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Hemp Track: Processing/Retail
Retail Roundtable: How Are You Reaching New Customers During the Pandemic?
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Testing and Product Safety of Hemp and CBD Products
Hemp and CBD products are flooding the market – and not all of them are good for you or will meet their label claim. FDA regulations and hemp USDA testing protocols are still looming and as a result, producers of hemp and CBD products are self-regulating. Fortunately, there are some guidelines and certification processes available to producers to keep the industry and their consumers safe. […]
Hemp Hangout Roundtable Discussion: CBD Retailers and Manufacturers
This is the opportunity to address some of the challenges you have faced and share insights with fellow industry players. […]
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 […]
Brick and Mortar vs. E-Commerce: Retail Strategies Emerging From Uncertain Economic Times
You’ve got your product line up but now it is time to develop a retail strategy and one that is flexible enough to sustain drastic market shifts. CBD and Hemp products can be found everywhere – from the local convenience store to the online shopping platforms giants. The key to securing shelf space, finding the right distributor […]
Navigating the Current Landscape: An Update on the USDA and FDA
In February, after the USDA delayed the DEA testing requirement for hemp, the industry breathed a short sigh of relief. But the crop’s new regulator says to expect little lenience in the long run, and that the industry’s wish to raise THC limits on hemp is a total no-go without congressional interference. Meanwhile, a global […]
Hemp Industry Professionals Meet-Up in Partnership with Hemp Industries Association
This is the opportunity to make some solid connections in the hemp industry. In partnership with Hemp Industries Association […]
Hemp Hangout Roundtable Discussion: The Exploration of Minor Cannabinoids
Hemp operators are finding that they are cannabinoids beyond CBD that are bringing in major profits if cultivated and extracted properly. This is an open discussion to learn more about these minor cannabinoids, provide your experiences cultivated and manufacturing these minor cannabinoids and what are some of the major opportunities hemp players are seeing within this market. […]
Marketing Meet-Up in Partnership with Cannabis Marketing Association
Network with like-minded marketing and branding professionals to network, problem solve and share ideas. In partnership with Cannabis Marketing Association […]
A New World: How Hemp Operators Have Adapted in the 2020 Fallout
2020 was going to be a new year for the hemp industry, but probably not in the way that many operators anticipated. The first quarter ended with the outbreak of a global pandemic and an economic shutdown. The impact trickled and soon many hemp farmers, processors and ancillary services found themselves having to adjust business […]
Breaking through the Bottleneck: Solving Today’s Supply Chain Glitches in the Hemp Market for Tomorrow
Farmers need a buyer for any crop they sell. But the national shortage of hemp processors has left growers sitting on millions of pounds of moldering hemp waiting to be turned into finished goods. Today the supply chain faces an additional challenge, a global pandemic and economic downturn that has impacted how processors and retailers […]
From Illegal to Essential: The New Cultural, Regulatory and Economic Factors Influencing the Marijuana and Hemp Market
This session will look at the cultural, regulatory and economic factors influencing the hemp and cannabis markets along with the shift from “first movers” to “empire builders” and what that means for both industries. Andrew Livingston, director of economics and research at the law firm Vicente Sederberg, has been providing analysis on legal and regulatory […]
A Look Ahead: The Marijuana and Hemp Markets
Marijuana Business Daily Research Editor Eli McVey and Hemp Editor Kristen Nichols will share their expertise on how 2020 is going to shake out given unexpected industry challenges including the COVID-19 pandemic. They will also look ahead and discuss how 2020 provides insights into the outlook for both industries in 2021 […]
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 […]