Urgent Announcement: 7th Annual NoCo Hemp Expo Rescheduled to Take Place August 6-8, 2020, National Western Complex, Denver, CO Trade Show Organizers Move the Dates of Three-Day Investor Forum, Business Conference, and Farm Symposium. Team Explores Online Conference Options to Further Hemp Education “The decision to shift the timing of this year’s Expo has not been an easy one. The health and safety of all participants remains a top priority. We want to provide attendees,…
By Maureen West, General Counsel/Compliance Officer, Functional Remedies Creating a regulatory framework is a major undertaking. The 2018 Farm Bill, which authorized the USDA to regulate the cultivation of industrial hemp, has proven to be a big job for USDA regulators. Many state departments of agriculture are also busy creating their own regulatory framework. Individuals, many of whom have never been involved in a regulatory process, have become passionate about promoting the interests of hemp…
By Doug Fine, Independent Hemp Farmer and Goat Herder Excerpted from Doug Fine’s sixth book, American Hemp Farmer, along with the author’s reflections on America’s hemp producers, rural communities, climate change, and the five-year process behind writing his new book. Six years ago, a bear fleeing a wildfire in our New Mexico backyard killed nearly all of my family’s goats in front of our eyes. It wasn’t the bear’s fault; he was a climate refugee….
CAPTION: Hemp-based clothing brand Vital Hemp was featured on the runway at the Style & Sustainability Fashion Show in Santa Monica, CA, in December 2019, presented by the City of Santa Monica’s Office of Sustainability and the Environment, Lexus Santa Monica, and Sustainable Works. By Heather Collins Cotton, silk, satin, and lace might be up against some strong competition in the next few years thanks to the growing use of sustainably produced hemp in textiles…
By Steven Hoffman In the year since hemp became legal in the U.S. under the 2018 Farm Bill, the hemp industry has quite literally taken off. Retail sales of CBD products in the U.S. alone are expected to surpass $1 billion in 2019, a 133% increase over 2018 sales, and Hemp Industry Daily projects retail CBD sales will increase to $10.3 billion by 2024, representing a five-year compound annual growth rate of 54%. Indeed, “2019…
Brian Koontz, Manager of the Colorado Department of Agriculture’s Industrial Hemp Program (right), shares the state’s concerns over USDA’s Interim Final Rule for U.S. hemp production at a public hearing in Broomfield, CO, on December 10. Photo: Compass Natural Colorado’s CHAMP Hemp Initiative Welcomes Public Comments in Responding to USDA’s Interim Final Rule on Hemp As state and industry leaders sift through USDA’s Interim Final Rule set to govern U.S. hemp production in order to…
Agency Issues Warning Letters to 15 CBD Makers, Releases Consumer Guide Expressing Doubts About CBD Safety By Steven Hoffman As the USDA Takes Public Comments on Its Final Interim Rule for Hemp Production, FDA on November 25 Issued Warning Letters to 15 CBD Makers and Expressed Doubts about the Safety of CBD in a Newly Released CBD Consumer Guide The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seems to have flipped the Thanksgiving bird, so to…
Save the Date: Tickets on Sale Now for 2nd Annual Colorado Winter Hemp Summit, January 16, 2020, Boulder, CO Hemp community, leaders, and advocates invited to day-long, town hall-style summit to discuss and recap hemp’s growth in 2019 and share 2020 industry and market projections 2nd Annual Winter Hemp Summit Thursday, January 16, 2020, 10am-6pm Boulder Jewish Community Center, 6007 Oreg Ave., Boulder, CO 80303 (map) Produced by the Colorado Hemp Company, producer of the…
Winona LaDuke and her farm team harvest hemp for fiber and textiles at Winona’s Hemp & Heritage Farm in northern Minnesota. By Winona LaDuke She’s an amazing plant. You can learn a lot from a plant. For the past four years I’ve been hanging out with cannabis plants. I have a bit of a maternal streak which seems to translate well to animals and plants (children, I am not so sure), and I’ve been growing…
Hemp Producers Face Harvest Challenges; Seek Creative Ways to Profit in 2019 By Steven Hoffman States and farmers throughout the U.S. are celebrating the nation’s first legal hemp harvest in more than 80 years, and this year’s harvest is estimated by Vote Hemp to come in at 115,000 – 138,000 acres, up 50% over 2018 hemp harvest levels. However, many first-time and even more experienced growers faced a number of adverse conditions and/or they went…
By Steven Hoffman Hemp has thousands of uses including paper, textiles, building materials, food, cosmetics and more. One application that might not immediately come to mind is hemp’s usefulness in the manufacture of musical instruments. Entrepreneur Morris Beegle may be better known as the producer of the world’s largest hemp-centric conference and trade show, NoCo Hemp Expo, held each year in Denver, but with his new company, Silver Mountain Hemp Guitars, he’s combining two passions….
