We’ve all heard the idiom, “Failing to plan is planning to fail.” But the sentiment is especially true for the spring outdoor planting season. Whether producing industrial hemp or outdoor-grown marijuana, growers can take steps to prepare themselves—and their...
A new beverage group has been formed to connect leaders in the cannabis and beverage industries who hope to expand that segment of the hemp and marijuana sectors.
Cannabis businesses have long struggled with the excessive packaging their products are required to use, employing extra layers of plastic and paper to ensure that flower or vape products are childproof and don’t fall into the wrong hands.
A new guidance document released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration finally addresses the topic of clinical research as it relates to cannabis and derivative products.
Michael Cammarata, the CEO of Neptune Wellness, discusses where he sees opportunities for hemp and marijuana.
In the United States, hemp spinning technology is nearly nonexistent because growing hemp commercially has been illegal for decades.
Ellen Deutsch, a 20-year veteran of brand building in the food industry, offers her insights on how hemp and CBD companies will fare as new regulations are introduced to the market as well as commonalities she sees with the food industry.
Will 2020 be the year of the cannabinoid CBG? That’s what some hemp producers are betting after a year of overproduction of CBD, especially after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released interim final rules for federal hemp production under the 2018 Farm Bill.
Landing a deal with mainstream retailers is every cannabis company’s dream because of the expanded reach to consumers and sheer volume of sales potential.
It takes years to breed a new plant variety—a painstaking process that includes hybridizing, growing, trialing, selecting and then repeating those steps several times. But since hemp was legalized through the 2018 Farm Bill, hemp plant breeders have unprecedented new...
Cronos Group, a vertically integrated cannabis company based in Ontario, Canada, that has international production and distribution, said Friday it will buy four operating subsidiaries from Redwood Holding Group for $300 million. Redwood,...
Storing hemp properly is arguably as important as planting, harvesting or any other step in the cultivation process, because it can be just as crucial to farmers looking to turn a profit.
