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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.

MJBizCon 2020 rebooting as entirely digital experience, in-person canceled

Published October 6, 2020

Marijuana Business Daily announced it is canceling its in-person flagship conference, MJBizCon, for 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic and will instead offer a five-week digital conference and trade show starting Nov. 2 and culminating with the main event Dec. 2-4. MJBizCon, the cannabis industry’s largest event, was originally scheduled to take place at the […]

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Best practices for hemp firms to recruit – and retain – diverse talent

Published October 6, 2020 | By Adrian D. Garcia

(This story appears in the October issue of Marijuana Business Magazine. It has been updated to correct the number of Vertosa employees.) Many businesses are being challenged to advance racial diversity and social equity in their communities—and cannabis companies are no exception. Diverse staffing should be part of the hemp industry’s holistic approach to corporate […]

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Nasdaq moves to delist California hemp firm

Published October 5, 2020

The Nasdaq stock exchange has moved to delist California hemp company Youngevity International for failing to file required reports and because its stock has fallen below $1, triggering removal from the exchange.

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Fighting ‘remnants of the war on drugs’: A look at the National Hemp Association’s efforts to break down racist barriers

Published October 5, 2020 | By Kristen Nichols

The legacy of systemic racism and the war on drugs is playing out in today’s hemp industry, which remains dominated by white landowners and people with access to large amounts of capital. The National Hemp Association recently launched a new effort to change that. The group’s Standing Committee on Social Equity has gathered business leaders […]

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Victory Hemp taps financial consultant for CFO

Published October 2, 2020

A longtime financial adviser to startup companies is joining Kentucky’s Victory Hemp Foods as CFO. Nathan Kuchta joins the industry from Propeller Industries, which advises startups in finance and accounting. Kuchta advised 25 companies over 15 years and was the company’s Director of Finance. Kuchta previously worked as an auditor with Ernst & Young. Based […]

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