Save The Date: 7th Annual NoCo Hemp Expo, the World’s Largest Hemp Conference & Trade Show, Expands to National Western Complex in Denver, CO, March 26 – 28, 2020 Leading Hemp Event Producer Sponsors Additional Industry Trade Shows Across the Country Loveland, CO (October 23, 2019) – The Seventh Annual NoCo Hemp Expo (NoCo2020) is pleased to announce its expansion to Denver’s famed National Western Complex for its March 26-28, 2020, conference and trade show. The NoCo Hemp…
By Steven Hoffman While farmers across America faced a number of challenges growing hemp this past season, when all is said and done, it is estimated that the total number of acres of hemp harvested in 2019 increased approximately 50% over the 2018 harvest. Vote Hemp, a Washington D.C .-based advocacy group, reported in its 2019 U.S. Hemp Grower License Report that nearly 511,442 acres of hemp were licensed in 34 states this year –…
Bill Would Remove Banking Barriers for Hemp, Cannabis Businesses By Steven Hoffman While the SAFE Banking Act has yet to pass in the U.S. Senate, last week’s convincing, bi-partisan 321 – 103 vote in favor of the bill by the U.S. House of Representatives has the hemp and cannabis industry feeling bullish that it may soon have access to full banking services. Due to confusion over the legality of hemp, banks and credit card processors…
Colorado Hemp Company Honors Legendary Hemp & Cannabis Pioneer Jack Herer at Foundation’s Inaugural Dinner & Golf Tournament, Friday, October 4, Santa Clarita, CA Industry Leaders, Family, Friends and the Community Gather to Remember the Innovative Icon, Author and Hemp Trailblazer with Fundraiser for Global Hemp Education and Awareness “Revered as the founding father of the modern-day hemp movement, Jack Herer’s spirit and legacy must continue. That’s why the Colorado Hemp Company and the NoCo Hemp…
Hemp Business and Farm Conference Draws Thousands to Southern Hemp Expo, Williamson County Ag Expo Park, Franklin, TN, Sept. 6-7 Industry Leaders Call for Hemp Innovation and Infrastructure: Experts Convene with Athletes, Farmers and Government Officials to Chart Course for Commodity’s Future FRANKLIN, TN (September 9, 2019) – Organizers of the 2nd Annual Southern Hemp Expo (SHE) are pleased with the success and attendance numbers of this past weekend’s business and agriculture-focused event. Thousands of attendees…
Special Announcement: Presidential Candidate, Hemp Supporter, Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) to Present Keynote, Friday, Sept. 6, 1:30 – 2:00pm, Southern Hemp Expo, Williamson County AG Expo Park, Franklin, TN Rep. Gabbard Introduces Hemp For Victory Act: Legislation Vital to the Success and Modernization of Hemp through Research and Innovation to Protect our Environment FRANKLIN, TN (September 6, 2019) – The Southern Hemp Expo (SHE) is excited to announce that Democratic Presidential Candidate, U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard(D-HI) will present the…
Hear two-time Funny Car World Champion turned hemp farmer Matt Hagan, NFL veteran and CBD advocate Kyle Turley, and former NHL player Riley Cote, CBD entrepreneur and co-founder of Athletes for Care, speak at the 2nd Annual Southern Hemp Expo, September 6-7, 2019, at the Williamson County AG Expo Park in Franklin, TN. By Steven Hoffman Professional athletes know how to take a lickin’ and keep on tickin.’ However, after years in the sports world,…
Tickets on Sale Now for Largest Hemp Industry Gathering in the Eastern U.S., Sept. 6 – 7, 2019, 10 am – 6 pm, at the Williamson County AG Expo Park in Franklin, TN FRANKLIN, TN (August 21, 2019) – Organizers for the Southern Hemp Expo (SHE) are gearing up in welcoming more than 5,000 hemp industry experts and enthusiasts to Tennessee, an epicenter for the exploding hemp market, this September 6 – 7 at…
