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  • NoCo Hemp Expo 2019 Registration Now Open For Returning Sponsors & Exhibitors!

    NoCo Hemp Expo 2019 Registration Now Open For Returning Sponsors & Exhibitors!

    Registration for NoCo Hemp Expo is Now Open for Returning Sponsors & Exhibitors – Winter Hemp Summit Tickets on Sale Now, Limited Space Remains!

    We are pleased to let you know that registration for the 6th annual NoCo Hemp Expo is now open. As a returning vendor of our past events, you have first priority to review the packages available and receive a 15% discount on the package you choose. Please take a moment to complete the application and you’ll have the option to choose a space or come back at a later time and complete your selection. We look forward to your participation.

     

    Registration for NoCo Hemp Expo

  • Winter Hemp Summit Tickets Available Now

    Winter Hemp Summit Tickets Available Now

    Get on the road to NoCo6 at the Winter Hemp Summit on January 11, 2019 at Block One Events in Fort Collins, Colorado. This town-hall style luncheon is to openly discuss where we have been since the passing of Amendment 64 and where the future of hemp is going. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to gather with your peers in an intimate setting. Sponsorships available and tickets on sale now!

  • 21 Hawaii Hemp Conference with Doug Fine

    21 Hawaii Hemp Conference with Doug Fine

    Join us for a short 422 podcast pre-event primer for the 2nd Annual Hawaii Hemp Conference with Doug Fine.

    On June 10th hemp enthusiasts from around the world will descend on Hilo, Hawaii to discuss innovations in the hemp industry and its exciting future on the islands. The Hawaii Hemp Conference will host a mini expo and marketplace and a Let’s Talk Hemp speaker series. One focus of the conference will be the history of agriculture on the Hawaiian islands and how modern hemp farming can help repair the damage done by centuries of degradation.

    The Hawaii Hemp Conference is produced by Colorado Hemp Company and  presented by Functional Remedies, which cultivates organic hemp and a produces whole plant processed full spectrum hemp extracts.

  • Hemp Comes to Hawaii

    Hemp Comes to Hawaii

    Hawaii to Celebrate Its Legal Hemp Harvest with 2nd Annual Gathering of Industry’s Most Knowledgeable Experts at Hawaii Hemp Conference, Honolulu, December 1

    Presenting Sponsor Vespucci Collective, a Hawaii-based Hemp Development Company, helps underwrite the 2nd Annual Hawaii Hemp Conference, bringing leading researchers, farmers and entrepreneurs to share ideas, products and information about an emerging industrial crop that is poised to invigorate agriculture and the economy in Hawaii.

    2nd Annual Hawaii Hemp Conference
    Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu, HI, December 1, 2018
    Tickets and Information: www.hawaiihempconference.com

    HONOLULU, HI (November 12, 2018) – Fresh on the heels of Hawaii’s first legal hemp harvest, the second annual Hawaii Hemp Conference will gather the most knowledgeable hemp experts from the islands (and the world) at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu on December 1, 2018. Join us for a not-to-be-missed day of education from leading researchers, farmers, and entrepreneurs about hemp cultivation, sales and marketing, and a full expo hall with hemp vendors and products.

    “Hemp is emerging as a cash crop that could revitalize agriculture in Hawaii, and the Hawaii Hemp Conference will deliver the cutting-edge information and education that people need to grow, produce, and sell it,” said Colorado Hemp Company co-founder Morris Beegle, who produces the Hawaii Hemp Conference, as well as the Colorado-based NoCo Hemp Expo and Nashville-based Southern Hemp Expo. “The industry’s leaders will be on hand to help people grow their hemp businesses, no matter where they live. Hemp is a vibrant industry growing at an astronomical pace, and the networking opportunities will be unmatched.”

    Presenting Sponsor Vespucci Collective Catalyzing Hawaii’s Hemp Industry

    Hawaii Hemp Conference’s 2018 Presenting Sponsor is Vespucci Collective, an industrial hemp resource company conceived out of a desire to preserve and protect the beautiful natural environment of the Hawaiian Islands, where the company’s founders grew up.

    “Hemp holds untold potential to enable a prosperous and environmentally sustainable agricultural economy that can greatly benefit the people of Hawaii,” said Vespucci Collective CEO and Co-founder Grant Overton. “One of our company’s primary objectives is to produce quality open-source research on hemp cultivation. We’re trying to create a more comprehensive knowledge base for farmers looking to get into the industry; think of it like a How To Guide for growing hemp in Hawaii. Beyond cultivation, the biggest limitation in getting farmers to start growing hemp is providing them a market for harvests. Raw hemp biomass usually needs to be transformed into a salable product, which is largely too expensive for the average farmer. It is our company’s vision to build the necessary manufacturing infrastructure here in the Hawaiian islands to enable other farmers to get involved. Developing a system that allows any farmer access to this opportunity is the driving force behind our planned operations,” he added.

