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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.

CBD exec’s blank-check effort nets $115 million

Published February 16, 2021

A blank-check investment company led by the co-CEO of North Carolina CBD maker cbdMD Inc. has raised $115 million to invest in consumer goods.

How to head off partnership disputes before they happen

Published February 16, 2021 | By Omar Sacirbey

Partnership disputes — whether between business partners or owners and investors — continue to be an ugly feature of the marijuana and hemp industries. Such conflicts can be costly and time-consuming; plus, they can sink a cannabis company.

Legendary California marijuana-growing region Humboldt permanently bans hemp cultivation

Published February 15, 2021 | By Hemp Industry Daily staff

A renowned marijuana-growing county in northern California’s Emerald Triangle, Humboldt County, has permanently banned outdoor cultivation of low-THC hemp varieties.

Indoor grow facility designer Urban-Gro goes public on Nasdaq

Published February 12, 2021

Cultivation facility design and engineering firm Urban-Gro priced an initial public offering on the Nasdaq exchange to raise $54 million before expenses.

Texas smoke shop owner accused of selling MJ says products were legal hemp

Published February 12, 2021

A coastal Texas smoke-shop owner facing criminal marijuana charges after a police raid Tuesday says the cannabis flower, vapes, gummies and other products taken were legal hemp, not illegal marijuana.

Parent company of embattled CBD firm files for bankruptcy

Published February 11, 2021

A land-development company that includes an Arizona CBD firm battling investor fraud claims has filed for federal bankruptcy protection.

3M eyes hemp for adhesives, packaging replacements — even growing new organs

Published February 10, 2021 | By Kristen Nichols

Industrial conglomerate 3M Co. thinks hemp can be part of the sustainability “megatrend” but the company sees a lot of kinks to work out in the supply chain before hemp’s potential can be realized.

Former NBA star Isiah Thomas invests $3 million in his hemp and marijuana company

Published February 9, 2021

NBA Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas is investing $3 million in his company One World Pharma, which grows hemp and marijuana in Colombia.

Vancouver company locks down water rights for hemp construction plans in Colorado

Published February 9, 2021

A Canadian hemp producer says it has acquired the water rights necessary to pursue its plan to grow hemp in northwestern Colorado and process the hemp into construction components for affordable homes on the same land.

USDA: Slowing bailout payments will cause farm income to fall in 2021

Published February 8, 2021

U.S. farmers could bring home almost $10 billion less in annual income in 2021 because of slowed federal pandemic payouts to farmers.

Broad-spectrum extract tea maker accused of false THC claim

Published February 8, 2021

A Michigan company making broad-spectrum hemp teas is battling claims that its products falsely promised 0.0% THC content.

Opinion: Hope is not a strategy, so stop tolling

Published February 8, 2021 | By Julie Lerner

It’s as illogical as quoting the U.S. wheat market in terms of bags of flour at the supermarket. Estimating the market this way grossly distorts the market fundamentals, especially considering that with regard to cannabinoids, a little bit of hemp goes a very long way.