panel is not about genetically modifying cannabis. It is about using analytical testing, lab techniques and spreadsheets to move faster and more...
VERMONT HEMP FEST — This video features the keynote speech, presented by Seth Crawford, Ph.D, a co-founder of Oregon CBD, one of the world’s leading cannabis breeding companies, with research and production sites sprinkled throughout the Willamet...