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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.

Hemp Industry Daily to resume publishing Tuesday

Published September 4, 2020

Hemp Industry Daily is closed for the Labor Day and Labour Day holidays in the U.S. and Canada, respectively, and will resume publishing Tuesday.

USDA extends comment period on hemp rules

Published September 4, 2020

U.S. agriculture regulators are giving farmers more time to share criticism about the looming national framework for how the crop can be grown. The extension comes as states and industry associations are pressuring the U.S. Department of Agriculture to delay implementation of its new rules, set to take effect Nov. 1. The USDA is now […]

CBD makers share how to use packaging to fight fakes

Published September 4, 2020 | By Margaret Jackson

To combat bogus packaging, many cannabis companies are turning to technologies such as radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and tamper-proof holograms and incorporating them into their packaging.

Looming US House vote would eliminate THC line between hemp, marijuana

Published August 31, 2020

A bill to remove cannabis from the U.S. Controlled Substances Act regardless of THC content and thereby legalize marijuana federally – with massive business implications – is scheduled to be considered by the full U.S. House the week of Sept. 21, according to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer.

Farm equipment exec joins National Hemp Association board

Published August 31, 2020

New Holland North America vice president Brett Davis has been tapped to join the National Hemp Association’s board of directors.

USDA lawyer: Hemp growers have ‘a little bit of leeway’ on THC testing, but not much

Published August 31, 2020 | By Kristen Nichols

Farmers experimenting with hemp production in the U.S. may not want to hold out hope that legal THC limits in looming national hemp rules are going to change to make it easier to grow the plant legally.

Cannabis’ First Portable HPLC Now Delivers 11+ Cannabinoids. Next Gen LightLab 3 Lets Non-technical Users Test Like a Laboratory.

Published August 28, 2020

Contact: Ashley Serafin 603-573-9212 ext. 702 [email protected] NEW LONDON, NH – August 20 – Orange Photonics, a cannabis testing instrumentation provider, announced the release of LightLab 3, its next generation, portable, high-performance liquid chromatography-based analyzer. LightLab is designed for non-technical users in cannabis- specific testing applications. Cannabis- and Hemp-touching businesses and regulators have long struggled […]