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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 maker, HIA sue Drug Enforcement Administration over extract rule

Published September 19, 2020

The Hemp Industries Association and a South Carolina CBD manufacturer are suing the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration over a recent rule they say wrongly criminalizes how hemp extracts are made.

‘No one seems to want to move on it:’ Q&A with attorney David Kastin on the future of CBD regulations

Published September 17, 2020 | By Kristen Nichols

Hemp Industry Daily recently caught up with Clever Leaves’ David Kastin, who formerly advised CBD retailer The Vitamin Shoppe, to find out how he navigated legal uncertainty to bring CBD to retail shelves and get his predictions on when CBD questions will be resolved.

Charlotte’s Web swings to loss in Q2, citing pandemic and operating expenses

Published September 14, 2020

Charlotte’s Web Holdings, a CBD manufacturer in Boulder, Colorado, lost $14.4 million last quarter as the coronavirus pandemic slowed retail sales and operating expenses rose 82% from the same period a year ago.

Federal hemp underreporting is a huge problem for the industry – but there’s still time

Published September 14, 2020 | By RJ Hopp

Federal numbers on nationwide acres in certain crops are always a hot topic in the agri-community. But this year’s data suggests that many hemp producers have not contributed to the Crop Acreage Report from the Farm Service Agency, an arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Oregon wildfires prompt delay for hemp field day

Published September 11, 2020

Out-of-control wildfires in Oregon have caused the state’s agriculture school to delay a virtual event to show off its 2020 research on hemp. Oregon State University has delayed its first Oregon Hemp Field Day by a week, from Sept. 16 to Sept. 23. The school says the first hour of the rescheduled presentation will “be […]