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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.

How to avoid 5 common mistakes in obtaining cannabis LED lighting rebates, incentives

Published December 8, 2021 | By Bob Gunn

Learn how to get lighting rebates for a cannabis grow operation.

Omicron variant latest pandemic challenge for hemp and MJ retailers

Published December 7, 2021 | By Hemp Industry Daily staff

The COVID omicron variant is the latest pandemic challenge facing hemp and marijuana retailers.

Mexico high court clears low-THC cannabis production

Published December 6, 2021

Mexico’s Supreme Court has thrown out barriers to low-THC cannabis production, just as the nation is moving toward full marijuana legalization.

Materiality: The starting place for an effective ESG program

Published December 6, 2021 | By Marc Ross

Editor’s note: This story is part of a recurring series of commentaries from professionals connected to the hemp industry. Marc Ross is head of the Impact and ESG practice group at the Vicente Sederberg law firm. He has nearly 30 years of experience as an environmental attorney and ESG professional. Sustainable investing priorities known as […]

USDA tweaks insurance options for hemp producers

Published December 2, 2021 | By Kristen Nichols

Federal agriculture regulators are updating crop-insurance rules for hemp farmers, hoping to add flexibility and clear up confusion about insuring the newly legal commodity. But the changes, announced Thursday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency, don’t tackle the biggest challenges faced by many hemp growers seeking risk protection: crops that exceed THC […]

Smokable-hemp producer inks deal for insertable ‘cannabinoid sticks’

Published December 1, 2021

A California company that makes smokable hemp cigarettes has signed a deal with an Israeli company to produce CBD sticks that can inserted into traditional cigarettes.

CBD firms facing lawsuits over website accessibility

Published November 30, 2021

At least two New York CBD retailers are facing lawsuits from a legally blind shopper who says their websites violate federal law because they’re not accessible to the visually impaired.

Opinion: Why every hemp company should prepare its own NDIN

Published November 29, 2021 | By Jason Mitchell

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently rejected two notifications to market hemp extract as a new dietary ingredient.

Hemp slowly making inroads in the cement and construction industries

Published November 24, 2021 | By Hilal Bahcetepe

Hemp construction components are slowly making inroads in the building industry.

Curaleaf now faces 7 suits in Oregon over CBD-THC mix-up

Published November 23, 2021

Marijuana multistate operator Curaleaf Holdings continues to be hit with federal lawsuits in Oregon from customers claiming they required medical attention after taking CBD drops that actually contained THC.

Opinion: It’s time for a US hemp checkoff program

Published November 23, 2021 | By Graham Owens

Editor’s note: This story is part of a recurring series of commentaries from professionals connected to the hemp industry. Graham Owens is president of Delta Agriculture, an industrial-scale hemp raw goods producer based in Texas, and serves as co-chairman of the Government Affairs Committee for the National Industrial Hemp Council of America. If it’s good […]

$1.7T spending bill includes climate investments that could boost hemp industry

Published November 22, 2021

The $1.7 trillion spending plan that cleared the U.S. House last week could lead to historic investments in climate goals that could make hemp production more profitable.