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Newsletter – December 30, 2020
Shaping the Organic Hemp Landscape: Visionary Dexter Rice, CEO of Sub-Zero Extracts Shares Stories of Success
By Heather Collins
Hemp entrepreneur and organic farmer Dexter Rice’s pioneering spirit led him from the hustle and bustle of the Front Range to the peaceful plains of Brush, Colorado, in 2014. That’s where Rice set up his 18-acre organic hemp paradise and the home office of Sub-Zero Extracts, the country’s first hemp extract product manufacturing facility.
“We love it out here and having our manufacturing facility right next to the farm saves fuel and increases efficiency. Not to mention the solitude provides the perfect setting to grow hemp, work, and meditate,” says Rice.
CBD: Consumers Crave Science, Information
By Steven Hoffman
Based on a comprehensive consumer survey published in 2020 of 4,000 U.S. consumers plus another 1,000 consumers in Canada, healthy lifestyles research firm Natural Marketing Institute (NMI) found that people are eager and interested in exploring the medicinal value of CBD.
According to NMI’s 2020 North American Cannabis Market Opportunities and Challenges Report, 18% of the U.S. adult population (46 million consumers) say they have personally used CBD products in the past six months.
Hemp News Spotlight
Real Simple Magazine Says 2021 Is “Going to be the Year of Hemp”
By Real Simple Magazine
Why the Cannabis Industry is Perfect for Socially Responsible Investors
By The Fresh Toast
Hoban Law Group Featured as Presenting Sponsor of Winter Hemp Summit, Jan. 14, 2021
By WAFBA
Virginia Governor Northam Celebrates Shenandoah Valley Hemp’s $3.3 Million Investment in Hemp Fiber and CBD Processing Facility
By The Office of Governor Ralph Northam
FDA Targets Eye Drops, Inhalers Making Claims in Latest Round of CBD Warning Letters
By Food Business News
Could Canopy Growth’s Lawsuit Against GW Pharma Affect All Companies Using CO2 Extraction?
By HempToday
Good Housekeeping Magazine Features “Everything You Need to Know about CBD Skincare”
By Good Housekeeping Magazine
Sierra Club Outlines Best Practices for Safe and Sustainable Cannabis, CBD Consumption
By Sierra Magazine
Jeffrey’s Hemp Cigarettes Enters Distribution Partnership with HempWholesaler
By Caribbean News Global
Animal Feed, Hemp Fiber Projected to Expand Hemp Market Beyond CBD
By Real Money
Dutch Manufacturer’s “Most Sustainable Chair Ever” Made with HempFlax Fiber
By SeedQuest
2020: A Year of Writing Rules for the Hemp Industry
By Lancaster Farming
Midwest Hemp Council Shares Hemp Priorities for 2021
By AgriNews
Switzerland, With a 1% THC Limit, to Allow Production and Marketing of Hemp Seeds for CBD in Agriculture
By The Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture
EVENTS
Cannabiziac’s 2021 New Year’s Eve Virtual Bash, Dec. 31, 2020, 11:00 pm – 3:00 am EST, Jan. 1, 2021
Midwest iHemp Expo, January 22-23, 2021, Presented by iHemp Michigan
Industrial Hemp Summit, Danville, VA, Feb. 22-23, 2021
NoCo Hemp Expo – NoCo7, March 25-27, 2021, National Western Complex, Denver, CO
Southern Hemp Expo, Aug. 20-21, 2021, Nashville, TN
Add your event to Hemp Events, a free listing service for legitimate hemp industry events. Visit www.HempEvents.org.
TAKE ACTION
Submit Public Comment for the Newest Draft of the U.S. Hemp Authority Standard (Version 3.0).
The deadline for submission of comments is December 31st. Go to our website https://ushempauthority.org/ and click on the banner at the top (there is a button that says review), and follow the directions on page one. There is a link to a form we are using to collect the public feedback.
Hemp Supporters, there’s never been a more urgent opportunity to support CBD on Capitol Hill. If passed, H.R. 8179 would ensure that hemp-derived CBD, and other non-intoxicating hemp ingredients, could be lawfully marketed as dietary supplements.
Comment on New York State’s Draft Hemp and CBD Regulations
The New York State Department of Health (DOH) is accepting public comments on draft hemp and CBD regulations covering manufacturing, licensing, labeling, testing and inspections for processing and selling hemp extracts of cannabinoids and terpenes, including CBD. The DOH will accept public comments on the new regulations from Nov. 10, 2020 to Jan. 11, 2021 – meaning they could take effect as soon as the first quarter of next year. To comment, email regsqna@health.ny.gov, call 518-473-7488 or visit here for more information.
Complete the NIHC and HIA National Hemp Checkoff Survey
Please take a look at the attached survey, providing education on programs to research hemp, educate about him and promote hemp products nationally and internationally. The potential for a “Hemp Check-off Program” relies on bringing together the industry if there’s enough interest in these programs. Please take 2 minutes and complete the following survey, letting us know if your organization is interested in exploring check-off programs to benefit the hemp economy.
Hemp Holiday Cards
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The Future of Hemp | How to Start a Hemp Business
The possibilities of hemp are truly endless. Hemp can be used to produce building materials, fuel, fabric, and more! Morris Beegle joins to discuss the future of hemp and how you can get started on your hemp business.
About Let’s Talk Hemp
Let’s Talk Hemp is a publication of Colorado Hemp Company (a division of We Are For Better Alternatives) focused specifically on the subject of industrial hemp and cannabis. We present features and curate news from across the globe to share the benefits of cannabis on health, energy, manufacturing and planet (H.E.M.P.). Colorado Hemp Company also is the Producer of NoCo Hemp Expo and Southern Hemp Expo, the nation’s leading hemp conferences and expositions.
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