NoCo Hemp Expo Relocates to Colorado Springs, CO,
March 29-31, 2023

The 9th Annual NoCo Hemp Expo is headed south for 2023 taking place at one of Colorado’s most legendary and historic resorts, The Broadmoor.
Located at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, The Broadmoor offers a world class setting and convention space for the largest hemp exposition and trade show in the world. Downtown Colorado Springs provides easy access to Garden of the Gods, Cave of the Winds, Pikes Peak, Cheyenne Mountain and an abundance of restaurants, bars and hotels centered around the city’s bustling night life.

For nearly a decade, NoCo Hemp Expo — the world’s most comprehensive industrial hemp exposition and conference — has brought together international business and government leaders, agriculture, academia, nonprofits, media and the public to collaborate on important initiatives, opportunities and solutions for the future of a crop and an industry that can have significant positive impact on human, animal and planetary health.

This years event is critical for industry stakeholders and thought leaders to gather, align our messaging, unite our voices regarding the 2023 Farm Bill along with the federal regulation of CBD and other hemp-derived cannabinoids, and to set the agenda for the future of the domestic and international hemp industry

We invite you to join us on this mission.

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Welcome to NoCo9 – Stewardship!

Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs
Experience Hemp Expo Hall

NoCo Hemp Expo - Exhibit Hall

Hemp Products and Services from around the World

Sponsors & Exhibitors across the Supply Chain

Farmers & Cultivators, Seed & Genetics Companies, Equipment Manufacturers, Fiber & Grain Processors, Extraction Companies, White Label Manufacturers, Distribution & Wholesale Companies, Textile Companies, Banking & Credit Card Processing, Lending & Capital, Lab Services, Legal Services, Insurance Providers, Apparel Brands, CBD & Supplement Brands, Food & Beverage Brands, Printing & Packaging Companies, Technology Companies, Certification Organizations, Non-Profits & a Whole Lot More!

Divita Hemp Block Demo Zone & Solution Circle

Hemp Demo's, Workshops and Solution Oriented Presentations

EarthX Climate Lounge

The World's Largest Environmental and Climate Event

Indigenous Pavilion

Native Organizations From The Americas

Hemp Equipment Zone

Hemp Farming & Processing Equipment

Hemp Pitch

Hemp Pitch Winners 2023

This year’s NoCo Hemp Expo also featured the second annual NoCo Hemp Pitch, where six finalist companies vied for prizes, including legal fees and other services.

Sponsored by Michael Best, a leading law firm serving the hemp and cannabis markets, the NoCo Hemp Pitch competition gave the finalists six minutes each to pitch their brand or idea to a live audience and to judges, who included hemp industry start-up consultants, attorneys and investors.

This year’s winners were:

1st place: Bee Delightful, led by Skyler Johnstone and master beekeeper Daniel Weaver, produces wildflower honey from rescue bees in Central Texas and infuses the raw honey with a carefully extracted, naturally occurring cannabidiol (CBD) from organic hemp farms in Colorado, Oregon and Kentucky.

2nd place: Pure BioPlastics, led by Ed Lehrburger out of Colorado, creates hemp fiber produced by PureHemp, which has been manufactured and sold into various markets to make first-generation hemp plastics. During the past five years, the company has developed a new technology to convert hemp stalks into 100% bioplastics (second-generation hemp plastics).

Let's Talk Hemp

WAFBA AWARDS

WAFBA Awards of Excellence at NoCo9

NoCo9 to honor the finalists and winners of the WAFBA Awards of Excellence. Hemp is moving forward, and it’s time to take a step back and give recognition to those who have been dedicating their lives to this movement.  Please nominate a person or company who you believe deserves these awards.

(speakers and schedule subject to change)


Aaron Barr
Canadian Rockies Hemp Corp.


