Seed to Style: Inside the NIHC Summit with Patrick Atagi

This week on the Industrial Hemp Podcast, we talk to Patrick Atagi, president and CEO of the National Industrial Hemp Council, the organization that's hosting the Seed to Style hemp fiber summit in conjunction with the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, Sept. 16-18. This event is a continuation of the conversations NIHC facilitated in Raleigh, N.C., last summer when they held their fiber summit at N.C. State's Wilson College of Textiles. But this year, the stakes are a little higher and the energy burns a little brighter. Because that's what New York City does: It amplifies everything. "It's building materials, it's clothing — the different parts and pieces of hemp all together, making it all work together. And the culmination is a fashion exhibit," Atagi said. The fashion exhibit caps the summit on Thursday evening — hemp coming off the field and onto the mannequin, the "seed to style" idea made real. Also, one big nugget of hemp news this week: Congress has hit the snooze button on the McConnell deadline that threatens to shut down the vast majority of the cannabinoid hemp industry. Intoxicating hemp products are still out, but the industry has an extra month to fight for its future. The clock is still ticking, but now the alarm is set for Dec. 11, 2026. ### Learn more **NIHC Global Hemp Summit** nihcglobalsummit.com **Summit Sessions** nihcglobalsummit.com/sessions/ **The Goodness of Hemp Act** thegoodnessofhemp.org **Cornell Hemp** hemp.cals.cornell.edu ### Thanks to Sponsors **Jungmaven** jungmaven.com **IND HEMP** indhemp.com **Kings AgriSeeds** kingsagriseeds.com **Forever Green** hempcutter.com