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Newsletter – November 16, 2022
2022 Elections: Youth Vote, Congressional Wins Promise to Advance Hemp, Cannabis Business
By Steven Hoffman
“Three issues in this election cycle were important to younger voters: student loans, abortion … and marijuana.” — Jonathan Miller, U.S. Hemp Roundtable
The November 2022 elections held some promising results for the advancement of the hemp and marijuana markets, according to Jonathan Miller, General Counsel of the U.S. Hemp Roundtable, the industry’s leading advocacy and lobbying group, based in Washington, DC.
Dama Distributing Uses Bioplastics to Create Containers for Cannabis Industry
By Elizabeth Lunt
For nearly three years after he became curious about non-petroleum plastics, Cole Gibbs was engrossed with R&D.
“It was just: ‘Can we do this? Does this exist in the market? How can we implement compliant solutions that are child-resistant for the industry?’” he said of his search for a material to make containers for the burgeoning cannabis industry.
Gibbs’ intensity paid off, and in 2018 Dama Distributing was born.
Stay tuned for new episodes of the Let’s Talk Hemp Volume Up podcast
with Morris Beegle — coming soon!
Hemp News Spotlight
British American Tobacco Diversifies Portfolio With $56.6 Million Investment in Charlotte’s Web
By BAT
Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles: ‘The Number One Impediment of Hemp in America is the FDA‘
By Lancaster Farming
Hemp Pilot Project Part of USDA Grant to Remediate Soil
By Cannabis Business Times
Colorado Just Legalized ‘Magic Mushrooms,’ an Idea That’s Growing Nationwide
By CNBC
Perspectives on the Evolution of Hemp Processing Throughout Human History
By Lancaster Farming
Can Cannabis Help Us Win the War Against Antibiotic Resistance?
By Salon
Can Cannabis Replace Opioids?
By Big Think
CBD Shows Promise as an Anti-Anxiety Aid for Frontline Healthcare Workers
By Project CBD
Charlotte’s Web’s Jared Stanley: It’s Due Time That CBD Is Accepted in Sports
By Forbes
Former Boxing Rivals Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield Partner on Delta-8 and THC Edibles Shaped Like Ears
By Paper Magazine
Top CIA Official Set to Meet with Russian Counterparts in Part to Discuss Brittney Griner’s Case
By MSN
Mary Jane Oatman Calls for Tribal Unification on Hemp & Cannabis
By Josh Schneider’s Hemp Rising (Apple Podcasts)
Dallas Morning News Names Indie Retail Chain CBD Kratom Among 100 Top Places to Work
By Dallas Morning News
Hemp-Based Meat Alternatives Producer Planet Based Foods Announces Agreements With Leading Natural Products Distributors
By Vegconomist
Patagonia Adds Sustainable Fleece to Its Hemp Workwear Clothing Collection
By HiConsumption
Fashion Brand Jungmaven Launches Hemp-Merino Wool Blend Socks
By Cool Hunting
New Research Project Looking at Ways to Produce Energy From Hemp Processing Waste
By Biofuels Digest
CBD Consumer Products Group Tenacious Labs Acquires Rover’s Wellness, Maker of Hemp-Derived Pet Products
By Pet Food Processing
Global Hemp Group Announces Update on the Revitalize Earth Reverse-Takeover Transaction
By Global Hemp Group
Charlotte’s Web Signs Agreement With European Specialty Food and Beauty Products Distributor Stark Foods International
By Cannabis Business Times
European Industrial Hemp Association Says CBD Products Are Advancing in European Food Safety Review
By HempToday
Australian Hemp-Based Skin Care Startup Hey Bud Secures Deal to Supply 400 Priceline Stores
By Smart Company
Irish Entrepreneur on His Ambition to Make the ‘Kerrygold of CBD‘
By BusinessPlus
Carbon-Busting Hemp Could Help Transform Scottish Agriculture to Zero Emissions
By The Conversation
EVENTS
Colorado Governor Jared Polis Talks Hemp on Compass Coffee Talk, webinar presented by Compass Natural, Nov. 16, 2022
Asia International Hemp Expo 2022, Nov. 30-Dec. 3, 2022, Bangkok, Thailand
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
Add your event to Hemp Events, a free listing service for legitimate hemp industry events. Visit www.HempEvents.org
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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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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