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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.

Delta-8 THC should be regulated but not banned, HIA says

Published June 23, 2021

The Hemp Industries Association says it will push for delta-8 THC and other THC isomers derived from hemp to be regulated but not banned.

Wisconsin scrambling to boost hemp farming amid registration decline

Published June 21, 2021

Declining hemp farming in Wisconsin has lawmakers scrambling to find ways to backfill falling registration-fee collections and considering private-sector testing options.

Former Molson Coors executive tapped for Charlotte’s Web CFO

Published June 15, 2021

Charlotte’s Web Holdings has chosen a former international chief financial officer from Molson Coors as its new CFO.

New president, fiber and grain posts for Hemp Industries Association

Published June 14, 2021

Sustainable agriculture specialist Mike Lewis is taking over as president of the Hemp Industries Association, as former president Rick Trojan moves to vice president and head of a new Cannabinoids Council.

Opinion: Haphazardly combining supplements without testing could be dangerous

Published June 14, 2021 | By Priyanka Sharma

This column appears in the May-June issue of Marijuana Business Magazine. Since the onset of COVID-19, considerable attention has been directed toward bolstering the immune system. Many consumers are turning to wellness and self-care products that incorporate adaptogenic botanicals to alleviate stress and nootropics to improve brain function. CBD is among the botanical products drawing […]

Kentucky hemp farm sanctioned for shortchanging employees

Published June 11, 2021

A Kentucky hemp and tobacco farm has been sanctioned by federal authorities for shortchanging temporary agricultural workers.

Organic cannabis is booming. Here’s how extractors can profit.

Published June 10, 2021 | By Kristen Nichols

How cannabis extractors can ensure their organic products stay clean

Hemp producer receives Canadian federal grant

Published June 8, 2021

A hemp producer is among a group of small- and medium-sized businesses in Saskatchewan that received funding from the Canadian federal government.

Delta-8’s future strong ‘as long as the government doesn’t take it away’: Q&A with Vince Sanders

Published June 8, 2021 | By Kristen Nichols

It seems everyone in cannabis has an opinion on delta-8 THC, a minor cannabinoid that exists rarely in nature but can be synthesized easily from CBD isolate.

Sales of CBD-only products declining in recreational marijuana shops

Published June 7, 2021 | By Andrew Long

Sales of CBD-only products at recreational marijuana stores have been falling since 2018 in California, Colorado, Nevada and Washington state.

Texas seeks permission to enforce smokable-hemp ban

Published June 4, 2021

Texas officials want to enforce a ban on smokable hemp that has been on hold since September. According to Law360, the Texas Department of State Health Services told a three-judge state appeals court Thursday that it should be cleared to enforce a 2020 legislative rule that laid out a smokable hemp ban. Four hemp businesses […]

How to mitigate mold and microbials in extracted cannabis products

Published June 4, 2021 | By Bart Schaneman

Extracted cannabis products that have been improperly handled and stored are susceptible to a host of contaminants that can ruin the batch.