Aaron Appleby
White Coat Laboratories


Adam Young
Cannabis/Psychedelics Industries Liaison


Alex Escher
Hemp Hollow Processing


Alex White Plume
White Plume Hemp Company


Alexis Harris
Harris and Associates LLC


Alicia Fall
Her Many Voices Foundation


Amber Watts
Tree Hugger Marketing


Angel Israel
Savor The World


Andrew Kline
Perkins Coie


Andrew Bish
Bish Enterprises / Hemp Harvest Works


Anndrea Hermann
The Ridge International Cannabis Consulting


Asa Waldstein
Supplement Advisory Group


Bart Eller
Paonia Soil Co


Beau Whitney
Whitney Economics


Bert James
Root to Flower


Bill Billings
Colorado Hemp Project


Bob Hoban
Clark Hill


Brian Koontz
Colorado Dept of Agriculture


Bridget Williams
Green Harvest Health


Bruce Kennedy
Hemp Benchmarks


Caleb King
Shimadzu Scientific


Charles MacGowan
Pyrite Trading Company LLC


Charles Wellso
Sanitas Peak Advisory, LLC


Chloe Villano
Clover Leaf University


Christopher Hope
Sequoia Management Group


Christopher Boucher
Farmtiva / Juicetiva


Christopher Fontes
Trojan Horse Cannabis


Christopher Hudalla
ProVerde Laboratories


Coach Freddie Cecchini
iHemp Revolution


Corbett Hefner
Global Fiber Processing / Formation Ag


Corbett Miteff
KonopiUS


Courtney Moran
Earth Law LLC


Danielle Espinel
Canna Latino


Daniel Fabricant
Natural Products Association


Darwin Millard
TSOC LLC


Das Ellis
Hemp IScream


Daulton O’Neill
EarthX


Dave Beegle
Dave Beegle Music


David DiGiacomo
Michael Best and Friedrich, LLP


David Suchoff
North Carolina State University


David Vaillencourt
The GMP Collective


Derek Montgomery
International Hemp, LLC


Dion Lefebvre
8th Fire Innovations


Dionne Holmquist
Homer’s Eagles Roost


DJ JazzyTones


Doug Fine
Regenerative Farmer/Author of American Hemp Farmer


Douglas Hannah
Silverleaf Venture Partners


Drew Kitt
iHEMPx


Ed Lehrburger
PureHemp Technology LLC


Eric Hurlock
Lancaster Farming


Eric Pike
Root Origins


Eric Singular
International Hemp


Eric Steenstra
Vote Hemp


Erica Brown
Erica Brown Blues with The Lionel Young Band


Finn Murphy
Author, Rocky Mountain High


Franny Tacy
Franny’s Farmacy


Frederick Cawthon
Hemp Alliance of Tennessee


Garrett Graff
Moye White


Gemma Ra’Star DiFerdinando
Wumaniti Earth Native Sanctuary


Geoff Trotter
Regennabis


Geoff Whaling
National Hemp Association and rePlant Hemp Advisors


Greg Wilson
Hempwood


Guy Carpenter
Bear Fiber Inc.


Hana Gabrielová
Hempoint / KonopiUS


Herrick Fox
Meristem Institute


Holly Bell
Flora Growth


Hunter Buffington
Agriculture Policy Solutions


Jackie Bowen
Clean Label Project / CSQ


James Forbes
Tiger Fiber, Inc.


James Johnson
JJGRO Enterprises


Jared Polis
Colorado Governor


Jeff Cole
U.S. Hemp Brokerage


Jane Kolodinsky
University of Vermont


Janel Ralph
RE Botanicals / Palmetto Harmony


Jared Stanley
Charlottes Web CBD


Jason Finnis
Bast Fibre Technologies Inc.


Jean Lotus
Haepenny, LLC


James Granger
Cliintel Capital Group


Jeff Kostuik
Verve Seed Solutions


John Jemison
UMaine Cooperative Extension


Jon Coyles
Major League Baseball


Jonathan Miller

US Hemp Roundtable


Joy Beckerman
Hemp Ace International 


Justin Boot
The Goddamn Ranchhand Band


Kady Cravens
BuildMySOP


Keith Butler
OP Innovates / Naturia+™


Ken Elliott
IndHemp


Kevin Schultz
357 Hemp Logistics


Lawrence Serbin
Hemp Traders/CannaGrove


Larry Smart
Cornell University – College of Agriculture and Life Sciences


Leah Lakstins
Higher Ed Hemp Tours


Liz Geisleman
Canna Consortium / 710 Spirits


Lorenza Romanese
European Industrial Hemp Association


Lorenzo Rolim
Latin America Industrial Hemp Association


Lucas Evans
E3 Agriculture


Maciej Kowalski
Kombinat Konopny


Mandi Kerr
Global Hemp Association


Marco Fugazza
United Nation Conference for Trade and Development


Mariana Larrea
Grupo Libera


Marielle Weintraub
US Hemp Authority


Mary Jane Oatman
Indigenous Cannabis Coalition


Matt Regusci
Cannabis Safety & Quality (CSQ)


Maureen West
Maureen West & Associates, LLC


Melissa Gibson
Hemp & Humanity


Micaela Machado
Old Pueblo Hemp Co.


