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08/30/2026
Man's Best Friend Deserves the Best Care: Understanding CBD for Dogs
How the Endocannabinoid System Supports Canine Wellness and Why Quality Matters Because They Can’t Tell Us What’s Wrong One of the hardest parts about loving a dog is knowing they can’t tell us how they’re feeling. They can’t explain that they’re slowing down. They can’t tell us they’re feeling stressed during a thunderstorm. They can’t […]
08/15/2026
Setting the Standard: Why Franny's Farmacy Has Been Leading Hemp Compliance Since Day One
How voluntary compliance, GMP manufacturing, and consumer transparency have defined Franny’s Farmacy since 2018. Leading by Example Since 2018 The hemp industry has changed dramatically over the past several years. What began as a newly legalized agricultural crop has grown into a multi-billion-dollar industry, bringing innovation, opportunity, and thousands of new businesses into the marketplace. […]
08/09/2026
Part Four: The Future We Built Is Worth Protecting
The Future Is Here. The Question Is: Will North Carolina Lead? When I planted hemp in North Carolina, I wasn’t thinking about awards. I wasn’t thinking about opening retail stores. I wasn’t thinking about speaking before legislators or serving on advisory councils. I was thinking about one thing. The plant. I believed then?as I do […]
08/08/2026
Part Three: The Franny Standard — Why We've Been Regulating Ourselves Since Day One
Good Businesses Don’t Wait to Be Told to Do the Right Thing People often ask us why Franny’s Farmacy has taken such a strong stance on hemp regulation. The answer surprises many people. Because we’ve always believed in it. Long before packaging laws. Long before age restrictions. Long before lawmakers debated testing requirements. Long before […]
08/06/2026
Part Two: Part Two: Building North Carolina's First Legal Hemp Industry
When the Law Changed, Everything Changed In 2017, North Carolina took its first major step toward bringing hemp back to the state’s agricultural landscape through the Industrial Hemp Pilot Program. For many people, it was simply another bill passed through the legislature. For those of us standing in the fields… It felt like history. For […]
08/05/2026
Hope for Hemp: HB 328 Has Stalled… For Now
Hope Is Not the Finish Line Over the past several months, the North Carolina hemp industry has watched House Bill 328 move through the legislative process with great concern. Farmers. Manufacturers. Retailers. Consumers. Families. Thousands of people who have helped build this industry have followed every committee meeting, every amendment, and every vote, knowing that […]
08/04/2026
In the Beginning: Two Leos, One Plant, and a Shared Purpose
In the Beginning Every movement has an origin story. Some begin in a boardroom. Some begin with legislation. Some begin with a business plan. Ours began with a plant. Long before hemp became a headline, before dispensaries dotted downtown streets, before conversations about cannabinoids entered the mainstream, there was a small group of North Carolinians […]
08/02/2026
North Carolina Does Not Need Prohibition. It Needs a Plan.
What the Industrial Hemp Pilot Program taught us about agriculture, regulation and the responsible future of cannabis and the plan ahead Call to action Join Save NC Hemp and ask North Carolina lawmakers to create comprehensive, adult-focused hemp regulation through licensing, independent testing, safe packaging, truthful labeling and meaningful enforcement. ?———————————————————————————————————————————– Nine years ago, North […]
08/01/2026
Just a Girl and Her Plants: The Invisible Work Behind a North Carolina Movement
“Just a girl and her plants.” It sounds simple. It may bring to mind a woman walking through a field at sunrise, touching the leaves, checking the soil, and listening to what the land has to say. That woman is part of me. But behind those five words lives a much larger story?one built through […]
07/31/2026
HB 328: Why Franny's Farmacy Believes North Carolina Needs Smart Hemp Regulation, Not Prohibition
The Future of Hemp in North Carolina Is Being Decided… For more than seven years, Franny’s Farmacy has worked toward one goal: To prove that hemp can be produced safely, responsibly, and transparently. From the day we opened our doors in 2018, we’ve believed our industry deserved thoughtful regulation?not because someone forced us to, but […]
07/31/2026
Why Millions Choose CBD Every Day
?Discover the Power of CBD CBD has become one of the most talked-about cannabinoids in the hemp industry?and for good reason. Whether you’re just beginning your wellness journey or you’ve made CBD part of your daily routine, millions of people have embraced this naturally occurring hemp compound as part of a balanced lifestyle. At Franny’s […]
07/30/2026
HB 328 Is Not Responsible Regulation?It Is Prohibition by Dosage
North Carolina does not have to choose between protecting children and protecting lawful businesses. We can do both. We can require hemp-derived products capable of causing intoxication to be sold only to adults 21 and older. We can require independent testing, accurate labels, child-resistant packaging, responsible manufacturing, licensing and enforcement. We can impose meaningful penalties […]