An organic hemp-oil manufacturer in Colorado has appointed a dietary-supplement industry veteran to oversee inventory, extraction and manufacturing. Asa Waldstein will take on the role of senior vice president of operations for Functional Remedies, the company said Tuesday in a statement. Waldstein previously served as VP of operations and regulatory... Read more
Hemp and CBD companies, like other agricultural commodities and consumer product goods industries, are liable for the products they put on store shelves and in consumers’ hands. Along with that comes the high level of risk associated with producing a new crop from as-yet unstable genetics, as an ingredient... Read more
A federal bankruptcy judge has approved the sale of the bulk of the assets for GenCanna Global, a hemp processor and CBD product manufacturer based in Winchester, Kentucky, to MGG Investment Group, a New York-based, private direct lender and one of GenCanna’s creditors. The deal, valued at $77 million,... Read more
Ohio-based marijuana retailer and former CBD retail giant Green Growth Brands said this week it has filed for insolvency protection in Canada. The move comes two months after after the company abruptly shuttered its line of CBD retail kiosks in shopping malls as the coronavirus pandemic set in. The... Read more
by Morgan Fox, NCIA’s Director of Media Relations It’s been a busy week for NCIA in our nation’s capital as we try to make sure the industry can survive the pandemic and continue to develop and thrive once the country begins to focus on recovery. Earlier this month, NCIA... Read more
A Seattle maker of CBD for pets and a holistic pet company that sold branded CBD treatments called the “Zen Pen” are now embroiled in a legal battle over shelf stability and expiration dates. Sage Fulfillment sued Earth Animal Ventures Inc. in April, accusing the Connecticut company of failing to purchase the... Read more
Canadian marijuana giant Aurora Cannabis is further divesting itself of some of the hemp assets it began acquiring in 2017 as it tried unsuccessfully to profit from the CBD market. In its latest move, Aurora accepted an offer to sell a large greenhouse in Exeter, Ontario, for about half... Read more
A subsidiary of Australian hemp product producer Ecofibre has signed a deal to distribute a line of topical products at the U.S. drugstore chain CVS Pharmacy. EOF Distribution said in a statement last week that it will supply 10 hemp-derived products for exclusive sale at some CVS Pharmacy locations.... Read more
A publicly traded agricultural technology company announced Monday that it has raised $6.8 million through warrants to fund new opportunities within its hemp division. Arcadia Biosciences, based in Davis, California, gave investors the chance to exercise existing warrants to purchase nearly 1.4 million shares of common stock at a... Read more
A Florida company is voluntarily recalling a batch of CBD oil after a state agency tested the product and found that it contained dangerous levels of lead. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) tested a random sample of Summitt Labs’ Kore Organic Watermelon CBD Oil Tincture,... Read more