    World-Class Speaker Line-up

    World-class speakers will discuss the following topics, among others, on the Let’s Talk Hemp stage and in workshops:

    • Tropical soil cultivation techniques
    • The latest on federal and state law
    • The benefits of regenerative agriculture
    • The hottest worldwide markets including CBD
    • Seed, fiber and flower used in products
    • Department of Agriculture regulatory update

    The speaker lineup features local agricultural leaders, University of Hawaii researchers, legislators and legal experts, including:

    • Hawaii Farmers Union United President Vincent Mina, who co-owns an organically managed urban family farm, Kahanu Aina Greens, with his wife, Irene
    • Chef, farmer and farm-to-plate advocate James Simpliciano, founder of Simpli-fresh Produce, a West Maui farm cooperative where he mentors aspiring farmers, chefs and environmental engineers
    • Janel Ralph, president and CEO of Palmetto Synergistic Research, which produces a line of organically grown whole plant hemp products known as Palmetto Harmony
    • Bestselling author, filmmaker and “hemp cowboy” Doug Fine, who wrote Hemp Bound, Willy Nelson’s “best book of the year”

    Exciting Time for Hemp in Hawaii

    It is a particularly exciting time for the hemp industry in Hawaii, which launched its Industrial Hemp Pilot Program in July 2017 and granted three farmers the first licenses to grow 10 acres each of Yuma, a hemp variety from China. “I’m convinced that Hawaii is well positioned to become a leader in hemp and we’ll have many farmers applying to be licensed,” State Sen. Mike Gabbard, who introduced the legislation, said in a statement. “My vision is that we’ll one day, in the not too distant future, have a hemp cottage industry that’s the envy of the world.”

    “Hawaii’s farmers and wider economy need food independence as much as any place in the world,” said keynote speaker Doug Fine, who also is a researcher affiliated with the University of Hawaii’s hemp seed development project. “Hemp provides an opportunity for Hawaii to achieve these goals, and the Hawaii Hemp Conference will provide an opportunity to be educated by local farmers as well as worldwide hemp experts.”

    With skyrocketing popularity of hemp for food, fiber, and its therapeutic non-psychoactive cannabinoid CBD, domestic production of hemp, or cannabis sativa, is reaching new heights. U.S. hemp-based product sales grew 16% to reach $820 million in sales in 2017 and is expected to surpass $1 billion in sales in 2018, led primarily by hemp-derived CBD, food, personal care and industrial products, according to the publication Hemp Business Journal – a number not lost on politicians. This past spring, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) introduced the Hemp Farming Act of 2018, which would remove hemp from the federal list of controlled substances and allow it to be sold as an agricultural crop.

    Sponsor and vendor registration is still open and limited space remains. You can apply here or contact us for more information at info@hawaiihempconference.com.

    Full-access MANA tickets for the trade show and expo, Let’s Talk Hemp speaker series and business conference, Mahalo lunch and Mālama I Ka ‘Āina Celebration Party are $299. Tickets for the trade show, expo hall, Let’s Talk Hemp speaker series and business conference are $199. Tickets to the trade show and expo hall are $10 in advance and $15 on the day of the expo. Tickets are available here.

    About the Hawaii Hemp Conference

    The Hawaii Hemp Conference is produced by the Colorado Hemp Company, a division of WAFBA LLC (We Are For Better Alternatives), based in Loveland, CO, and producer of NoCo Hemp Expo, the world’s largest and most comprehensive trade show and conference for industrial hemp. WAFBA is founder of TreeFreeHemp paper and printing services and the Colorado Hemp Company. Areas of focus include product and brand development, event production, consulting and advocacy. Learn more at HawaiiHempConference.com and find us on Facebook and Twitter.

  • Former NFL Players and a Fine Man Growing Hemp in George Washington’s Garden Among the Stellar Speakers for the First-Ever Southern Hemp Expo in Nashville

    Former NFL Players and a Fine Man Growing Hemp in George Washington’s Garden Among the Stellar Speakers for the First-Ever Southern Hemp Expo in Nashville

    Brightest Lights in Hemp Farming and Business to Ignite the Revolution as the World’s Largest Industrial Hemp Expo Heads to Fairgrounds Nashville, September 28 and 29

    Nashville, TN (September 11, 2018) – Former Miami Dolphins left tackle, Jake Long and Super Bowl champion Matt Wilhelm, will be among the hemp pioneers, experts, entrepreneurs and advocates who will gather for the inaugural Southern Hemp Expo (SHE) as Colorado Hemp Company brings its wildly popular NoCo Hemp Expo, the world’s largest industrial hemp exposition held each spring in Colorado, to the Fairgrounds Nashville in Tennessee on September 28 and 29.

    “SHE – and the feminine acronym is intentional – will be a who’s who of the hemp industry, which is exploding so quickly it’s tough to keep up,” said NoCo Hemp Expo co-founder and co-producer Morris Beegle. “This is where it all comes together – where the connections are made and the pathways opened to take this industry to the next level.”

    Along with hemp advocates Long and Wilhelm, who use CBD for pain, the speaker lineup is packed with hemp industry luminaries offering insight and wisdom on a main stage and during a business conference and agricultural symposium.

    Keynote speaker Dean Norton, horticulture director for the historic Mount Vernon estate, will talk about growing hemp at George Washington’s home in Mount Vernon, Virginia, for the first time in 260 years. (He just harvested the first crop.) Cannabis pioneer Doug Fine, an entrepreneur, regenerative farmer, and bestselling author who is a favorite on Conan and Tonight Show, will delight attendees with his stories of hemp from around the world.