Melissa Nelson
South Bend Industrial Hemp


Mina Mishrikey
Merida Capital Holdings


Misty Burris
Oregon Institute for a Better Way


Morgan Davis
Davis Legal, PLLC


Morris Beegle
WAFBA – We Are For Better Alternatives 


Neha Chavan
Oneness Technologies


Patrick Atagi
National Industrial Hemp Council


Patrick Brown
Hempfinity


Patrick McCartan
Regennabis


Paul River Richardson
Haven Earth


Raven Faber
EngErotics, Inc.


Rhiannon Woo
TraceTrust


Richard Cheng
Weaver Johnston Nelson, PLLC


Rob Pero
Canndigenous CBD


Robert Ziner
Advanced Bio-Material Technologies Corporation


Roger Gussiaas
Healthy Oilseeds


Dr. Russell Jessup
Texas A&M University


Ryan Loflin
Rocky Mountain Hemp


Samantha Walsh
Tetra Public Affairs


Sandra Marquardt
Textile Exchange


Sean Murphy
Kompassion, Inc.


Sergiy Kovalenkov
Hempire USA


Shane Pritchard
Hemp Processing Partners/ United Precision Engineering


Stanley Atkins II
Minorities for Medical Marijuana


Stephen Clarke
Heavengrown


Steve Groff
Cedar Meadow Farm


Summer Star Haeske
EnviroTextiles


Ted Haney
Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance


Terry Moran
International Hemp


Theo Wahquahboshkuk
Prairie Band Ag, LLC


Tim Gordon
Gateway Proven Strategies


Tim Houseberg
The Indigenous Production Trade Alliance


Timothy White
Texas Healthy Homes


Tom Rossmassler
Hempstone


Trammell Crow
EarthX


Uzma Rawn
Major League Baseball


Wendy Mosher
New West Genetics, Inc.


Winona LaDuke
Winona’s Hemp & Heritage Farm

Venue

The Broadmoor

The Broadmoor
1 Lake Avenue,
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
(800) 755-5011

Networking Events

The Broadmoor Hotel is a 5000 acre resort with numerous restaurants, bars, and networking space capable of hosting any number of unique functions –  for what promises to be the best networking opportunities yet for the hemp industry!

To start, we will start with a Golf Tournament on Tuesday, then on Wednesday, March 29th, we’ll have The NoCo9 Lake Terrace Welcome Party including the 2nd Annual WAFBA Awards of Excellence.  We will end the event with The Garden of the Hemp Gods Celebration, The Official 2023 NoCo Hemp Expo After Party on Friday March, 31st.  Sprinkled throughout those events will be exclusive cocktail and dinner VIP parties with opportunities for off site excursions to downtown Colorado Springs, Garden of the Gods, Cave of the Winds, Pikes Peak & more.  Exquisite Food, Ambiance, Entertainment & Energy will make this Event one for the Ages.

Tree Free Hemp Charity Golf Challenge

Tuesday March 28th, 2023

Join us as we kickoff the 9th Annual NoCo Hemp Expo in Colorado Springs on Tuesday March 28th with the Tree Free Hemp Charity Golf Challenge.

This is a limited 10 hole / Special Format golf outing at the World-Class Broadmoor Resort. Entry Fee is $125 per individual or $500 per 4 person team. Noon-4pm. Limited spots available.
(Weather dependent.)

Tree Free Hemp Charity Golf Challenge Winners
The team from Sawyer Labs/Trusted Harvest won the first annual Tree Free Hemp Charity Golf Challenge, to benefit the Realm of Caring Foundation.

Tree Free Hemp

Wednesday March 29th

NoCo9 Lake Terrace Welcome Party
and WAFBA Awards of Excellence

6:30-9pm – Lake Terrace & Dining Room
Featuring Dave Beegle and Justin Boot

Welcome Party Sponsors

Dave Beegle

 Justin Boot &
The Goddamn Ranchhand Band

Thursday March 30th

First Citizens Bank Exclusive NoCo9 VIP Party
Invitation only

First Citizens Bank

After Party

Friday March 31st

The Garden of the Hemp Gods Celebration
Featuring Erica Brown Blues with The Lionel Young Band
The Official 2023 NoCo Hemp Expo After Party
8:00pm-Midnight – The Broadmoor Ballroom

Global Fiber Processing

The Canna Consortium

Erica Brown Blues with The Lionel Young Band

DJ JazzyTones