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  • 36 Hemp for Our Future – Hemp Helps America

    36 Hemp for Our Future – Hemp Helps America

    This episode takes a look at how three amazing hemp leaders bring the industry together in an effort to help combat some of the issues resulting from pandemic pandemonium. Hemp for Our Future was the brain-child of Courtney Moran and Shawn Hauser, who brought in Annie Rouse and Friends of Hemp to organize and execute an ongoing campaign to gather supplies and help utilize hemp products to help America fight the war on COVID.

    From delivering cannabinoids to front line healthcare workers in New England to the donation of hundreds of clothes from companies like Colorado Hemp Company, this campaign has dozens of hemp companies supporting it on a nationwide scale. Go to Hemp For Our Future to see the video, learn how you can donate and support this worthwhile cause.

    Rick speaks with Kyla DuMont, the Vermont transplant to Los Angeles, that finds her path taking her home as a result of the COVID economic relocation program – essentially leaving L.A. for Vermont to maintain employment consulting for companies in the cannabis space focusing in hemp. She describes the current state of the State of California, how she came up with the idea of MediMaple, combining cannabinoids with maple syrup, and how many folks didn’t realize maple came from a tree! We discuss that as one of her passions, bringing together healthy, high-grade Vermont syrup with healthy cannabinoids — and trying to expand to CBG so law enforcement and healthcare workers can use it for endocannabinoid issues.

    “I think hemp is really going into a great direction, where it’s going into textiles and people finally are learning that we don’t need different materials, that we have hemp and we can build houses, we can make paper, we can make all kinds of products and packaging.” – Kyla DuMont

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    “And I think for a long time to come there will be opportunities for hemp to be the most appropriate suitable material for a number of reasons.” – Shawn Hauser

    Show Notes:

    • How hemp can help during the pandemic
    • What Hemp For Our Future is
    • How Hemp For Our Future got started
    • Parallels between the Hemp For Victory campaign and Hemp For Our Future
    • The purpose of the Hemp For Victory campaign
    • Biden’s stance on hemp
    • Trump’s stance on hemp
    • How Trump legalizing cannabis would impact the presidential election
    • Why the U.S. is struggling with a CBD surplus
    • How CBD could help the police
    • How hemp can be used as an alternative source of protein
    • The results of the Hemp For Victory campaign
    • How the hemp industry is giving back during COVID
    • Why Kyla Dumont is leaving California for Vermont
    • How to infuse cannabinoids into maple syrup
    • Why use CBG over CBD

    “The campaign is really about soliciting donations of hemp based products. Goal is continue to maintain this alignment with our industry leaders and our veterans to collectively share a message that this resource attempt is here.” – Courtney Moran

    Links Mentioned:

    Twitter | Instagram | Friends of Hemp

    • Connect with Annie Rouse:

    Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn

    • Connect with Kyla DuMont:

    MediMaple Instagram | Instagram

    “During the early nineteen forties the government actually went out to these different farms and started acquiring seats for hemp and then put it into a warehouse in Winchester, Kentucky, where they were heavily guarded by a armed military men because it was seen as that much of a an important resource, a resource for the future of of America.” – Annie Rouse

  • 35 Chris Boucher – In The Beginning

    35 Chris Boucher – In The Beginning

    In this episode, we discuss the beginning of the Hemp Industries Association in 1994 in Arizona. Before the HIA was established, there was the True Hemp Industry Alliance (THIA), first established in 1992, who called the meeting where HIA name was created. THIA created a certification program called the True Hemp seal certification – to test and confirm products being labeled as hemp were 100% hemp, and preventing unscrupulous players from mislabeling products. This group pooled together funds to import millions of tons of hemp textiles into the USA.

    Like any new movement, there were competing groups, and trying to gather everyone on one platform was not easy. Chris Boucher discusses some of the issues in the “beginning” of hemp’s reformation – the difficulty confirming that imported Chinese hemp was truly hemp and not mixed with cotton or other fibers. It wasn’t without obstacles as competing certifications were created, debate raged on using the hemp plant leaf versus those that didn’t want the stigma attached, and police threatened arrest for serving hemp seeds at festivals.

    For the past 3 decades, Chris has fought to raise awareness of hemp and it’s benefits. His stories provide insight into where the industry started and some of the battles fought along the way.