    Highly anticipated appearances by John Roulac, Founder of Nutiva, and Janel Ralph, CEO of Palmetto Harmony, will engage the audience with their industry expertise in speaking sessions on both days of the Expo.

    Entrepreneurs like Artisan Hemp founder Elishewa Shalom, Vicente Sederberg LLC founder Sally Peebles, Satya Kama founder Shadi Ramey, Hempcrete builder Eric McKee, hempologist John Dvorak, Functional Remedies president Tim Gordon, Apeks Supercritical founder Andy Joseph, and WillPower founder Will Carr, among many others, will share what it takes to make it to the top of an industry even as it’s being born.

    Based on the sold-out fifth annual NoCo Hemp Expo in April, the need for this type of knowledge sharing and networking in the hemp industry is deep. “George Washington famously said, ‘Make the most of the Indian hemp seed and sow it everywhere,’” Beegle said. “We will be doing just that.”

    Tickets on Sale Now

    With exhibitor space selling out six weeks ahead of the show, don’t be left out. Conference and Expo Hall tickets for Southern Hemp Expo are on sale now at SouthernHempExpo.com.

    About the Southern Hemp Expo

    The Southern Hemp Expo is produced by the Colorado Hemp Company, a division of WAFBA LLC (We Are For Better Alternatives), based in Loveland, CO, and producer of NoCo Hemp Expo, the world’s largest expo and conference for industrial hemp. WAFBA is founder of TreeFreeHemp paper and printing services and the Colorado Hemp Company. Areas of focus include product and brand development, event production, consulting and advocacy. Visit us on Facebook and Twitter.

    Thank You to Our Sponsors

    Southern Hemp Expo is proud to announce Blühen Botanicals, based in Knoxville, TN, as this year’s presenting sponsor. Other sponsors for the Southern Hemp Expo include: GenCanna, Kat’s Naturals, LabCanna, Lilu’s Gardens, Softgel Co., Bluebird Botanicals, ProVerde Labs, Kazmira, Anavii Market, Bish Equipment, WillPower Products, Restorative Botanicals, Colorado Hemp Project, Palmetto Harmony, Hempsac, The Hemp Road Trip, and Silver Mountain Hemp Guitars. Also, the Hemp Happy Hour media booth will be hosted by CV Sciences, maker of +CBDOil.

    Contact

    Steven Hoffman, Compass Natural, tel 303.807.1042

    steve@compassnaturalmarketing.com

    Morris Beegle, Colorado Hemp Company, tel 970.541.0448

    hemp@coloradohempcompany.com

  • U.S. firm launches ‘Silver Mountain Hemp’ brand of guitars, accessories

    U.S. firm launches ‘Silver Mountain Hemp’ brand of guitars, accessories

    POSTED BY: HEMPTODAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

    U.S.-based We Are For Better Alternatives (WAFBA) says it has ordered a first shipment of specialized guitars molded from hemp composite as it launches Silver Mountain Hemp (SMH), a new brand.

    The guitars are the centerpiece for a line that also includes components and accessories. WAFBA has organized several strategic partnerships to source the products, said Morris Beegle, founder and owner at Ft. Collins, Colorado-based WAFBA.

    “We’re demonstrating the potential to establish a supply chain with great partners who are committed to earth-friendly practices,” Beegle said of the development of the products, all of which have hemp in them. “Our entire business model is really centered around that.”

    WAFBA founder and owner Morris Beegle

    Highly customizable

    SMH looks to stand out in the highly competitive musical instrument market by offering guitars built to customers’ specifications. “The plan is to let buyers customize their guitars with different color finishes, electronics, bridges, fretboards, tuners and knobs,” said Beegle, a 30-year veteran of the American entertainment industry. His firm also is owner of the Colorado-based NoCo Hemp Expo as well as Southern Hemp Expo, which debuts in Nashville, Tennessee this month.

    WAFBA will roll out its first two models – the Silver Mountain Hemp Guitar (SMHG), and the HempCaster – during the Nashville event.

    Classic designs

    The guitars, supplied by Canadian Hemp Guitars (CHG), Quebec, are inspired by classic designs from legendary guitar makers Gibson and Fender, the SG and Telecaster models, respectively, Beegle said.

    Marketing and sales of the SMH line will initially be through online channels and at hemp and cannabis trade events.

    CHG guitars have a wood core underneath a molded composite of pressed hemp bast fibers on the back, sides and top. The Canadian company, started in 2012 by musicians Boyd Pellow and Stewart Burrows, makes a line of eco-friendly, hard-bodied instruments designed with a nod to the classic American chambered-body guitars of the 1960s.

    Hemp in speakers

    Meanwhile, Beegle has assembled Hard Truckers, a boutique cabinet group that’s building speaker cabinets with hemp board supplied by Sunstrand, a maker of natural composites based in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Sunstrand makes natural fiber-based products for the construction, automotive, electrical & electronics, and recreation industries.

    Speakers inside the cabinets are from San Francisco-based Tone Tubby, whose Tone Tubby Cones substitute the paper component in high-quality speakers with more durable and tear-resistant organic hemp fiber-based material.

