Global Hemp Innovation

Join PA Fibershed and the Fibershed Affiliate Network on August 25 at 3:00 PM for a Bast Fiber discussion featuring Jeffrey Steiner, with a focus on innovation in global hemp production.

About the Presenter

Jeffrey Steiner, Ph.D.

Jeffrey Steiner is the director of Oregon State University’s Global Hemp Innovation Center. Jeff has broad leadership experience in university and government settings where he has led systems research in food and agriculture, natural resources, and bioenergy. As a science expert, he has also served as an adviser to political appointees and government officials, as well as to commodity, conservation, and economic development organizations.

Jeff has been especially effective in recruiting multi-institutional-interdisciplinary teams and enhancing their efforts through extensive networks of private, public, tribal, and international partners. At OSU, he now leads research helping to develop economic opportunities for new industrial products made from hemp grown in Oregon and the western United States.

Jeff received his Ph.D. from Oregon State University and B.S. and M.S. degrees from California State University Fresno. Jeff was raised on a family farm near Visalia in the California San Joaquin Valley where his parents grew cotton, alfalfa hay, grain, and fruit and nut tree crops, and raised hogs and cattle.

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