The Tennessee Department of Agriculture has issued a $50,000 grant to CBD business Hemp2Lab through a program aimed at supporting agribusinesses that have a positive impact on the state.
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Making a better towel with hemp: Q&A with Anact’s Brianna Kilcullen
The CEO of Anact describes how her hunt for a non-midewy towel led her to the hemp industry.
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Wyoming lawmakers reject ban on smokable hemp, CBD products
Wyoming state lawmakers have rejected a bill to ban smokable hemp and products containing CBD. The proposal came at the request of law enforcement who say they have no way of distinguishing between marijuana and hemp when they’re on patrol, the Casper Star-Tribune reported. A state Senate committee defeated it earlier this week During testimony […]
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Vertical Wellness buys California candy maker for expansion into CBD edibles
Hemp products manufacturer Vertical Wellness Inc. has bought a candy-making company to expand its reach into the edibles market.
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Colorado extraction company taps cannabis veteran to lead expansion into Europe, South America
A Colorado extraction company has hired a new director of sales. Greeley-based Vantage Hemp Co. said in a news release Tuesday Christian Santi’s responsibility will be to expand the company’s sales in the U.S., Europe and South America. “The addition of Christian to our team reinforces our promise for data-driven, consistent and premium CBD extracts […]
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Mexico advances modified cannabis legalization measure
Mexican lawmakers have advanced a measure to legalize industrial hemp and recreational marijuana, setting a 1% THC limit for hemp and allowing adults to possess up to 28 grams of marijuana.
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Hemp ingredient supplier buys Colorado extraction, processing facility
A wholesaler of hemp-derived ingredients has acquired a Colorado-based processing and extraction company. Kadenwood’s EcoGen Biosciences of Grand Junction, Colorado, is adding a 50,000-square-foot production campus in Delta, Colorado and 165 acres of farmland as part of the deal. Terms were not disclosed. EcoGen said in an announcement this week that “the newly added facility […]
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CBD giant Charlotte’s Web cites pandemic sales slump in quarterly loss
Charlotte’s Web Holdings Inc. lost $6.6 million last quarter as expenses outstripped rising revenue and the pandemic continued to cool sales.
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Harvest Recap: Florida climate challenges new hemp industry
Florida’s inaugural year of hemp cultivation has been a challenging one, with the state’s tropical climate proving that seed varieties that work elsewhere just don’t function the same way in the Sunshine State.
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Insiders predict hasty appointment of new FDA chief, who will oversee policy on CBD
Choosing a new head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will be a top priority for President-elect Joe Biden as the nation continues to wrestle with a pandemic with no end in sight. That’s a change from previous administrations, where the FDA chief was not the first priority, Kaiser Health News reports. Some 4,000 […]
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Hemp industry pushing DEA to address byproducts
The Hemp Industries Association and a South Carolina CBD maker are trying to get U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to clarify whether it considers temporary byproducts of hemp production a Schedule 1 substance. In a filing Monday in U.S. District Court in Washington DC, HIA and RE Botanicals ask a judge to order the DEA to […]
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Should ‘broad-spectrum’ CBD be defined? What about ‘isolate’? NY’s new extract rules could be model for nation
CBD consumers trying to make sense of terms like “full spectrum” and “broad spectrum” on labels are getting some help in New York state, where new rules for hemp extracts are winning praise from some in the hemp industry who say they could serve as a template for future state or federal action.
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