    A range of hemp-plastic control knobs and picks made by Green Spring Technologies, Ft. Worth, Texas, with guitar straps from Poland-based Natural Materials Unlimited, Warsaw, round out the SMH line, which Beegle says will expand over time.

    Silver Mountain Hemp knobs of hemp-based plastic are from Green Spring Technologies.

     

  • Inaugural Southern Hemp Expo, Announces Presenting Sponsor Bluhen Botanicals

    Inaugural Southern Hemp Expo, Announces Presenting Sponsor Bluhen Botanicals

    The First Annual Southern Hemp Expo to Feature Exhibit Hall, Networking Opportunities, and Presentations and Workshops by Pioneers, Innovators, Entrepreneurs and Activists in the Rapidly Expanding Hemp Industry at The Fairgrounds Nashville, Sept. 28-29, 2018

    Nashville, TN — (ReleaseWire) — 08/29/2018 –The Southern United States is rapidly emerging as an epicenter of industrial hemp production, and the producers of NoCo Hemp Expo – the world’s largest hemp exposition held each Spring in Colorado – are celebrating this fact by launching the first annual Southern Hemp Expo this fall in Nashville, TN, to serve the burgeoning Southern region and to promote innovation in the market for all things hemp.

    On the heels of its sold-out, over-capacity show drawing more than 6,000 attendees and 150 diverse exhibitors, the Colorado-based NoCo Hemp Expo is taking the momentum southeast, launching the Inaugural Southern Hemp Expo (SHE), Sept. 28-29, 2018, at The Fairgrounds Nashville.

    Presenting Sponsor Blühen Botanicals

    In addition to a broad group of Sponsor and Exhibitor Partners, Tennessee hometown hero Blühen Botanicals will be featured as the Presenting Sponsor of Southern Hemp Expo. The two-day conference and exposition is open to entrepreneurs, business leaders, investors, manufacturers, producers, agriculturalists and consumers interested in products made from hemp and full spectrum hemp extract.

    Founded by a dedicated team of Knoxville, TN-based entrepreneurs, soil scientists, farmers and hemp advocates, Blühen Botanicals’ state-of-the-art, industrial hemp processing facility will be able to process 2,000 pounds of hemp biomass per day, with the potential to rapidly scale output beyond that capacity to create jobs and help Tennessee farmers grow a traditional cash crop well suited to the region.

    “The CBD oil industry is virtually unknown to the vast majority of U.S. consumers, and we’re excited to be on the leading edge in the Southeast,” said Joe Fox, one of the partners behind Blühen Botanicals. “It has great potential to help millions of people with pain and anxiety and a myriad of other health issues. As this year’s Presenting Sponsor, we’re also delighted to welcome members of the hemp industry to the Southern Hemp Expo,” he said.

    According to Fox, Blühen Botanicals, based in Knoxville, TN, will be the largest hemp biomass processing and extraction facility in Tennessee and one of the largest in the Southeast. Blühen Botanicals is projected to employ two dozen people within two years and expand its number of farming partners to grow high-yield industrial hemp crops, says Fox. The company also is exploring partnerships with universities around the country to further expand hemp genetics research and development. Visit www.bluhenbotanicals.com.

    Hemp Industry Juggernaut

    With skyrocketing popularity of hemp for food, fiber, and its therapeutic non-psychoactive cannabinoid CBD, domestic production of hemp, or cannabis sativa, is reaching new heights. U.S. hemp-based product sales grew 16% to reach $820 million in sales in 2017 and is expected to surpass $1 billion in sales in 2018, led primarily by hemp-derived CBD, food, personal care and industrial products, according to the publication Hemp Business Journal – a number not lost on politicians. This past spring, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) introduced the Hemp Farming Act of 2018, which would remove hemp from the federal list of controlled substances and allow it to be sold as an agricultural crop.

    “The South is emerging as a leader in hemp production, and there’s never been a more exciting time in our industry,” said Colorado Hemp Company co-founder Morris Beegle, producer of SHE and NoCo Hemp Expo. “Hemp innovation is taking off, and legislative reform is around the corner,” Beegle said. “SHE will provide an important forum for regenerative, organic agriculture and a festive and effective venue for expanding crucial dialogue in the exploding commercial hemp products market.”

    Other Sponsors for the Southern Hemp Expo include: GenCanna, Kat’s Naturals, LabCanna, Lilu’s Gardens, Softgel Co., Bluebird Botanicals, ProVerde Labs, Kazmira, Anavii Market, Bish Equipment, WillPower Products, Restorative Botanicals, Colorado Hemp Project, Palmetto Harmony, Hempsac, The Hemp Road Trip, and Silver Mountain Hemp Guitars. Also, the Hemp Happy Hour media booth will be hosted by CV Sciences, maker of +CBDOil.

    Tickets on Sale Now

    With exhibitor space selling out six weeks ahead of the show, don’t be left out. Conference and Expo Hall tickets for Southern Hemp Expo are on sale now at SouthernHempExpo.com.

