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Countdown to Hemp Ban
Find out what you can do to help stop the ban, before it's too late.

Hemp Needs Heroes - Save Seeds!

A little-noticed provision tucked into the recent bill to reopen the U.S. government (H.R. 5371) includes major changes to federal hemp law – changes that directly affect cannabis seed sales, home cultivation, and small businesses. The proposal rewrites the definition of hemp so that all forms of THC count toward a strict total-THC limit, and it also restricts products or materials made with cannabinoids that were not produced naturally in the plant.

If enacted as written, these rules – set to take effect in November 2026 – could:

  • Limit or prohibit the sale of cannabis seeds
  • Create legal risks for gardeners, hobbyists, and breeders whose plants naturally produce THCA as they grow.
  • Force retailers to remove or stop shipping a wide range of hemp-derived goods, including items previously deemed legal under the 2018 Farm Bill.
  • Disrupt research, small-scale cultivation, and educational programs that rely on affordable, accessible hemp genetics.
  • Completely ban CBD (cannabidiol) products - which provide medical relief and therapeutic benefits to thousands of Americans who need it.

Why This Matters

These proposed changes won’t just reshape policy – they could deeply damage the entire hemp and cannabis ecosystem in ways that affect consumers, small businesses, researchers, and the broader economy. If left unchanged, the new rules could:

  • Drive the industry underground, shrinking legitimate tax revenue, eliminating jobs, and pushing safe, regulated businesses out of the market.
  • Shut down science-based breeding, limiting the development of improved hemp and cannabis varieties, stalling innovation in agriculture, medicine, and sustainability.
  • Favor large, well-funded corporations – including major cannabis and alcohol interests – while restricting the ability of small and community-based businesses to operate or compete.
  • Cut off all U.S. cannabis seed exports at a time when countries around the world are modernizing their laws, shutting the door on the chance for the United States to become a global leader in genetics and agricultural excellence.
  • Harm consumers, who may turn to unregulated sellers on social platforms where product quality, safety, and reliability are uncertain – and where scams and mislabeled products flourish.

These outcomes are avoidable, but only if we push for clearer, fairer, evidence-based language before the law takes effect.

The outcomes will be catastrophic for large sectors of the hemp-derived THC market. Countless popular consumer items may be driven off shelves, retail channels closed, and small businesses forced to shut or radically pivot.

What Can You Do?
This proposal could make ordinary seed access and basic cannabis cultivation much harder – if not impossible – for most Americans. That’s why it’s vital to push for clearer language, reasonable THC thresholds, and explicit protections for seeds and non-intoxicating plant material.

This proposal could make ordinary seed access and basic cannabis cultivation much harder – if not impossible – for most Americans. That’s why it’s vital to push for clearer language, reasonable THC thresholds, and explicit protections for seeds and non-intoxicating plant material.

Contact Your Lawmakers and Elected Officials

  • Calling your lawmakers directly is the best first step you can take - speak to them directly, make your voice heard and share your story.
  • Email, call, or write your state legislators and U.S. Congress members.
  • Explain how this law will affect ordinary citizens – gardeners, hobby growers, researchers, and farmers.
  • Ask them to support reform: either remove or significantly amend the problematic language.

Join Advocacy & Grassroots Groups

Sign up with or support organizations already working to fix this:

These groups often provide templates for contacting officials, run campaigns, and can amplify your voice in the fight for sensible hemp policy.

Raise Public Awareness

  • Share your story on social media or write blog posts about how hemp access matters to you and others.
  • Submit letters to the editor in your local newspaper to highlight how the ban will hurt real people.
  • Start (or sign) online petitions to build momentum and show decision-makers that many citizens oppose the change.

Participate in Civic Processes

  • Attend public hearings in your state on cannabis or hemp regulation.
  • Submit public comments or testimonies calling for legal seed access, reasonable THC limits, and more research.
  • Vote for candidates at local, state, and national levels who support reform and sensible cannabis policy.
  • Support Cannabis Research & Education. Promote or donate to scientific studies of hemp and cannabis to highlight benefits (like gardening, breeding, medical research).
  • Share peer-reviewed research or articles that show why legal seed access and responsible THC usage matter.

Stay Safe & Buy Legal

  • Do not buy, sell, or distribute cannabis seeds or products illegally.
  • Focus on policy change, advocacy, and education, which are lawful and powerful ways to make a difference.

Your voice matters. This is not a done deal – there is still a window (before November 2026) to push for real reform. Speak up, organize, and join this fight. Together, we can demand a more just, science-based hemp policy that works for everyone.

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