A Georgia measure setting up licenses for hemp producers and processors awaits the governor’s signature. State lawmakers approved legislation that would require a license for possessing hemp, whether it’s cultivating, transporting, or selling the plant. The bill approved Monday now heads to Gov. Brian Kemp for his signature, the... Read more
Hemp Industry Daily Conference Direct will feature a dynamic networking engine that uses artificial intelligence to suggest the right people to meet at the event. The new feature – called Network Builder – will empower attendees, speakers, and exhibitors to meet with a smart event-engagement platform that drives unparalleled... Read more
Houston-based hemp processor and extractor Bayou City Hemp has purchased a retail company that makes hemp-derived CBD skin care, cosmetics and wellness products. Bayou City Hemp, which applied for a Texas license in March and was busy setting up operations in Houston this spring, announced that the completed acquisition... Read more
Health officials in the Czech Republic have allowed a local extraction facility to export full-spectrum hemp-derived cannabis extract to a Spanish pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturer. Prague-based PharmaCan s.r.o. was granted an export authorization from the Czech Ministry of Health to send 500 grams of extract to Spain, the company’s subsidiary... Read more
A few health and consumer advocacy organizations are urging Congress “to reject any attempts to force federal regulators” to legalize CBD immediately. In a June 17 letter to Congress members, the organizations say Congress itself “is not the right evaluator of the safety of consumer products” because representatives and... Read more
Louisiana penalties for the possession and sale of all smokable hemp products, alcoholic beverages containing CBD and food and beverages containing CBD are now in effect. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signed the hemp limits into law earlier this month. Louisiana created an industrial hemp program last June, but... Read more
ACS Laboratory, a chain of federally licensed and ISO-accredited marijuana and hemp laboratories based in Tampa, Florida, has acquired another Florida-based, certified hemp and CBD testing laboratory, expanding its national presence to 44 states. The purchase of Botanica Testing Inc., headquartered in Gainesville, brings 500 new hemp and CBD... Read more
Photo courtesy 40 Acre Co-op As Black farm ownership hits historic lows, Minnesota entrepreneur Angela Dawson thinks hemp could be part of the solution. And she’s looking to an old-fashioned model – cooperative farming – to do it. Dawson left a career in food writing and marketing to start... Read more
Canadian hemp company Sweet Earth Holdings Corp. has named former politician Amrik Virk as its new president. The company said in a news release that Virk will also be joining the board of Sweet Earth. Virk has previously held senior positions in Canadian government, including Minister of Advanced Education... Read more
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said a hemp company is investing more than $3 million to build the state’s first large-scale processing facility for extracting CBD oil. BRD Extraction, LLC will be located in the town of South Boston in Halifax County and will do business as Blue Ribbon Extraction.... Read more