    About The Southern Hemp Expo
    The Southern Hemp Expo is produced by the Colorado Hemp Company, a division of WAFBA LLC (We Are For Better Alternatives), based in Loveland, CO, and producer of NoCo Hemp Expo, the world’s largest expo and conference for industrial hemp. WAFBA is founder of TreeFreeHemp paper and printing services and the Colorado Hemp Company. Areas of focus include product and brand development, event production, consulting and advocacy. Visit us on Facebook and Twitter.

    Contact:
    Steven Hoffman, Compass Natural, tel 303-807-1042, steve@compassnaturalmarketing.com
    Morris Beegle, Colorado Hemp Company, tel 970-541-0448, hemp@coloradohempcompany.com

  • Hemp for Victory

    Hemp for Victory

    Inaugural Southern Hemp Expo, Sept. 28-29, 2018, in Nashville, TN, Builds on Success of Burgeoning Industrial Hemp Market

    Inaugural Southern Hemp Expo to Offer Full-scale Exhibit Hall, Ag Symposium, Presentations and Workshops in the Rapidly Expanding Hemp Industry at The Fairgrounds Nashville, Sept. 28-29, 2018

    Nashville, TN – August 15, 2018 – The Southern United States is rapidly emerging as an epicenter of industrial hemp production, and the producers of NoCo Hemp Expo – the world’s largest hemp exposition held each spring in Colorado – are celebrating this fact by launching the first annual Southern Hemp Expo this Fall in Nashville, TN, to serve the burgeoning Southern region and to promote innovation in the market for all things hemp.

    On the heels of its sold-out show drawing more than 6,000 attendees and 150 diverse exhibitors,

    On the heels of its sold-out show drawing more than 6,000 attendees and 150 diverse exhibitors, the Colorado-based NoCo Hemp Expo is taking the momentum south and east, launching the Inaugural Southern Hemp Expo (SHE), Sept. 28-29, 2018, at The Fairgrounds Nashville in Nashville, TN.

    “The South is a significant leader in hemp production, and we are very excited to bring this dynamic gathering of industry thought-leaders to the region,” said Colorado Hemp Company co-founder Morris Beegle, producer of SHE and NoCo Hemp Expo, who also noted a central theme of the event, that has a heavy programming emphasis on sustainable, organic and regenerative agriculture, is “Bringing Balance Back to Mother Earth.” 

    Hemp Industry Juggernaut

    With rising acceptance and popularity of hemp for food, fiber, and its therapeutic non-psychoactive cannabinoid CBD, domestic production of hemp, or cannabis sativa, is reaching new heights. U.S. hemp-based product sales grew 16% to reach $820 million in sales in 2017 and is expected to surpass $1 billion in sales in 2018, led primarily by hemp-derived CBD, food, personal care, and industrial products, according to the publication Hemp Business Journal – a number not lost on politicians. This past spring, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) introduced the Hemp Farming Act of 2018, which would remove hemp from the federal list of controlled substances and allow it to be sold as an agricultural crop.

    “Hemp production is taking off so fast, and law reform is so close” Beegle said. “There’s never been a more exciting time in this industry, and SHE provides a festive and effective forum for expanding crucial dialogue about the latest developments and opportunities in the commercial hemp products market.” 

    Educational Program, Exhibitors Present Full Spectrum of Hemp

    The Southern Hemp Expo will feature a full-day Hemp Business Conference for company owners, entrepreneurs, policymakers, innovators, and investors. In addition, an Agricultural Symposium for farmers and producers, and a full-scale exhibit hall for trade and consumer visitors featuring cutting edge products derived from hemp, the non-psychoactive cousin of marijuana. Products include full-spectrum hemp extract supplements, foods, body care, pet care, building materials, hemp plastics and composites, apparel, bags and backpacks, paper products, guitars, and hemp novelty items. In addition, social activities will provide ample opportunities for networking.

    Lead Sponsors and Partners for the inaugural Southern Hemp Expo include: ProVerde Laboratories, Softgel Co., Bluebird Botanicals, Vicente Sederberg, Kazmira, Kat’s Naturals, Anavii Market, Will Power Products, Restorative Botanicals, Silver Mountain Hemp Guitars, Colorado Hemp Project, Sunstrand, and Bish Enterprises. Also on the expo floor there will be The Hemp Happy Hour Radio Show powered by CV Sciences & PlusCBDoil.

    On September 1, Southern Hemp Expo will announce its 2018 Presenting Sponsor – a Tennessee company set to take hemp processing to the next level.

     

    Tickets, Exhibit Space and Sponsorship Opportunities Now Available

    Exhibit space and sponsorship opportunities for the Southern Hemp Expo are filling up fast. Contact: info@southernhempexpo.com.

    Tickets for the Southern Hemp Expo are on sale now. To register to attend, visit http://southernhempexpo.com.

    About the Southern Hemp Expo

    The Inaugural Southern Hemp Expo is produced by the Colorado Hemp Company, a division of WAFBA LLC (We Are For Better Alternatives), based in Loveland, CO, and producer of NoCo Hemp Expo, the world’s largest exposition and conference for industrial hemp. WAFBA is founder of TreeFreeHemp paper and printing services and the Colorado Hemp Company. Areas of focus include product and brand development, event production, consulting and advocacy. Learn more at NocoHempExpo.com, and find us on Facebook and Twitter.

