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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.

McConnell recommends hemp face masks, talks up industry’s potential

Published August 25, 2020

Hemp face masks are “one of the best” ways to battle the spread of Covid-19, according to U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell.

Canada, US business groups to support global cannabis industry expansion

Published August 24, 2020

Two North American business groups signed a memorandum of understanding to support Canadian and American companies seeking to capitalize on the growth of the international cannabis market.

FDA lawyer: Agency still worries people think CBD is proven safe or ‘can’t hurt’

Published August 24, 2020 | By Kristen Nichols

Over-the-counter CBD isn’t legal and continues to worry federal drug regulators as more people take it and give it to animals, a lawyer for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday.

National retailer The Vitamin Shoppe putting new emphasis on CBD

Published August 21, 2020 | By Hemp Industry Daily staff

One of the nation’s largest chained retailers of health supplements, The Vitamin Shoppe, is leaning into its CBD experiment with expanded plans to carry more ingestibles and topicals. The retailer says that strong demand prompted a move to ratchet up CBD displays in some 572 locations in 39 states, plus Washington DC and Puerto Rico. […]

As hemp harvest nears, US farmers face uncertainty about regulations

Published August 20, 2020 | By Hemp Industry Daily staff

A lingering stalemate between state and federal regulators over rules for growing hemp is leaving farmers without strong direction as they head into a harvest season unsure about the rules that will govern them. The stalemate intensified this week when New York, one of the largest hemp producers with some 29,985 licensed acres this year, told […]

Texas judge blocks smokable hemp ban – for now

Published August 19, 2020

A Texas judge has temporarily blocked state health officials from enforcing a ban on smokable hemp.

New York says USDA hemp rules ‘unrealistic,’ bows out of plan to regulate

Published August 19, 2020

New York says the USDA hemp rules are “unrealistic” and bows out of regulating the crop.

CBD beverage maker teams with Pepsi NY to tackle New York City market

Published August 19, 2020

A New Jersey company that makes CBD-infused seltzers has an agreement with the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of New York Inc. to get the product in New York City grocery stores and bodegas.

New York tobacco retailer expanding smokable hemp assortment

Published August 18, 2020

Smokers Choice, a 64-store chain of tobacco retailers in Pennsylvania and New York, is adding a North Carolina hemp brand to its assortment of offerings.

Three steps to protect your CBD brand in a crisis

Published August 17, 2020 | By Diane Mulligan

PR executive Diane Mulligan shares steps to protect a CBD brand in a crisis

Marijuana Business Daily again makes Inc. 5000 list

Published August 14, 2020

For the fifth year running, Marijuana Business Daily has earned a spot on Inc. magazine’s Inc. 5000 “Fastest-Growing Private Companies” list. MJBizDaily, sister publication of Hemp Industry Daily, ranked 1,749 on the prestigious list of 5,000 private American firms, with revenue growth of 244% over the past three years. Because this year’s rankings were calculated using […]

Nevada plant breeder seeks bankruptcy protection, cites pandemic delays

Published August 12, 2020

A Nevada hemp and marijuana breeder is looking for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, telling a federal court that COVID-19 shutdowns in Europe left the company unable to pay its debts. Pharmagreen Biotech in Carson City breeds cannabis clones – sometimes called liners, plantlets or young plants – for sale to growers in both the hemp […]