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    “Chris has good perspective on how things have evolved from the early nineties up until really today.” – Morris Beegle

    Show Notes:

    • Why Mary Kane’s article on hemp has been scrubbed from the internet
    • The thought process behind the creation of the original startup in the true hemp industry alliance
    • Why there were two competing hemp industry alliances formed in the early 1990s
    • What is the hemp industry leaf debate
    • How the hemp industry alliance collaborated with FIT
    • How the Hemp Industry Alliance began
    • What is Farmtiva’s main focus
    • The current regulatory environment for hemp in California
    • How hemp regulation in California differs from other states
    • Why farmers in Kentucky are mad at Mitch McConnell
    • The biggest opportunity for the hemp industry today
      What’s going on with HIA today
    • Updates on Hemp History Week 2020
    • Why Hemp History Week is being rebranded to Hemp Week

    “I totally forgot that having Tibetian prayer flags behind you for an announcement that goes out to the whole country of China is probably the worst idea ever.” – Rick Trojan

    Links Mentioned:

    • Connect with Chris Boucher:

    Farmtiva | LinkedIn

    “We wanted to see hemp like Cotton Inc and we wanted to see hemp like the linen council, so we used those as models. This thing was bigger than all of us, we’re like hemp’s gonna save the world!” – Chris Boucher

  • 34 Regenerative + Boutique = Opportunity

    34 Regenerative + Boutique = Opportunity

    In this episode, Morris & Rick visit with Dionne Holmquist & Shane Davis, from Hemp Spirit Extracts & Slow Hemp, about cultivating boutique hemp regeneratively. They also discuss the plight of native tribes and small farmers, and their Slow Hemp methodology.

    We then jump across the pond to speak with Kehrt Reyher, of Hemp Today fame, about the history of his hemp vision, the incredible Naklow Palace, state of European regulations and the Nepalese Karaoke prank played on Rick during Asian Hemp Summit 2019.

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    “What’s organically happening with Hemp Spirit Extracts and Slow Hemp is really about localizing the economy.” – Dionne Holmquist

    Show Notes:

    • CBD regulation in the NFL
    • How many days it takes to grow a hemp tree
    • Who is Richard Perry
    • Hemp Spirit Extracts mission statement
    • What is conscious capitalism
    • How Hemp Spirit Extracts helps the native tribes they work with
    • What is Slow Hemp
    • How COVID-19 will impact Hemp Spirit Extract’s work
    • What happens at the Naklo Palace
    • What is the current state of hemp-based foods in Europe

    “One of the primary things we do is to journey back to nature.” – Shane Davis

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  • 33 That’s a Fact…Jack!

    33 That’s a Fact…Jack!

    In this episode, Dan Herer from Herer Hemp and the Jack Herer Foundation and Bruce Dietzen, the founder and president of Renew Sports Cars, join us to talk about what they call the Bible of Hemp. The book The Emperor Wears No Clothes was originally written by Jack Herer in 1985 and we are really looking forward sharing our chat with Dan and Bruce about the first e-edition release this year — as well as everything else going on with those guys, like Bruce’s cannabis car.

    You’ll hear what is new in the 14th edition of The Emperor Wears no Clothes, how hemp can be used to reverse the greenhouse effect, and what Rick was doing in 1973.

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    “We know that if we embrace this plant for paper, fiber and fuel that we can eliminate so many of the things that are just destroying the different aspects of this country” – Dan Herer

    Show Notes:

    • What is new in the 14th edition of The Emperor Wears no Clothes
    • How the E-edition of The Emperor Wears no Clothes is increasing interactivity
    • How to unite the different factions of cannabis advocates
    • How hemp is used to reverse the greenhouse effect
    • How Bruce Dietzen is involved in the new edition of the Emperor Wears No Clothes
    • Patent issues with hemp cars
    • Domestic opportunities for hemp fiber
    • How hemp is helping mitigate the COVID-19 virus

    “If about 15% to 16% of everything humanity makes today were made out of plant materials like hemp, it could be the number one way to mitigate climate crisis” – Bruce Dietzen

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    “Hemp is not only fashionable and beautiful, but also practical and reasonable for a COVID pandemic.” – Rick Trojan

  • 32 COVID 19 – HEMP 20 #onelouder

    32 COVID 19 – HEMP 20 #onelouder

    Welcome to another special episode of Let’s Talk Hemp where we talk about the current crazy state of the world with the threat of the COVID-19 virus looming over all of us and how this is affecting the hemp markets globally.