     

    Contact

    Steven Hoffman, Compass Natural, tel 303.807.1042, steve@compassnaturalmarketing.com

    Morris Beegle, Colorado Hemp Company, tel 970.541.0448, hemp@coloradohempcompany.com

  • SOUTHERN ACCENTS: Wildly Successful NoCo Hemp Expo Puts Down Roots in Tennessee

    SOUTHERN ACCENTS: Wildly Successful NoCo Hemp Expo Puts Down Roots in Tennessee

    Loveland, CO – July 10, 2018 – On the heels of its sold-out, over-capacity show drawing more than 6,000 attendees and 150 diverse exhibitors, the Colorado-based NoCo Hemp  Expo is taking the party south and east, launching the Inaugural Southern Hemp Expo (SHE), Sept. 28-29, 2018, at The Fairgrounds Nashville in Nashville, TN.

    “The South is a leader and will continue to be a leader in hemp production, and we are very excited to bring this dynamic gathering of industry movers and shakers to the region,” said Colorado Hemp Company co-founder Morris Beegle, producer of NoCo Hemp Expo, who also noted the theme of the inaugural SHE event is “Bringing Balance Back to Mother Earth.”

    “The 2018 NoCo Hemp Expo was far and away the biggest and best hemp event we have produced yet,” Beegle continued. “The interest level for this plant and all that it can do is overwhelming. We are excited to launch this expo in the Eastern U.S. With the first annual SHE event in Nashville in September and NoCo6 in Denver in March, our shows are firmly grounded in the country’s strongest regions for hemp production.”

    With rising acceptance and popularity of hemp for food, fiber, and its therapeutic nonpsychoactive cannabinoid CBD, domestic production of hemp, or cannabis sativa, is reaching new heights. U.S. hemp-based product sales grew 16% to reach $820 million in sales in 2017  nd is expected to surpass $1 billion in sales in 2018, led primarily by hemp-derived CBD, food, personal care and industrial products, according to the publication Hemp Business
    Journal – a number not lost on politicians. This past spring, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) introduced the Hemp Farming Act of 2018, which would remove hemp from the federal list of controlled substances and allow it to be sold as an agricultural crop.

    The Feminine Touch

    SHE – feminine acronym intended – will offer networking opportunities, presentations and workshops by pioneers, innovators and activists including the leading women and business professionals in industrial hemp. The fifth annual NoCo Hemp Expo in Loveland, Colo., in April, featured keynote speaker, activist and hemp entrepreneur Winona LaDuke, who illuminated hemp’s value in driving a new economy for rural and Native American communities. Other keynotes featured were Nature’s Path Foods founder Arran Stephens, who discussed why he’s been investing in farmland to cultivate organic hemp.

    “I was amazed at the buzz of the show,” said Arran Stephens, co-founder and co-CEO of Nature’s Path Foods and a keynote speaker at the recent NoCo 5 event. “In some ways, it reminded me of the spirit of the early organic food trade shows. This is really the beginning of a strong new movement.”

    “Hemp production is taking off so fast, and law reform is so close” Beegle said. “There’s never been a more exciting time in this industry, and SHE provides a festive and effective forum for expanding crucial dialogue about the latest developments and opportunities in the commercial hemp products market.”

    Exhibit Space and Sponsorship Opportunities Now Available

    Exhibit space and sponsorship opportunities for the Southern Hemp Expo are now available online at www.southernhempexpo.com.

    About the Southern Hemp Expo

    The Inaugural Southern Hemp Expo is produced by the Colorado Hemp Company, a division of WAFBA LLC (We Are For Better Alternatives), based in Loveland, CO, and producer of NoCo Hemp Expo, the world’s largest and most comprehensive trade show and conference for industrial hemp. WAFBA is founder of TreeFreeHemp paper and printing services and the Colorado Hemp Company. Areas of focus include product and brand development, event production, consulting and advocacy. Learn more at SouthernHempExpo.com, and find us on Facebook and Twitter.

    Contact

    Steven Hoffman, Compass Natural, tel 303.807.1042,  steve@compassnaturalmarketing.com
    Morris Beegle, Colorado Hemp Company, tel 970.581.5049, hemp@coloradohempcompany.com

  • 20 The CannabiSalud Edition with Lorena Beltran

    20 The CannabiSalud Edition with Lorena Beltran

    Episode 20 of #LetsTalkHemp and #The422 brings us to the end of season 1 with our final episode.  We’ll be traveling over the summer and releasing intermittent content both audio and video and preparing for Season 2 of The 422 coming back this fall.

    Today we recap Season 1 going through highlights of each episode and then we get into all the hemp related events we will be participating in throughout the summer and remainder of 2018.

    Today’s guest is CannabiSalud organizer Lorena Beltran who joins us from Mexico City to give us an update on what’s happening south of the border in regards to all things cannabis along with information on the upcoming conference being held June 8th and 9th.

    Thanks to everyone for the feedback over these first 20 episodes and we look forward to upping our game for Season 2.

