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. […]

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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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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 […]

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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.   […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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