    We speak with the wonderful Ola Lessard, the Vice President of Marketing & Communications at Barlean’s, an award-winning supplements provider based in Washington. Ola is also the President of the US Hemp Roundtable 2020. We talk with her about when and why Barlean’s started making CBD oil and why she joined the Hemp Roundtable this year.

    We also speak with Hannah Deacon, who is the Executive Director at the Medical Cannabis Clinician Society in the United Kingdom, where she also serves as the Society’s coordinator and Patient Advocate. Hannah’s eight-year-old son Alfie is the first person in the UK with an NHS prescription for cannabis.

    Listen in to today’s episode, and hear about what is on the US Hemp Roundtable agenda this year, why family-owned companies are branching out into CBD products, what doctors in the UK are being taught regarding medical cannabis, plus much more!

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    “We’re saying to the FDA, as an industry, please regulate us — fairly and appropriately.” – Ola Lessard

    Show Notes:

    • When and why Barlean’s started making CBD oil
    • Why Barlean’s joined the US Hemp Roundtable
    • What is on the US Hemp Roundtable agenda
    • When and why Hannah set up Archie’s Hope
    • How the organisation End Our Pain helps lobby for NHS CBD prescriptions
    • How CBD helps reduce the duration of a hospital stay for certain kids with epilepsy
    • How the lives of caretakers for children with special needs are negatively affected
    • Why Hannah Deacon moved her family back from the Netherlands to the UK
    • The lack of physician education regarding medical cannabis
    • Why Hannah founded the Medical Cannabis Clinician Society

    “There is an industry because of decades of work done by people like you.” – Ola Lessard

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    “We were up against the medical establishment who didn’t know what to do for my son.” – Hannah Deacon

  • 31 Mother Earth Gets a Breather as Society Shuts Down

    31 Mother Earth Gets a Breather as Society Shuts Down

    Welcome to Season 3 of Let’s Talk Hemp! As the world has come sliding to a halt there is some upside in the midst of all the downside: Carbon emissions have slowed way down, the skies are looking better and our Earth is getting a small breather as travel has decreased dramatically.

    In this inaugural episode of the new season, we talk with the indomitable Paul Benhaim of The Hemp Plastic Company and Elixinol — a leading manufacturer of the highest quality hemp oil extracts — about the challenges of creating the first plastic from hemp and the cost of hemp plastic versus regular plastic.

    We also interview two experts on their respective countries for our international spotlight segment: Oliver Zugai from Columbia and Tommy Prendergast from the United Kingdom. Tommy is the director of the Hemp CBD Media and the organizer of the Hemp and CBD Expo and he has some ideas on why British farmers aren’t getting involved in growing hemp.

    It was a pleasure chatting with these folks across the world who are working in the cannabis space, have plenty to say, and shared their time, expertise, and favorite hemp products. We talk about the state of the cannabis industry in the U.K. and Colombia, the outlook for full federal legalization of cannabis in the United States, and the largest obstacle facing the hemp industry.

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    “2020 Will be the year of the proof of the pudding for the industry with regards to its commercial viability.” – Paul Benhaim

    Show Notes:

    • How NOCO 2020 is being affected by the pandemic
    • What to do with your time during the Coronavirus
    • The state of medical cannabis in Colombia
    • The largest obstacle facing the hemp industry
    • Paul Benhaim’s favorite hemp product
    • The state of medical cannabis in the United Kingdom
    • Who qualifies for medical cannabis in the United Kingdom
    • The state of recreational cannabis in the United Kingdom
    • The state of industrial cannabis in the United Kingdom
    • Why British farmers aren’t getting involved in growing hemp
    • The challenges of creating the first plastic from hemp
    • The cost of hemp plastic versus regular plastic
    • The most popular hemp plastic product

    “The main problem with industrial hemp is that we need to see a demand.” – Tommy Prendergast

    Links Mentioned:

    • Connect with Paul Benhaim:

    Paul Benhaim | Twitter | Facebook

  • 30 Year in Review 2019

    30 Year in Review 2019

    Welcome to a very special episode of Let’s Talk Hemp where we take a good hard look back at all the crazy wonderful things we were a part of in 2019.

