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Kristen Nichols

Kristen is a Denver-based reporter for Marijuana Business Daily specializing in the hemp and CBD industries. Previously, she worked at the Associated Press for nearly 20 years. She started covering the marijuana legalization movement in 2009 – when medical stores started popping up around Denver – and wrote about the state’s first legal hemp harvest. Kristen also covered agriculture and politics in Maryland and her home state of Georgia.

US Postal Service enacts CBD vape product restrictions

Published October 21, 2021

The U.S. Postal Service has pulled the trigger on a long-delayed rule that bans commercial hemp and marijuana vape products in the mail.

More tough times ahead for hemp industry, experts predict

Published October 20, 2021 | By Hemp Industry Daily staff

The deflated hemp industry has more tough times ahead before settling into a sustainable commodity, operators from across the globe heard this week at a day of hemp discussions ahead of MJBizCon in Las Vegas.

Hemp-marijuana pollen concerns getting new look in Colorado

Published October 19, 2021

Colorado has assembled its panel of hemp and marijuana experts to suggest fixes for cross-pollination concerns among outdoor hemp and marijuana growers.

USDA’s 1st hemp surveys hitting mailboxes

Published October 18, 2021

The first hemp survey from the U.S. Department of Agriculture is in the mail.

The agency’s National Agricultural Statistics Service began sending its first-ever Hemp Acreage and Production Survey Monday. The survey is the first federal attempt to compile data on total planted and harvested hemp acreage as well as yield, production and crop value.

Oregon county declares state of emergency over illegal marijuana grows

Published October 14, 2021

A county in southern Oregon is asking for more help to fund enforcement checks on hemp producers suspected of violating THC limits. The Jackson County Board of Commissioners declared a state of emergency, saying that county and state regulators as well as law enforcement are overrun by unlicensed cannabis cultivators, The Associated Press reported. The […]

‘Always starting from behind’: Women discuss gender equity in hemp and MJ industries

Published October 14, 2021 | By Kristen Nichols

Women in cannabis discuss gender bias and inequality in an industry dominated by men.

Negative online reviews can sink your business. Here’s how to handle them.

Published October 13, 2021 | By Kate Robertson

Online reviews are so ubiquitous, their significance can sometimes get lost in the planning process for entrepreneurs. But for CBD and hemp companies, reviews of e-commerce transactions and products are especially crucial to building a successful online business. “In a world where CBD is legal, but its use is not regulated and any medical claims […]

California’s CBD change has cannabis operators worldwide taking notice

Published October 12, 2021 | By Kristen Nichols

California’s new CBD law is attracting attention from cannabis operators far beyond the Golden State. They have 3.2 trillion reasons to care. A legal change signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom last week opens the world’s fifth-largest economy (with an estimated $3.2 trillion gross state product) to makers of hemp-derived CBD products worldwide. It’s […]

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Massachusetts enacts law allowing hemp sales in MJ dispensaries

Published October 5, 2021

Massachusetts’ hemp growers can now sell flower and extracts to the state’s 236 marijuana dispensaries.