NCIA’s 2021 Board of Directors Results Are In!
The results of NCIA’s 2021-2023 Board of Directors nominations process are in! We are appreciative to have received so many very thoughtful and impressive applications from dozens of NCIA members seeking to fill six available seats. Congratulations to the incoming members, and thanks to everyone who applied for a... Read more
Amid slumping economy, hemp legalization in Costa Rica gains momentum
Costa Rica’s government and the public are embracing the idea that industrial hemp can be a much-needed economic driver if legalized, but the question of allowing marijuana for medical use has been a harder sell. The last time Costa Rica lawmakers brought up a cannabis legalization measure for a... Read more
Texas hemp growers say legal and genetics barriers must be overcome to see industry take off
Texas hemp field (Photo courtesy of Texas Department of Agriculture) Texas hemp growers are wrapping up their first season with the new crop with a lot of optimism – but also a sense that the industry there won’t boom without some changes to the laws and some genetics improvements.... Read more
Martha Stewart brand CBD wellness products hit national retail shelves
One of the nation’s largest chained retailers of health supplements, The Vitamin Shoppe, is the first national retailer to carry the full line of hemp-derived CBD wellness products from lifestyle guru Martha Stewart, according to Smith Falls, Ontario-based cannabis operator Canopy Growth Corp. Previously, the Martha Stewart brand, which... Read more
Florida projects hemp acreage will grow to half the size of citrus acreage
Florida’s agriculture chief predicts that hemp acreage in the Sunshine State will grow to about half the size of the state’s famed citrus acreage within three to five years. Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried said Tuesday that the state’s 22,078 acres of hemp this year will balloon to 300,000 by... Read more
Historic Victory in the House: The MORE Act
by Madeline Grant, NCIA’s Government Relations Manager Last Friday, the House of Representatives voted to approve the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement (MORE) Act, H.R. 3884. With a vote of 228-164, the MORE Act passed the House and this is an historic victory, one that we’ve never seen the... Read more
Member Blog: Four States Legalized Recreational Marijuana in November – Here’s What That Means for the Cannabis Industry
By Aaron Rosenbluth, Director of Content at Hybrid Marketing Co. Voters in New Jersey, Arizona, South Dakota, and Montana legalized recreational cannabis during November’s election. So, what comes next? Last month, Americans in four states voted to legalize adult-use recreational cannabis.  If you live in Arizona, New Jersey, South... Read more
Market research firm: Lower CBD prices good for consumers, bad for brand loyalty
This session and other MJBizCon 2020 content is available on demand. Bethany Gomez Consumers are increasingly using hemp-CBD to help them through the coronavirus pandemic – and that could be in part due to heavy discounting from CBD brands. According to Bethany Gomez, managing director for Brightfield Group, a... Read more
USDA will move on hemp regulations in 2021 but FDA will not, MJBizDaily CEO predicts
This session and other MJBizCon 2020 content is available on demand. New leadership at the U.S. Department of Agriculture under the Biden administration will result in the agency “taking another look at looming rules for a nationwide hemp regulatory network,” said Chris Walsh, CEO and president of Hemp Industry... Read more
Dutch furniture maker launches carbon-negative hemp chair
Europe’s largest independent grower and processor of industrial hemp has teamed up with a Dutch bioplastics developer and a Dutch furniture manufacturer to make a recyclable, carbon-negative chair with a hemp fiber seat shell. Netherlands-based HempFlax was chosen by furniture producer VepaDrentea to contribute the raw material to its... Read more
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