by Aaron Smith, NCIA’s CEO and Co-founder As the nation began grappling with issues of systemic racism and inequality on a massive scale following the death of George Floyd and ensuing civil rights protests across the country, we saw an outpouring of support from members of the cannabis community.... Read more
Journalists try Color Up’s CBD skincare products at a virtual launch event (photo courtesy Debra Locker). Looking to educate and innovate without in-person events, hemp and marijuana companies are turning to virtual platforms for everything from trade conferences and product launches to consumer education and staff training. Spaces that... Read more
American publishing icon Playboy has entered the CBD market with a line of products that aims to enhance intimacy and sexual wellness. CBD by Playboy includes an arousal spray retailing for $45, intimacy warming gel for $47 and a bath bomb for $15, according to AdAge. Playboy has partnered... Read more
Erlanger, KY – REM technologies, a US-based game-changer focused on providing the best THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) removal solution in the world, introduces two of its most advanced technologies to date; D970L and D915L remediation systems. The novel harmonic distillation remediation technologies are the first of their kind because it solves... Read more
CBD has “significant potential for growth” in Canada if the government were to allow the cannabinoid in natural health products, a think-tank predicts. A report released this week by the Canadian Health Food Association estimated the CBD market in Canada at CAD $1.9 billion ($1.44 million), with immense potential... Read more
A California CBD company is being sued by a British investment firm that argues it was duped into offering a nearly $1 million loan that the CBD company has so far failed to pay back. Henley Finance filed a complaint in federal court last week alleging that CBD supplier... Read more
A New Mexico district court declined to dismiss a lawsuit from the Navajo Nation Department of Justice that accuses a tribal member of an illegal hemp-growing operation. A Shiprock District Court judge made the ruling Sept. 10 in response to a request from Dineh Benally, who is allegedly growing,... Read more
Wildfire smoke makes the sky eerily orange near East Fork Cultivars in Takilma, Oregon on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020 (Photo courtesy Nathan Howard) Massive wildfires burning up and down California and Oregon are ravaging hemp farms, destroying an untold number of properties and causing millions of dollars in losses.... Read more
Two more states – Hawaii and Virginia – have opted to halt in-state regulation of their production plans, meaning growers in those states will now need to apply for a hemp production license directly from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. According to the USDA’s website tracking the status of... Read more
(Editor’s note: This story is part of a recurring series of commentaries from professionals connected to the hemp industry. Hopp is director of hemp markets for PanXchange, a hemp pricing and tracking agency.) Federal numbers on nationwide acres in certain crops are always a hot topic in the agri-community.... Read more
