The European Food Safety Authority (Efsa) may not be sure about CBD as an ingestible ingredient but the EU Directorate-general for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG-Agri) is fully behind hemp as a crop with potential.
DG-Agri believes hemp cultivation is increasing even more quickly than shown in official EU statistics and is planning to boost it further through greater subsidies as it views hemp as a way to burnish green credentials. It has also moved quickly away from some of the preconceptions that have held hemp back in other areas.