Hemp on the Shelf: What You Need to Know About the Hemp-Based Food Market

Hemp-based foods — seeds, oil, even meat alternatives – have exploded out of the niche health-food store sector and into mainstream grocery baskets.?However, the grocery game isn’t?for novices. In this session, you will learn: What we know and don’t know about shelf stability, packaging and ingredient integration The regulations and certifications should you be in […]

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Smokable Hemp: Cultivation, Distribution and Where Big Tobacco Comes Into Play – A Fireside Chat with Hemp Editor, Kristen Nichols

Smokable hemp – is it the next big thing?  An alternative to tobacco?  In states where it is legal, we are seeing an increase in production, but in the states where it is not legal farmers are asking regulators to change the laws.  It is just part of the multi-faceted hemp plant that farmers can […]

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Cutting Edge Cultivation Technology: How Mainstream Ag is Driving the Explosive Growth of Hemp as a Commodity Crop

One hurdle that many hemp farmers face annually is harvest operations and the technology available to provide ease from seed to sale. Whether it is one acre or hundreds, lack of harvesting equipment and a poor harvest strategy can be a real profit burner. In this new era of federal legality, hemp farmers have the […]

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Hire Learning: Strategies to Overcome Today’s Hemp Workforce Challenges

The industry is now competing with multinational agricultural conglomerates to attract talent on the farm and off the farm, from cultivation experts to skilled processors and retailers. Operators now also have access to alternative labor options.  In a time when many industries are having to layoff or furlough employees, how has the hemp industry dealt […]

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Keynote: Think Bigger

“Now is the time for a revolution in the cannabis industry.  We’re here to inspire brands to think bigger while helping expand the diversity of products, people and thinking in the industry” – Dia Simms In this session, award-winning entrepreneur Dia Simms – who has worked closely with musician/businessman Sean “Diddy” Combs – will  talk about how the hemp and marijuana companies need to “Think […]

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