Marijuana Business Magazine - May-June 2018

Australia Australia legalized the sale of food-grade hemp seed and oil last November, and Australian growers are unlikely to be able to fulfill 2018 demand for trendy hemp ingredients.That means foreign seed produc- ers have an opening to supply food-grade hemp products for the nation of 24 million people. Canada Canada grew about 10 times more hemp than the United States in 2016, so it might seem chilly ground for exporters. But Canada limited hemp cul- tivation to fiber and oilseed varieties until this year, meaning Canada is behind its southern neighbors when it comes to valuable CBD products. Already, one Canadian hemp company has contracted with Colorado hemp producers for advice on developing CBD products for the Canadian market. India India has banned all cannabis cultivation for more than 50 years, but the country is starting to explore a hemp revival. India’s Ministry of Textiles began investigating hemp last year, and the country’s Council of Scientific and Industrial Research also announced plans to start researching 20 strains of medical cannabis, including low-THC varieties.The world’s second-most-populous nation is home to 1.3 billion potential consumers and is worth watching for hemp producers with global ambitions. ¬ t’s taken a while for the needle to move on cannabis legalization. Individual U.S. states and the Canadian government were among the first to push it forward, creating tens of thousands of jobs along the way. Now the rest of the world is catching up, according to Alison McMahon, CEO of Cannabis at Work, a marijuana industry employment agency based in Edmonton, Alberta. McMahon spoke with Marijuana Business Magazine about the new jobs that will be created as cannabis goes global, providing insights on eight positions ripe for opportunity in an international market.They range from consultants to recruiters. 8 International Cannabis Jobs By Bart Schaneman H O T Alison McMahon GOING GL BAL May-June 2018 • Marijuana Business Magazine • 79