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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.

Raw cannabis materials, supply chain and design key to choosing vaping hardware

Published October 29, 2020 | By Bart Schaneman

Quality raw materials, redundant supply-chain relationships and design are keys to creating a safe, reliable CBD vape product.

Bahamas panel recommends hemp and marijuana legalization

Published October 28, 2020

A Bahamas committee charged with laying out an economic recovery plan recommends the country legalize hemp and hemp extracts.

Circle K boosts CBD offerings in southeastern US

Published October 28, 2020

One of the largest convenience-store chains in North America has tapped a California CBD firm to expand its portfolio of CBD products in the southeastern United States.

Avoiding the trap of chasing low-hanging fruit in hemp processing

Published October 28, 2020 | By Robert Ziner

(Editor’s note: This story is part of a recurring series of commentaries from professionals connected to the hemp industry. Robert Ziner is founder and CEO of the Canadian Industrial Hemp Corp., which uses artificial intelligence to process hemp stalks and fiber to make hemp-based bio-composite pellets.) In many business opportunities, especially those focused on basic […]

Tobacco company invests $15 million to bring LA cannabis line to THC-free markets

Published October 27, 2020

A Kentucky tobacco company is deploying $15 million to a Los Angeles marijuana vape company that plans to expand its footprint by building out a line of THC-free CBD products.

Minnesota’s 2020 hemp harvest improving on THC fail rates

Published October 26, 2020

Minnesota hemp farmers are seeing improved THC testing this year, state agriculture officials report.

Indiana wins USDA approval, while Tennessee bows out for another year

Published October 23, 2020

Indiana’s hemp regulations have won federal approval and will be in place for the 2021 growing season – while another hemp state with federal approval, Tennessee, is bowing out of the federal framework for another year.

Editor’s Notebook: Think hemp isn’t on the ballot this year? Think again

Published October 23, 2020

Hemp policy is not much of a talking point in the presidential debate. And in the hard-fought battle for control of the U.S. Senate, hemp entrepreneurs can rest assured that the top-ranking members of both parties—Kentucky Republican Mitch McConnell and New York Democrat Chuck Schumer—are both staunch advocates for the industry.

Where is the CBD sector headed? Get new market insights from retail insiders

Published October 21, 2020

Hemp Industry Daily is asking two CBD sector experts to share the very latest on where the CBD sector is now, and where it’s going.

Text-message ads from hemp, marijuana companies spur spam-related lawsuits

Published October 20, 2020 | By John Schroyer

A legal and financial liability has emerged over the past two years threatening the coffers of hemp and marijuana businesses: class action lawsuits filed by recipients of unwanted text-message advertisements who allege they’re getting spammed with deals and sales.

Embattled CBD exec says PPP loan was returned, jet bought with personal money

Published October 19, 2020

The CEO of a failed CBD company accused by investors of misspending funds and getting a bogus coronavirus-relief loan says the loan has been repaid and that credit-card expenses challenged by disgruntled investors were for legitimate business purposes.

New $102 million equity fund targets science, tech hemp and MJ businesses

Published October 16, 2020

Pennsylvania-based Intrinsic Capital Partners said it raised $102 million in a fund that will invest in science and technology businesses focused on the legal hemp and marijuana industries.