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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.

Kentucky extractor Elemental Processing files for bankruptcy protection

Published April 22, 2020

Another Kentucky hemp company is filing for federal bankrupticy protection, this time Elemental Pricessing in Lexington.

Hemp extractor who received stimulus assistance shares tips for others

Published April 20, 2020 | By Kristen Nichols

Kind Roots Botanicals CEO Ross King shares insights into how he got a forgivable loan from the Small Business Administration.

Farmers due for another $19 billion in coronavirus aid, but prospects unclear for hemp producers

Published April 20, 2020

Pressured to ensure a consistent food supply, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced an additional $19 billion for farmers affected by the pandemic.

Kansas gets USDA nod, will take applications for 2020 until June 1

Published April 17, 2020

Kansas has won federal approval to oversee hemp production in 2020, saying farmers have until June 1 to submit applications for growing hemp this year.

Hemp Industry Daily offers calculator to help businesses plan way out of pandemic

Published April 17, 2020

Hemp Industry Daily is providing a free calculator intended to help cannabis companies forecast their financial performance based on different revenue assumptions during the current economic tumult.

Florida hemp plan wins USDA approval in time for 2020 applications

Published April 16, 2020

Florida’s proposed hemp regulations have won federal approval, two weeks before the state plans to start taking applications for its first commercial hemp season.

Hire learning: What hemp leaders have learned about compensation and recruitment strategies in a young industry

Published April 16, 2020 | By Hemp Industry Daily staff

Hemp salaries have risen across the supply chain since the crop won federal acceptance in 2018. The illicit market is a thing of the past, and hemp entrepreneurs now compete against multinational agricultural conglomerates to attract talent on and off the farm, from cultivation experts to skilled processors and retailers.

Convenience stores adding CBD inventory despite pandemic

Published April 14, 2020

Convenience stores added CBD products to their inventories last month even as the coronavirus pandemic depressed sales, retailing analysts say. Convenience chains Circle K and Yesway added CBD products to shelves in March, according to CSP Daily News, which covers convenience store business. Circle K, a division of Laval, Quebec-based Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., started carrying CBD […]

CBD coffee maker extends grocery footprint as cruise-ship business drops

Published April 13, 2020

A California company that sells coffee to cruise lines and grocery stores says its subsidiary that makes single-serve CBD coffee pods is extending distribution in grocery stores, a hedge as cruise-ship sales have halted because of the coronavirus pandemic. Youngevity International of Chula Vista, California, announced Monday that its Javalution Hemp Coffee line has extended its […]

Exclusive: How hemp legalization changed salaries across the industry

Published April 13, 2020 | By Kristen Nichols

For an idea of how federal prohibition skews a labor market, look no further than the boom-boom hemp industry.

Minnesota opens 1st publicly funded lab to distinguish hemp from marijuana

Published April 10, 2020

Minnesota authorities have tapped a public testing lab to start evaluating the THC content of products sold as CBD. The Midwest Regional Forensic Laboratory in Andover, north of Minneapolis, is a publicly funded lab that will test THC levels of CBD products sold in conventional retailers, the (Minneapolis) Star Tribune reported. The lab is the […]

Thursday webinar: Hemp experts offer advice on ‘Tapping the Stimulus Package’

Published April 8, 2020

The federal government is releasing trillions of dollars to help small businesses stay afloat in this time of crisis. How can your hemp company get the help it needs? The clock is ticking to register for Hemp Industry Daily’s live webcast, “Tapping the Stimulus Package and Other Business Assistance Programs,” scheduled for 1 p.m. ET/ 10 […]