Hemp farmers in Portugal may soon face a quartet of regulators to inspect and verify their crops, according to local media. Citing a draft amendment to Portugal’s medical cannabis legislation, the Lusa news agency reported on Tuesday that the cultivation of EU-certified industrial hemp could soon be regulated by four... Read more
Photo courtesy HempFlax This is the first of a two-part series on the prospects for hemp-derived construction materials in the post-Covid-19 era. Europe’s largest independent hemp grower and processor doubled down on the crop’s potential in the EU construction sector last month when it bought an insulation manufacturer in... Read more
Juice and snack giant Ocean Spray is testing a line of sparkling CBD water in Colorado. The Middleborough, Massachusetts, company says the sparkling CBD water was developed by Ocean Spray’s new CarryOn brand, Food Business News reported. The flavors are called Elevate and Descend, one with 10 milligrams of CBD... Read more
A third-party consumer research study looking at CBD’s effects on humans, meant to help gather liver safety data that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration needs to move forward with regulation, is set to begin in July. The protocol for the study, sponsored and led by ValidCare, a Colorado-based... Read more
An investment firm is providing $2 million to a Georgia-based industrial hemp company to use for working capital and buying new equipment. The firm, Advantage Capital, said the money will also allow GAXtracts to hire 30 people as the company expands. GAXtracts CEO Don Barden said the investment will... Read more
A Davis, California-based agricultural biotech company has entered a binding agreement to acquire a hemp breeding and seed company based in Oregon. Arcadia Biosciences Inc. will purchase the commercial and genetic assets of Industrial Seed Innovations, including its seed varieties, germplasm library and intellectual property. According to the deal,... Read more
For many businesses struggling during the COVID-19 induced shutdown, assistance from the Small Business Administration (SBA) through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is the difference between lifeline and economic ruin. But for thousands of professionals serving state-legal cannabis businesses, including non-profits like NCIA and innumerable small businesses alike, access... Read more
by Xavier Jaillet, HAL Extraction After years of trial and error, the modern extraction equipment and standard operating procedures have removed a significant amount of risk from volatile solvent extraction processes. As more and more states are looking to adopt marijuana policies involving volatile solvent extractions, I wanted to... Read more
Hello! My name is Jon Dinh and I work as the Membership Manager here at NCIA! I started my cannabis journey three years ago when I first tried cannabis legally in my home state of Colorado and completely changed my life for the better! I grew up in Thornton,... Read more
Montana has become the first state to establish a checkoff program for hemp producers, giving the industry there a path to raise money for research, education and marketing efforts like the famed “Got Milk?” campaign. The launch of a checkoff program in Montana comes as the hemp industry debates... Read more
