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Newsletter – December 14, 2022
LumiBloom Founder Redefines Beauty With CBD Wellness and Spa Products
By Elizabeth Lunt
MacKenzie McClain Hill realized early that entrepreneurship would suit her. Her parents were both entrepreneurs and she saw the ability they had to organize their time as they saw fit, travel when needed and enact their own ideas. In particular, when Hill was running track in high school in Long Beach, California, her mother was able to travel with the team all over the country. Hill saw that the flexibility her mother enjoyed with her business meant she could be there for Hill and her teammates.
“I liked that,” said Hill, 36. “I wanted to be my own boss, set the tone, set the rules and do something that benefited others.” As the founder, in 2017, of online beauty retailer LumiBloom, Hill has done just that. More recently, Hill has incorporated CBD into her product line.
Asia International Hemp Expo in Thailand Opens Up Cannabis Trade in the East
By Sophia BruunIn June 2022, Thailand made history as the first Asian nation to decriminalize cannabis. Seemingly overnight, an entire industry emerged from the shadows into the light. While the sheer multitude of dispensaries lining city streets is enough to deem Thailand the cannabis capital of Asia, the first-of-its-kind Asia International Hemp Expo drove home the true potential of Thailand to emerge as a global leader in hemp.From November 30 through December 3, 2022, a community of over 5,000 gathered in Bangkok to explore Thailand’s burgeoning hemp and cannabis industries.
The Let’s Talk Hemp Volume Up podcast returns with Episode 1 of The Thai Tape series recorded in Thailand during the Asia International Hemp Expo. This first segment features international hemp builder Sergiy Kovalenkov from Ukraine for a candid conversation about the Asian cannabis market & ongoing hemp projects in Ukraine as the war continues with Russia.
Hemp News Spotlight
FDA Strikes Again, Sends Warning Letters to Food Companies Selling CBD
By Food Safety News
USDA Delays Enforcement of Rule Requiring Hemp to Be Tested by DEA-Registered Labs Due to ‘Inadequate’ Capacity
By Marijuana Moment
Download the UN’s Special Report on Industrial Hemp
By UNCTAD
President Biden Under Pressure for Cannabis Reform After Brittney Griner Release
By Newsweek
SAFE Banking Act Still Struggling, But Is It a Panacea for Cannabis Producers?
By Bloomberg
As War Destroys Homes, Ukrainian Hemp Builder Sergiy Kovalenkov Keeps on Building
By HempToday
Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg Sued in Sweden For ‘Aiding And Abetting Aggravated’ Cannabis Investment Fraud
By Benzinga
Hemp Textiles: Growing a Made-in-USA Industry
By Textile World
Cosmetics and Cannabis: A Legal Primer
By Harris Bricken
Lizzo Sports Hemp Eyelashes in Instagram Trend
By High Times
Planet Based Foods Announces Partnership With Oregon-Based Supermarket Chain
By Market Screener
Trace Femcare Announces Regenerative & Biodegradable Tampon, Aims to Disrupt the Period Care Category
By Bloomberg
Generation Hemp CEO Shares How Company Is Expanding into Cryptocurrency Despite Market Volatility
By Proactive
Boston Hemp Celebrates Five Years in Business
By Yahoo Finance
Power Biopharms Partners With Nonprofit Hemp it Forward to Assist Cancer Patients
By EIN News
Charlotte’s Web, Harmony Hemp Veteran Miki Stephens Joins Hempacco Board of Directors
By Yahoo Finance
Cannabis Packaging Rebrands Can Draw Consumers, Create Cohesion and Reflect Values
By MJBiz Daily
Biobased Hemp-Lime in Building and Construction Slashes Embodied Carbon
By HempBuild Magazine
California Cannabis Industry Association White Paper Warns of ‘Pandora’s Box’ of Hemp-Derived Intoxicating Cannabinoids
By Project CBD
Colorado Is a Hemp Food Hotbed
By Hemp Food Association
Minnesota Board of Pharmacy Files Lawsuit Against Manufacturers of Edible Cannabinoids Over THC Content
By New Food Magazine
North Carolina: Cross-Disciplinary Research Team Claims State’s Online CBD Market Doesn’t Comply With FDA Regulations
By Dove Press
South Dakota Hemp Leaps in Year Two of Production
By KELO News
Texas: Developing a Public Hemp Germplasm Collection for the Southern U.S.
By The Eagle
Texas Senate Bill 264 Would Outlaw Products With Over 0.3% of Hemp-Derived Delta-8, Delta-9 THC
By Dallas Observer
Vermont’s Hemp Program Will Be Subject to New Regulations Under the State’s Cannabis Control Board
By Heady Vermont
Africa’s Medical Cannabis & Industrial Hemp Markets See Significant Growth: Report
By Farmers Review Africa
Podcast: Special Edition — Asia International Hemp Expo
By Lancaster Farming
European Confederation for Flax and Hemp (CELC) Becomes Alliance for European Flax-Linen & Hemp
By Textile World
EVENTS
International Hempcrete Workshop, Tulum, Mexico, Dec. 17-18, 2022. Course taught by Sergiy Kovalenkov, Thatcher Michealsen and Stephen Clarke.
Cannabis Community Event and Fundraiser, Jan. 29, 2023, at Topgolf Denver, in Centennial, Colo., hosted by the Realm of Caring Foundation. All proceeds go directly to help fund programs and to continue to provide free guidance for anyone looking to use cannabis and hemp.
9th Annual NoCo Hemp Expo, March 29-31, 2023, The Broadmoor Resort, Colorado Springs, CO
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TAKE ACTION
Help Rebuild Ukraine With Hemp
Sergiy Kovalenkov, aka Doctor Hemphouse, one of the world’s renowned specialists in building with hemp, is appealing to the hemp industry for help in rebuilding war-torn Ukraine, including building Ukraine’s biggest social housing project to date — a 10,000-square-foot residential building to house refugees and orphans who lost their parents to the war. In particular, the project is seeking builders, sponsors, automated block-making machinery and a hempcrete spraying system. Visit https://www.facebook.com/hempireua/ or contact info@hempire.tech or hempireua@gmail.com.
Trace Femcare Gauges Investment Interest in Hemp and Cotton Tampon
Trace Femcare Inc. is proud to announce that it is gauging interest in its community fund-raising round on the investment platform Wefunder. Trace decided to start the campaign to accelerate the company’s growth and to share the upside of its success with family, friends and fans. Learn about Trace and the terms of the offering, and reserve a spot to be an investor here.
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