  • 19 Media Misinformation and the 9th Circuit Court Marijuana Extract Ruling with Patrick Googin

    19 Media Misinformation and the 9th Circuit Court Marijuana Extract Ruling with Patrick Googin

    Episode 19 of #LetsTalkHemp and #The422 wrap up #KayaFest2018 and Education Before Recreation delivers us hemp pasta in Southern California.

    Plus we bring on the show Hoban Law Group senior attorney Patrick Googin.

    Patrick joins the discussion on the recent 9th circuit court ruling, the misinformation that popped up in the media almost immediately afterwards, and what we need to do as an industry moving forward to finally clarify on a national and global level what industrial hemp actually is.

    We hope you enjoy this episode!

  • 18 KayaFest Education Before Recreation with Preston Whitfield

    18 KayaFest Education Before Recreation with Preston Whitfield

    Episode 18 of #LetsTalkHemp and #The422 brings us to KayaFest and Education before Recreation symposium on April 27, 28 and 29 in San Bernadino, CA.

    Special guest Preston Whitfield joins us today to discuss the philosophy and mission behind KayaFest and Rick and Morris also recap last weekends Earth Day festivities in San Diego.

    We hope you enjoy this week’s episode of Let’s Talk Hemp & The 422!

  • 17 Everyday is Earth Day

    17 Everyday is Earth Day

    Episode 17 of #LetsTalkHemp and #The422 brings us to Balboa Park in San Diego for the 2018 EarthWorks Fair and largest free earth day celebration in the world.

    Colorado Hemp Company and The Hemp Road trip along with dozens of other hemp and cannabis companies converge in the Cannabis Village on The 422.

    Special guests include Sana Packaging, Hemp Zoo, Doug Fine and Cait Curley.


  • 16 The Countdown to Earth Day with Congressman Jared Polis

    16 The Countdown to Earth Day with Congressman Jared Polis

    Episode 16 of #LetsTalkHemp and #The422 brings us Congressman Jared Polis, who is also running for governor of Colorado this year, and we discuss his ideas for environmental and energy policy to make Colorado 100% renewable by 2040.

    We will also touch on some of the congressman’s work on industrial hemp and medical/recreational cannabis both on the state and federal level.

    This episode is the Countdown to Earth Day Episode that we will broadcast in San Diego this Sunday 4/22/18 at Balboa Park for EarthWorks, the largest free environmental fair and earth day celebration in the world.

    We will be located in the Cannabis Village with dozens of other cannabis oriented companies and organizations.

  • 15 NoCo Wrap up and The Bahamas meets Judas Priest

    15 NoCo Wrap up and The Bahamas meets Judas Priest

    Episode 15 of #LetsTalkHemp and #The422 is the post NoCo wrap up episode.

    Plus the Bahamas meets Judas Priest as Rick is in the Bahamas and Morris just got done going to 11 with the mighty Priest and Rob Halford.

    The LTH422 intro and outro music is powered by MoTron and the #HempCaster Guitar.

    We hope you love this episode of Let’s Talk Hemp & The 422!

  • “We Need a Bigger Boat!” 5th Annual NoCo Hemp Expo Sells Out, Will Move to Larger Venue Next Year

    “We Need a Bigger Boat!” 5th Annual NoCo Hemp Expo Sells Out, Will Move to Larger Venue Next Year

    6,000 People Came to Network, Learn, and Play at the High-Energy, Jam-Packed 2018 NoCo Hemp Expo Highlighting the Latest Innovations, Market Research and Opportunities in Industrial Hemp, Held April 6-7, 2018, at The Ranch Events Center in Loveland, CO  

    Loveland, CO (April 11, 2018) – Attracting a sold-out crowd of 6,000 attendees – 1,300 more than last year – and more than 150 diverse exhibitors, the 5th Annual NoCo Hemp Expo has come a long way since its humble beginning as a gathering of 350 enthusiasts in 2014. The premier show serving the $2 billion hemp industry has grown so much, in fact, that it will move to a larger convention center in the Denver area on March 29-30, 2019.

    “The 2018 NoCo Hemp Expo was far and away the biggest and best hemp event we have produced yet,” said NoCo Hemp Expo Co-founder Morris Beegle. “The interest level for this plant and all that it can do was overwhelming. Next year’s NoCo6 event will be moved to a new location. As the great Sheriff Brody once said, ‘We’re going to need a bigger boat!’”

    Recognized by the Hemp Industries Association as the “Hemp Event of the Year,” NoCo draws professionals from the agricultural, industrial, nutritional, therapeutic and fashion hemp industries as well as policymakers and nonprofits spearheading legislative reform around hemp. Just one week before the Expo took place, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), along with Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Rand Paul (R-KY) announced the planned introduction of the Hemp Farming Act of 2018, which would remove hemp from the list of controlled substances and allow it to be sold as an agricultural commodity.

    This year the NoCo Hemp Expo expanded into an additional building for a one-day Hemp Summit for entrepreneurs and investors on Friday, April 6, followed by a one-day Farm & Agriculture Symposium for farmers and producers on Saturday, April 7. In addition, consumers navigated crowded aisles to learn about everything from hemp toilet paper to CBD, hemp’s wildly popular non-psychoactive cannabinoid. Standing-room-only crowds reacted enthusiastically to a diverse and comprehensive lineup of speakers – 25 percent more programming than the year before. For fun, Denver-based WillPower Products teamed up with Apollo Flight Labs to provide an exclusive Jet Pack demonstration.

