Federal agriculture officials have introduced two crop insurance programs for hemp, both designed to protect farmers growing the new commodity from damage during natural disasters. But the programs have tight deadlines and limitations on who is eligible. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s newly available Multi-Peril Crop Insurance and Noninsured... Read more
Hemp farmers are about to get some help protecting their crop from natural disasters, but any hope that the proposed federal production rules will change in time for the 2020 growing season should be put aside for now, officials say. Top officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture have... Read more
Sports Illustrated and Canadian cannabis behemoth Canopy Growth are the latest players looking for a piece of the sports nutrition and recovery market. Authentic Brands Group, owner of the Sports Illustrated brand, says it will roll out a line of CBD-infused topicals by the end of 2020. And Canopy... Read more
Joseph Hopkins, with his wife Chelsea, owns and operates The Greener Side, a dispensary in Eugene, OR. As some of the original entrepreneurs to open a dispensary in the state of Oregon, their story of being raided by federal authorities shows how resilient one needs to be in the... Read more
Maine CBD processor Sun Kissed Industries has acquired a California company that makes CBD products sold in 20 states. Terms of Sun Kissed’s acquisition of Hakuna Supply on Thursday were not disclosed. Carl Grant, CEO of Portland, Maine-based Sun Kissed, said in a statement that the acquisition will “thrust... Read more
(Editor’s note: This is part of an occasional series on California’s hemp industry. To read the previous installment, click here.) Hemp entrepreneurs in California are optimistic that long-awaited state legislation to legalize hemp-derived CBD as an ingredient in food, beverages and cosmetics will be revived from suspension and ready... Read more
After a season rife with challenges, Kentucky hemp producer and CBD manufacturer GenCanna Global and its subsidiary Hemp Kentucky filed for bankruptcy protection. GenCanna’s Chapter 11 filing on Wednesday followed involuntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petitions filed in January by companies owed money by the Winchester, Kentucky-based firm: Pinnacle. Crawford... Read more
A South Dakota legislative committee on Thursday unanimously approved a bill to allow industrial hemp production in the state. The proposal, which passed in the House Agriculture and Natural Resources committee, would legalize and regulate the growth, processing and transportation of hemp in the state. Passage would leave Idaho... Read more
by Christina Casile, Owner of Design 710 As the legalization of cannabis spreads rapidly throughout the United States and across the globe, new medical and adult-use dispensaries are opening just about every day. The progression of architecture and design within dispensaries has expanded just as quickly as the legalization... Read more
By Sean Donahoe, Founder and CEO, Sungrown Developments Inc.Member of NCIA’s State Regulations Committee In Northern California’s legendary cannabis growing region of Mendocino, the elected county sheriff was recently a competitor at a homebrew festival, jovially pouring samples of his “Pretty Sour Powerful Sider” (jokingly referring to the “Public... Read more
