(This story appears in the October issue of Marijuana Business Magazine. It has been updated to correct the number of Vertosa employees.) Many businesses are being challenged to advance racial diversity and social equity in their communities—and cannabis companies are no exception. Diverse staffing should be part of the... Read more
Marijuana Business Daily announced it is canceling its in-person flagship conference, MJBizCon, for 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic and will instead offer a five-week digital conference and trade show starting Nov. 2 and culminating with the main event Dec. 2-4. MJBizCon, the cannabis industry’s largest event, was originally... Read more
By Rebecca Lee Katz, President, Pakaloh LLC This year, a national outcry against police violence and the impact of COVID-19 on Black and brown communities initiated a reckoning with the legacies of oppression and injustice in the U.S. Along with recognizing our institutionalized and internalized racism, we have started... Read more
NCIA’s #IndustryEssentials webinars are our weekly educational series featuring a variety of programs allowing us to provide you timely, engaging and essential education when & where you need it most. The Service Solutions series is our sponsored content webinar program which allows business owners the opportunity to... Read more
NCIA’s #IndustryEssentials webinars are our weekly educational series featuring a variety of programs allowing us to provide you timely, engaging and essential education when & where you need it most. The Service Solutions series is our sponsored content webinar program which allows business owners the opportunity to... Read more
NCIA’s #IndustryEssentials webinars are our weekly educational series featuring a variety of programs allowing us to provide you timely, engaging and essential education when & where you need it most. The Service Solutions series is our sponsored content webinar program which allows business owners the opportunity to... Read more
The state of Hawaii will end its industrial hemp pilot program at the end of October, and instead steer farmers toward applying for U.S. Department of Agriculture licenses. Gov. David Ige signed a bill that would legalize hemp production throughout the state after Hawaii’s last legislative session. But although... Read more
The Nasdaq stock exchange has moved to delist California hemp company Youngevity International for failing to file required reports and because its stock has fallen below $1, triggering removal from the exchange. Youngevity grows and sells commercial coffee in addition to hemp. It also has a third division focused... Read more
A full settlement has been reached in one man’s suit against an infused products manufacturer for allegedly misrepresenting the THC and CBD content of its chocolate products and breaching consumer-protection laws in California. In a motion filed on Friday, Charles Ballard said “the lawsuit has been settled in its... Read more
The legacy of systemic racism and the War on Drugs is playing out in today’s hemp industry, which remains dominated by white landowners and people with access to large amounts of capital. The National Hemp Association recently launched a new effort to change that. The group’s Standing Committee on... Read more
