Connect with us

Let's Talk Hemp

Newsletter – May 25, 2022

Let's Talk Hemp Newsletter

CBD Companies

Newsletter – May 25, 2022

Interview with Jared Stanley: How Charlotte’s Web Leads in an Evolving Industry

By Steven Hoffman

Charlotte’s Web, founded by the Stanley Brothers, is an industry leader in hemp-derived CBD and cannabinoid supplements and related products. A vertically integrated, publicly traded company (TSX: CWEB) with revenues of $96.1 million in 2021, Charlotte’s Web is the market leader in CBD supplements. With its mission to help families and individuals with CBD products, Charlotte’s Web remains on the vanguard in scientific research and product development.

Recently, Jared Stanley assumed the leadership role of Chief Operating Officer of Charlotte’s Web. With the company since its inception in 2013, Jared has been instrumental in building out the company’s extensive cultivation operations, promoting its products and technology, and in representing the company – and the CBD industry – in legislative and regulatory activities at the state and federal level.

read full article here
Jared Stanley, Chief Operating Officer, Charlotte’s Web

CBD, Nutrition Industry Sound Alarm Over Proposed Dietary Supplements Listing Bill; Could it Be a Slippery Slope to FDA “Preapproval?”

By Steven Hoffman

On April 26, 2022, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), introduced a bipartisan bill co-sponsored by Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN), S. 4090, the Dietary Supplement Listing Act of 2022. The proposed legislation, according to a statement from Durbin’s office, would require dietary supplement manufacturers to list their products with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), known as a mandatory product listing (MPL). In addition, companies would be required to “provide FDA with vital information about their products, including product names, a list of all ingredients, an electronic copy of the label, allergen statements, health and structure/function claims, and more. This information would then be made available to the public,” Durbin’s office said.

read full article here
Southern Hemp Expo

Hemp News Spotlight

Federal Appeals Court Rules That Delta-8 THC Is Legal
By Forbes

Congress Might Have Inadvertently Legalized a Form of Cannabis Under Trump
By The San Francisco Chronicle

Minnesota Lawmakers Greenlight Up to 5 mg of Hemp-derived THC in Food and Beverages for Those 21 and Older
By The Star Tribune

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf Says He Is “Very Committed” to Making Progress on CBD, Other Cannabinoids
By MJ Biz Daily

FDA to Host Science Board Meeting on June 14 to Ask Advisors about Evaluating Safety of Dietary Supplements and Foods Containing Cannabinoids
By Informa Pharma Intelligence

U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) Rejects Veteran’s Application to Recognize His Hemp Products Business, Saying It Could Create “Appearance” of Endorsing Marijuana
By Marijuana Moment

U.S. Hemp Roundtable Says New Safety Study Data Should Convince Congress on Lawful CBD Use
By U.S. Hemp Roundtable

Provision in Draft of Dietary Supplement Listing Act of 2022 Could Lead to the Removal of Certain Ingredients, Including CBD, from the Dietary Supplement Market, Warns Natural Products Association CEO
By Natural Products Insider

Hemp Industry Coalition Launches “Value the Seed” Campaign to Drive Policy Reform Around Seed Certification
By International Hemp

Cannabis Company Vertosa Partners with UMass Amherst to Study Nutritional Applications of Cannabigerol (CBG)
By Stupid Dope

Research Finds Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Cannabidiol (CBD) May Help in Treatment of Acne
By PubMed

CBD & Cannabis Advocate and Former NFL Star Jake Plummer is Sold on Functional Mushrooms
By Westword

Blink-182 Drummer Travis Barker Enters Wellness Space With CBD Line
By Forbes

New York Bill Encouraging Businesses To Use Hemp For Construction And Other Purposes Heads To Governor
By Marijuana Moment

Colorado State University Journalism Students Produce Documentary Film, “Hemp: Colorado’s Next Green Rush”
By Aspen Times

North Carolina Quietly Moves Toward Full Legalization of Hemp
By WRAL News

Beloved Illinois Corn Maze Switching to Less Costly Hemp this Fall
By Fox 2 Now News

Could Hemp Wood Be the Next Great Guitar Tonewood?
By Ultimate Guitar

Eli Home Products Opens Nation’s First Showroom for Hempwood Interior Building, Furniture, Cabinets, Flooring and More
By Business Wire

Hemp Farmers Who Lost Crops to Natural Disasters in 2020 and 2021 Eligible for Disaster Relief from New USDA $6 Billion Emergency Relief Program
By USDA

Canadian Ag Tech Company HEMPALTA’s Hemp-based Food Preservation Pads Help Fruits and Vegetables Stay Fresh Longer
By Bloomberg

Lebanese Farmer Chooses to Grow Hemp in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley, a Region Long Known for Hashish Cultivation
By The New Arab

