Fred Strathmeyer's guest appearances

Fred Strathmeyer

Only in America with Ali Noorani

Lancaster Farming Industrial Hemp Podcast

The Tim DeMoss Show Podcast

Sandor Katz

Maeve Higgins

Kumail Nanjiani

Mike Brown

Jorge Ramos

Floyd Landis

Diane Guerrero

Bruce Linton

Russell Moore

Jenny Wilson

Jessie Johnson

Ken Elliott

Joe Maddon

Chris Boucher

Alan Cross

OwlTail

On this week’s Industrial Hemp Podcast, we talk to Fred Strathmeyer, Deputy Secretary for Plant Industry and Consumer Protection at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture where he oversees the state’s industrial hemp program. We talk about some of the challenges that Pennsylvania farmers and the team at PDA faced this year in terms of sampling, testing, and COVID-19. He also unveils some details about the changes to the hemp program for 2021 — notably the plant minimum and acreage requirements. The permit application process opens December 5, 2020 for mail-in applicants. Online applicants are encouraged to wait until January 2021. We talk about the Pennsylvania Hemp Steering committee and how it was instrumental in shaping the program for next year. Strathmeyer also says why he thinks the USDA will change the 15 day to harvest requirement in the final rule. And of course we talk about this week’s Pennsylvania Hemp Summit, Dec. 8 and 9. Pennsylvania Department of Ag's 2021 Hemp Program https://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Plants_Land_Water/industrial_hemp/Pages/default.aspx Pennsylvania Hemp Summit https://pahempsummit.com/ Hemp News Nuggets Cannabis legalization bill set for historic U.S. House vote  https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2020/11/30/cannabis-legalization-bill.html Farmers hoping to cash in with Iowa's first legal hemp crop find hard work and risk: Some of it had to be destroyed  https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2020/11/24/some-iowas-first-hemp-crop-burned-after-exceeding-thc-limits/6356257002/ Saratoga County-based nursery sues Washington County Sheriff, alleges deputies destroyed legally grown hemp  https://dailygazette.com/2020/11/29/saratoga-county-based-nursery-sues-washington-county-sheriff-alleges-deputies-destroyed-legally-grown-hemp/

On this week’s Industrial Hemp Podcast, we talk to Fred Strathmeyer, Deputy Secretary for Plant Industry and Consumer Protection at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture where he oversees the state’s industrial hemp program. We talk about some of the challenges that Pennsylvania farmers and the team at PDA faced this year in terms of sampling, testing, and COVID-19. He also unveils some details about the changes to the hemp program for 2021 — notably the plant minimum and acreage requirements. The permit application process opens December 5, 2020 for mail-in applicants. Online applicants are encouraged to wait until January 2021. We talk about the Pennsylvania Hemp Steering committee and how it was instrumental in shaping the program for next year. Strathmeyer also says why he thinks the USDA will change the 15 day to harvest requirement in the final rule. And of course we talk about this week’s Pennsylvania Hemp Summit, Dec. 8 and 9. Pennsylvania Department of Ag's 2021 Hemp Program <a href="https://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Plants_Land_Water/industrial_hemp/Pages/default.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Plants_Land_Water/industrial_hemp/Pages/default.aspx</a> Pennsylvania Hemp Summit <a href="https://pahempsummit.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://pahempsummit.com/</a> Hemp News Nuggets Cannabis legalization bill set for historic U.S. House vote <a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2020/11/30/cannabis-legalization-bill.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2020/11/30/cannabis-legalization-bill.html</a> Farmers hoping to cash in with Iowa's first legal hemp crop find hard work and risk: Some of it had to be destroyed <a href="https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2020/11/24/some-iowas-first-hemp-crop-burned-after-exceeding-thc-limits/6356257002/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2020/11/24/some-iowas-first-hemp-crop-burned-after-exceeding-thc-limits/6356257002/</a> Saratoga County-based nursery sues Washington County Sheriff, alleges deputies destroyed legally grown hemp <a href="https://dailygazette.com/2020/11/29/saratoga-county-based-nursery-sues-washington-county-sheriff-alleges-deputies-destroyed-legally-grown-hemp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://dailygazette.com/2020/11/29/saratoga-county-based-nursery-sues-washington-county-sheriff-alleges-deputies-destroyed-legally-grown-hemp/</a>

Fred Strathmeyer Unveils the Pennsylvania 2021 Hemp Program

In the second episode of our series focused on the agriculture industry, we hear about the challenges that U.S. farms face due to a lack of workers. Ali talks to  Fred Strathmeyer Jr., the Pennsylvania Deputy Secretary for Plant Industry and Consumer Protection. Fred talks about his department’s commitment to a sustainable and safe food supply and its connection to immigration.

In the second episode of our series focused on the agriculture industry, we hear about the challenges that U.S. farms face due to a lack of workers. Ali talks to <a href="https://www.agriculture.pa.gov/about/executive_office/Pages/Fred-Strathmeyer.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Fred Strathmeyer Jr.</a>, the Pennsylvania Deputy Secretary for Plant Industry and Consumer Protection. Fred talks about his department’s commitment to a sustainable and safe food supply and its connection to immigration.

Growing a Better System: Fred Strathmeyer Jr.