(This is the sixth installment in a series examining sustainability in cannabis cultivation. Read Part 5 here.) Maintaining healthy soil can help hemp cultivators reduce their impact on the environment by using less water and fewer additional nutrients, as well as reducing waste. One common approach to achieve these... Read more
Finding reliable hemp varieties that will produce the desired cannabinoid percentage and biomass volume, while also performing in the field and testing in compliance with federal THC limits, can feel like a tall order. Here are some best practices for responsible selection of hemp genetics that can help save... Read more
A Colorado hemp company has filed a corruption lawsuit against Gov. Jared Polis and several of his advisers, saying that a 2020 bidding process to oversee the Colorado Hemp Advancement and Management Plan was rigged. BoCo Farms alleges in the 125-page suit filed last month that Polis and others... Read more
The U.S. Senate gave unanimous approval to a bipartisan bill to “cut the red tape” that stalls scientific research into the medical properties of cannabis and cannabidiols. According to a news release issued Thursday by U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, the Senate approved S. 253 on a... Read more
This column appears in the March issue of MJBizMagazine. Exciting news hit the hemp industry just in time for the second anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic. A group of studies suggested that cannabinoids in the hemp plant (both real and synthetic) might offer some protection against the virus that... Read more
U.S. health and trade authorities this week issued a record seven warning letters in a single day to companies making CBD, the biggest federal action against the industry in over a year. Warning letters from the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission targeted companies making COVID-related... Read more
There’s something missing on the candy aisle these days: sugar. Conventional snacks and confections makers are offering more and more low-sugar varieties in response to consumer demand. Candy giant Hershey Co. has even rolled out an entirely sugar-free version of its iconic Reese’s peanut butter cups. Now the trend... Read more
CBD product manufacturer and franchiser SunFlora has been accused of deceptive trade practices by several business partners in Pennsylvania, according to a new lawsuit filed against the company in federal court. The suit, filed Friday by Joseph Gradwell, Christopher Miller, Greg Muiter and Melanie Vaughan, alleges that the Florida-based... Read more
Labatt Breweries of Canada, one of the country’s top beer makers, pulled the plug on its nonalcoholic CBD beverage unit in Canada, Fluent Beverages, signaling continued pressure on Canada’s fledgling infused-drinks category. Fluent had been born from a partnership between Budweiser maker AB InBev, the world’s largest brewer, and... Read more
Hemp foods maker Manitoba Harvest plans to launch its new line of hemp powders blended with green tea leaves and other greens through grocery chain Whole Foods Markets. A distribution deal announced Wednesday pairs ground hemp protein with other “on-trend plant-based ingredients” such a matcha, a powder made from... Read more