Poland Simplifies Permitting and Raises THC Level from 0.2% to 0.3% for Industrial Hemp
By HempToday

phco2

EVENTS

Athletes 4 Care Golf Tournament, Arrowhead Golf Club, Littleton CO, May 26

National Hemp Growers Cooperative Field Day 2022, in conjunction with Alcorn State University’s School of Agriculture and Extension Service, June 6-7, 2022, Mound Bayou and Cleveland, MS

Hemp in Interstate Commerce: A Roundtable Discussion, hosted by Clark Hill PLC, June 9, 2022, 1:00 pm ET

Pennsylvania Hemp Festival, Kersey, PA, July 30, 2022

Southern Hemp Expo, Aug. 18-20, 2022

10th International Hemp Building Symposium, Oct. 11-12, 2022, Lacapelle Marival, France, produced by the International Hemp Building Association

Asia International Hemp & Cannabis Expo 2022, Nov. 30 — Dec. 3, 2022, Bangkok, Thailand

Add your event to Hemp Events, a free listing service for legitimate hemp industry events. Visit www.HempEvents.org.


TAKE ACTION

Tennessee: Please Support HB 0715 & SB 0694
HB 0715 and SB 0694 are companion bills that allow the transportation of hemp concentrate up to 0.5% THC for the purpose of reconstitution into hemp products with a legal amount of THC. Even if you do not hail from Tennessee, please share this page with your friends, colleagues, customers, and social media contacts in the Volunteer State. Help us build our Hemp Supporter armies to assist us in these battles, which have a national impact.

Help the Publisher of Poland’s Hemp Today House Ukrainian Refugees in Naklo Poland, 150 Miles from Ukraine Border
Nakło Foundation is serving as a safe haven for families forced out of their home country due to the war in Ukraine. Your donation goes to help cover the costs associated with our hosting of mothers and children, as men between the ages of 18-60 must stay in the country to support the war effort.

Trace Wants to Make the First Hemp and Regenerative Cotton Tampon and We Need Your Help!
The world is ready for hemp fiber products, and we all know it! But the CEOs, the manufacturers, the research and development teams, and the “big dogs” at the heads of companies need to see numbers supporting this if they are going to invest in innovative hemp products. Please help the advancement of hemp fiber within the hygiene and period care industry by filling out this survey, offered by Trace Femcare, Inc., making the first hemp and regenerative Climate Beneficial (TM) cotton tampon. Your voice matters! Let’s heal the earth and our bodies! Love– the team at Trace.

Compass Natural

Hemp Building Industry Guide

Subscribe to the Let’s Talk Hemp YouTube Channel

#LetsTalkHemp is the ultimate platform that focuses on “Changing the Cannabis Conversation”. We provide news, education, and information about Hemp and Cannabis to our viewers so that they can learn more about the industry and get tips and tricks on the latest technologies. Subscribe to our channel and learn about everything from legal updates, farming, production, and new products entering the Hemp & Cannabis space.

Tree Free Hemp Paper
Silver Mountain Hemp Guitars

Have You Joined Leafwire Yet?

If you’re not a member of Leafwire yet, you should definitely check out the largest business network in the cannabis industry, with more than 40,000 members. Members include growers, budtenders, accountants, lawyers, CBD companies, equipment manufacturers, investors and more. Leafwire is for anyone who works in the cannabis industry, and also features a job board with 1,100 open cannabis and hemp jobs. Leafwire is designed to be a LinkedIn-style business network where the cannabis Industry can share news, promote events, find new jobs, find investors and simply network with their peers. Leafwire is 100% dedicated to the Cannabis and Hemp industries and the perfect place to post and share information about your company, new product launches or other related news. We’ll see you on Leafwire!


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.

Publisher: Morris Beegle
Editor: Steven Hoffman
Web Developer: Debby West
Design: Ben Wright
Circulation: Evan Tompros
Contributors: Steven Hoffman

Send Us Your Hemp News!

Send press releases and news announcements to news@letstalkhemp.com

View the Complete Let’s Talk Hemp Content Library!
You can access all past issues of Let’s Talk Hemp in our Archives at LetsTalkHemp.com

Tree Free Hemp
Hemp Exemption
The Mushroom Summit

Become a Subscriber

Get the hemp industry's top newsletter delivered straight to your inbox every Wednesday. 20,000 strong!


Let’s Talk Hemp!

Listen to the hemp industry’s loudest podcast. Produced in conjunction with Loudest Show On Earth Productions. Nothing shall be louder than the truth.

Apple Podcast  Spotify

Advertisement
Global Fiber
Advertisement
Victory Hemp
Advertisement
Her Many Voices
Advertisement
Patagonia Industrial Hemp Workwear

Trending

Advertisement
Global Hemp Association
To Top