The CBD market has attracted plenty of entrepreneurs, despite the nascent industry’s wild ride so far. Running a business won’t always go smoothly, but you can learn how to navigate uncertain times, whether it’s COVID-19 or another unexpected calamity. The clock is ticking to register for Hemp Industry Daily’s live webcast, “Starting... Read more
by Merril Gilbert, CEO of Trace Trust and David Vaillencourt, CEO of The GMP Collective COVID-19 has altered everyone’s day to day life and has put a strain on the healthcare, food, distribution, insurance, and financial industries in ways we did not think possible just a few short months... Read more
by Michelle Rutter Friberg, NCIA’s Deputy Director of Government Relations I don’t know about you, but it seems no matter where I look, everything is about COVID-19. And with good reason — many of us are still working from home, helping their families with distance learning, and overall dealing... Read more
A man in Florida wants a class-action brought against a Missouri-based CBD manufacturer after he says that third-party lab tests he ordered on the company’s products revealed lead and other contaminants. Michael Davis’s complaint, filed Monday at a Florida district court, accuses Missouri-based CBD American Shaman LLC of falsely... Read more
Photo courtesy Asheville Hemp Project (Editor’s note: This story is part of an occasional series of commentaries from professionals connected to the cannabis industry and first appeared on Marijuana Business Daily. Amy Steinfeld helps lead Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck’s marijuana and industrial hemp industry group. Jack Ucciferri is a... Read more
This week marks my second anniversary working with the National Cannabis Industry Association, and with everything going on in the world, it very nearly slipped by me unnoticed. However, the occasion has given me an opportunity to reflect on the past and look to the future, both of which... Read more
by Bernie Lorenz, PhD, Chief Science Officer for ProKure Solutions Want Clean Cannabis? Identify Mold Pain Points. In the battle against mold, there are three critically important questions. Where is the mold coming from? How did mold get there? How did the mold travel to where it grew? Answering... Read more
Hemp cleaning wipes and hemp toilet paper? Paper manufacturer Georgia-Pacific and a Canadian company that makes natural nonwoven fibers formed a partnership in February – born from a mutual interest in hemp – that could add those items to store shelves. Looking for alternatives to single-use nonwoven products, the... Read more
Farmers and agribusinesses can now apply for new coronavirus economic stimulus emergency loans and a though the Small Business Administration, which reopened its portal with new funds Monday after being closed since April 15. The agency said Monday that only agricultural business applications will accepted for Economic Injury Disaster... Read more
Lower-than-promised germination rates in a batch of hempseed from Colorado has spurred the California farm that bought the seed to file a $17 million lawsuit. GX Farms of Delano, California, said in the suit it bought 520,000 Cherry Blossom hempseeds in May 2019 at 70 cents each, or $364,000, from... Read more