    “I was amazed at the buzz of the show,” said Arran Stephens, co-founder and co-CEO of Nature’s Path Foods and a keynote speaker at the event. “In some ways, it reminded me of the spirit of the early organic food trade shows. This is really the beginning of a strong new movement.”

    The 6th Annual NoCo Hemp Expo will be held March 29-30, 2019 at a larger convention center in the Denver area. For information, visit www.NoCoHempExpo.com.

    Sponsors

    PureHemp Technology, an innovator in the production, branding and marketing of industrial hemp products, served as this year’s NoCo5 Presenting Sponsor. PureHemp’s sister company, Pure Kind Botanicals, also produces and markets a line of full spectrum, cannabinoid-infused products. To learn more about all our Sponsors and Partners, visit http://nocohempexpo.com/2018-sponsors/.

    About NoCo Hemp Expo

    NoCo Hemp Expo is produced by the Colorado Hemp Company, a division of WAFBA LLC (We Are For Better Alternatives), based in Loveland, CO. WAFBA is founder of TreeFreeHemp paper and printing services and the Colorado Hemp Company. Areas of focus include product and brand development, event production, consulting and advocacy. Learn more at NocoHempExpo.com, and find us on Facebook and Twitter.

  • 14 NoCo Week with Tony Budden and Ryan Loflin

    14 NoCo Week with Tony Budden and Ryan Loflin

    Episode 14 of #LetsTalkHemp and #The422 is the NoCo Week edition.

    On the show today we have special guests Tony Budden, an international hemp pioneer from South Africa, and Ryan Loflin, a Colorado and US hemp pioneer of from the new revolution.

    We discuss what’s up in their worlds and what they will be doing at this years NoCo Hemp Expo.

    Check out all the NoCo5 sessions with our partners at Green Flower Media.

  • 12 Countdown to NoCo5 with Hannah Cornelison

    12 Countdown to NoCo5 with Hannah Cornelison

    Episode 12 transports us into the countdown to NoCo5 including the big Mitch McConnell announcement that he is introducing legislation next week to pull industrial hemp off of the controlled substances act.

    We’ll keep discussing this in the coming weeks and get into the language of the bill once it’s introduced.

    Our guest this week is Hannah Cornelison who is a host on Joint Venture, a CSU student run produced show and a show that Morris and Rick appeared on this week and will appear on next week.

    Rick and Hannah recap a tour at PureHemp Technology that happened Wednesday and will be part of next weeks Joint Venture show.

  • 11 Boston for NECANN

    11 Boston for NECANN

    Episode 11 was done on the fly this morning as Rick flies to Boston for NECANN so this is recorded at the Denver International Airport.

    Next week will be the countdown to NoCo5 and we’ll have a special guest joining us on the show. So don’t forget to tune in next week for another episode of Let’s Talk Hemp & The 422.

    We hope you enjoy this episode!

  • WillPower Products to “Take Flight” at the 2018 NoCo Hemp Expo Giving Attendees a Special JetPack Flight Spectacular

    WillPower Products to “Take Flight” at the 2018 NoCo Hemp Expo Giving Attendees a Special JetPack Flight Spectacular

    Denver-based dietary supplement company, WillPower Products, plans to debut the world’s first line of industrial hemp protein powders, ReGenPCR, at the 2018 NoCo Hemp Expo. In excitement to officially launch the product line to their local Colorado community, WillPower Products is teaming up with Apollo Flight Labs to offer attendees an exclusive JetPack demonstration experience simultaneously while consumers will be able to purchase and try WillPower products.

    “As a former pro-athlete, current adventure sports enthusiast, and personal friend of Apollo Flight Labs, I felt that a jetpack demonstration is a perfect way to launch WillPower Products industrial hemp protein powder line, ReGenPCR” said Will Carr, founder of WillPower Products. “With the rise in popularity in CBD products, we have reached an important milestone in the sports and fitness health industry by introducing the first phytocannabinoid industrial hemp oil infused protein powder to market.”

    ReGenPCR is a protein powder dietary supplement that delivers the most advanced, highest quality industrial hemp oil containing the full entourage of naturally occurring phytocannabinoids, including cannabidiol, sourced domestically in beautiful Colorado. A complete grass fed whey protein blend, ReGenPCR is available in cinnamon cocoa or vanilla flavors ideal for keeping an active, fitness-focused lifestyle. ReGen provides 20g grass fed whey, 20mg cannabinoids, and 6g BCAA’s.

    Over the course of the expo, NoCo attendees can stop by WillPower Products’ booth in the Arena to sample ReGenPCR and see the Apollo Jetpack on display. At 12:30pm on Saturday  April 7, Apollo Flight Lab will be demonstrating the Apollo Jetpack in action bringing the magic of human flight to all spectators.

    Visit www.willpower-products.com for more information, or follow them on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter to stay up-to-date on all WillPower’s latest product releases and to receive live updates about the jetpack demonstrations happening at the NoCo Hemp Expo.