    Last year was super busy for us. With all the hemp events we spoke at and participated in worldwide, we were able to visit six continents and meet so many fantastic people. From the Asian Hemp Summit in Kathmandu to Hemp on the Slope in Colorado, we had an absolute blast hanging out with like-minded folks from every corner of the globe.

    Listen in to today’s episode, and hear about what was accomplished this year in the cannabis space, the many things Morris did for a month in China, Ralph and Dan’s best prank of 2019, plus much more!

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    “We need to start talking more about fiber and grain because cannabinoids are great but we need to start diversifying the way people are growing this plant.” – Morris Beegle

    Show Notes:

    • A look back at Hemp for Victory in Washington D.C.
    • What happened at the first annual Winter Hemp Summit
    • Morris and Rick’s experience at the Asian Hemp Summit in Kathmandu
    • Ralph and Dan’s best prank of 2019
    • What you can do during a three-hour layover in Dubai
    • Why Rick stopped in Ireland for a day before the Hemp CBD Expo in Birmingham
    • How Mike Weiss burned himself
    • What was accomplished at the HIA Strategic Planning Weekend
    • Who was part of the speaking lineup at NOCO 6
    • How successful was Earth X in Dallas with 177,000 participants
    • How Hemp on the Bayou came to exist
    • Will Hemp on the Bayou continue past 2019
    • What are the highlights from Jazz Fest 2019
    • Bloom and Botanicals grand opening
    • What is Flight to Mars
    • Is the Cannabis World Congress any good
    • What Morris did for a month in China
    • Why is Hemp on the Slope is Morris’ favorite hemp event in Colorado
    • Why this was the last year of the Arise Festival
    • What happens at the USA CBD Expo
    • What is the CHANCE initiative
    • How was the Hemp Harvest Party
    “I think I cried because I literally hosted my own prank.” – Rick Trojan

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    “It wasn’t the first time we had weird looks around the world and it probably won’t be the last time.” – Rick Trojan

  • 29 Lorena Beltran – Cannabis in Mexico

    29 Lorena Beltran – Cannabis in Mexico

    In this episode, Lorena Beltran joins us to talk about everything cannabis-related happening south of the border.

    You’ll hear how the legalization of cannabis in the USA has changed the lives of cannabis farmers in Mexico, how the USA and Mexico differ in their approaches to hemp regulation, and why Mexico will be one of the leading producers of industrial hemp.

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    “Mexico is going to position itself as one of the leading countries in the world when it comes to industrial hemp.” – Lorena Beltran

    Show Notes:

    • The legal state of cannabis in Mexico
    • How legalization in the USA has changed the lives of cannabis farmers in Mexico
    • How the USA’s approach to cannabis regulation differs from Mexico
    • Why Mexico will be one of the leading industrial hemp producers
    • The Mexican Cannabis Industry Association’s first priorities
    • Lorena’s upcoming projects

    “The good thing about our new government is that they are going to legalize [cannabis] with the priority and the objective of ending violence, ending the black market, and of course ending the drug war.” – Lorena Beltran

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  • 28 Dr. Jan Roberts – Pha-China

    28 Dr. Jan Roberts – Pha-China

    In this joint podcast with the New Hemp Times, Rick is joined by Dr. Jan Roberts to discuss the endocannabinoid system in the human body, cannabis dosing issues, and the pros and cons of regulating the cannabis industry.

    Dr. Jan Roberts is a host on the New Hemp Times podcast, CEO and co-founder of the International Research Center on Cannabis and Mental Health (IRCCMH), and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

    This episode was recorded at the China International Hemp Industry Forum in Harbin, China.

