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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.

Hemp sales a weak spot in otherwise strong quarter for Pure Sunfarms

Published August 9, 2021

Canadian marijuana and hemp producer Village Farms International reported a significant jump in adult-use marijuana revenue for the three months ended June 30, though its hemp division lost money.

CBD tincture maker Dixie cleared in truck driver’s drug-test lawsuit

Published August 6, 2021

CBD and marijuana infused-products maker Dixie Holdings won’t face racketeering claims from a New York truck driver who blamed the company’s CBD tincture for failing a drug screen and losing his job.

Chewable hemp brand chooses tobacco exec to accelerate growth

Published August 6, 2021

A California company that makes chewable hemp has chosen a former tobacco executive to help its expansion efforts. Jen Pike joins Boldt Runners Corp., makers of Cannadips chewable hemp, as chief revenue officer. Pike was vice president at U.S. Smokeless Tobacco/Altria, where she oversaw the Skoal brand of smokeless tobacco. Also Friday, Boldt Runners named former […]

Charlotte’s Web alum tapped for marijuana marketing post

Published August 6, 2021

Bo Becker, former vice president of marketing for Charlotte’s Web, has joined a California company that makes CBD and marijuana edibles.

Federal loan memo warns banks about working with hemp producers

Published August 6, 2021 | By Hemp Industry Daily staff

Hemp advocates are calling foul after a federal agency that regulates farm lending warned financial institutions not to work with hemp producers in states without U.S. Department of Agriculture-approved plans. The July 12 memo from the U.S. Farm Credit Administration (FCA) – an independent agency that regulates financial institutions that lend to farmers – tells […]

A graphic showing how some cannabis cultivators are using western predatory mites to control the plant damaging hemp russet mite.

Using predatory bugs to keep hemp russet mites at bay

Published August 4, 2021 | By Georgie Smith

A relatively unknown predatory mite can stave off potentially disastrous infestations of hemp russet mites when used in the right conditions.

A graphic explaining using supplemental lighting techniques to keep cannabis plants from flowering too soon.

How supplemental lighting can be used for outdoor hemp cultivation

Published August 4, 2021 | By Allison Justice

Traditionally when growing hemp for cannabinoids, the thought is to simply apply over 18 hours of light per day to keep plants vegetative and switch to 12 hours to induce flowering.

Bluebird Botanicals acquires smaller Colorado CBD company

Published August 2, 2021

Bluebird Botanicals has acquired Precision Botanical, a smaller CBD maker in Colorado.

Florida warns consumers about hemp products from Oregon

Published July 30, 2021

Florida agriculture authorities are warning consumers that some hemp products from Oregon are showing up with “rocks, sticks, and other foreign material” and elevated THC levels.

Montana hemp farmers awarded $65 million for broken contracts

Published July 29, 2021

More than two dozen Montana hemp farmers have been awarded $65 million in damages from Canadian and U.S. businesses and investors that promised to pay them up to $700 per acre for hemp grown in 2018, then failed to pay.

Consumer brands coalition steps up CBD pressure

Published July 27, 2021

A coalition of consumer brands that includes Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Kellogg is appealing to U.S. health regulators to get going on regulations to allow over-the-counter CBD.

Opinion: CBD industry needs regulation to bring legitimacy

Published July 27, 2021 | By Stuart Tomc

When it comes to CBD, entrepreneurs would be well served to start with the end in mind.