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    “Do epic shit. Don’t half-ass it. And if you fail, there’s no failure because you learn. If you learn, you’re winning.” – Rick Trojan

    Show Notes:

    • Why dosing is important for medical cannabis users
    • How Rick got into the cannabis space
    • Why more doctors need to know about the endocannabinoid system
    • Why natural cannabinoids are better than synthetic cannabinoids
    • How cannabis has transformed Rick’s life
    • Whether or not cannabis products should be regulated by the FDA

    “Everything that shines isn’t silver and everything that stinks isn’t shit.” – Jan’s grandmother

    Links Mentioned:

    Facebook | Jan Roberts, LCSW

  • 27 Andrew Bish – From Cornhuskers to Hemphuskers

    27 Andrew Bish – From Cornhuskers to Hemphuskers

    In this episode, we speak with Andrew Bish from Bish Enterprises and Hemp Harvest Works.

    We discuss the politics of hemp in Nebraska, Bish Enterprises’s new hemp harvesting technologies, and how the government and private companies are resisting the progress of the hemp industry.

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    “It’s time for the hemp industry to step up and say: enough of the bullshit!” – Morris Beegle on discrimination against the industry

    Show Notes:

    • What LB657 means for Nebraska hemp farmers
    • On the resistance to hemp farming in Nebraska
    • Whether or not feral hemp is harvestable in Nebraska
    • On Bish Enterprises’s new hemp harvesting tools
    • How drone technology is changing hemp agriculture
    • How Bish enterprises is supporting the Hemp Is Legal campaign
    • How the government and private companies are resisting the progress of the hemp industry

    Links Mentioned:

    Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Hemp Harvest Works

  • 26 The 420 Bedlam Episode

    26 The 420 Bedlam Episode

    Welcome to Let’s Talk Hemp Special Episode with Honeysuckle Magazine, some great guests from NY, and an important upcoming #The422 episode announcement. This episode was recorded in collaboration with Honeysuckle Magazine on 4-20, 2019 at the Let’s Talk Hemp / Honeysuckle Cannabis meetup in New York City at Bedlam in the Lower East Side.

    We interview live on stage, attorney David Feldman from Duane Morris, Matthew Evertsen, founder and creative director of Ronin, and real estate attorney Harlan Greenman of Greenspoon Marder LLP.

    It was a pleasure hanging out and catching some conversation with these folks in the NY area who are working in the cannabis space, have plenty to say, and shared their time and knowledge. We talk about the state of the cannabis industry, the outlook for full federal legalization of cannabis, and about the power and impact of cannabis events.

    In other news, this is what has just happened to me and my company. Our newswire that we’ve been sending press releases out on since February of 2015 has notified us that we can no longer send out press releases through their service and they are going through one by one and removing all of my press releases over the last 4 years. Because their credit card processing company has threatened to cancel their processing if they release content pertaining to marijuana, cannabis, hemp, cbd or related products. Here is their statement attached to the 40+ rejected press releases that I’ve got back in the last 3-4 days. They are going through my entire list over the last 4 years one by one and sending me rejection notices that state:

    “Due to restrictions placed on ReleaseWire by our credit card processing provider, we are not able to allow press releases, company profiles or related content that discusses marijuana, cannabis, CBD, hemp and Related Products. If at such time we are able to solve this issue with our credit card processor, we will try to reactivate your press release. To learn more about this policy please visit our blog post.”

    So, we have credit card processors threatening newswire agencies who are putting out press releases related to hemp and CBD which are federally legal. This is what we’re coming to folks. 1984 is here and we need to change this bullshit. We’ll be diving into this more in the coming month but in the meantime please go check out Hemp is Legal and join the movement to put an end to organizations, government agencies and banking institutions discriminating against a federally legal industry. We need everyone. We need an army. So please, come join us and free the plant and the industry from this continuous obstruction.

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    Show Notes:

    • Where New York State stands on industrial, medical, and recreational cannabis
    • When cannabis will become federally legalized
    • Why cannabis events are so impactful
    • How the cannabis industry is dealing with a lack of banking resources

    “It’s happening– it’s going to happen. The question is: what can you do now? That’s the question we’re struggling with, with a number of our clients.” – David Feldman on the complete federal legalization of cannabis

    Also, be sure to check out Hemp Events to see all the cool events happening this summer and fall, and with that, we have Hemp On The Slope coming up on July 20th at Salt Creek Ranch. This is the 4th annual event and we look forward to another great day on the farm. Tickets on sale now at Hemp on the Slope.

    A couple weeks after that on the weekend of Aug 2-4 we host the NoCo Hemp Village at Arise Festival which is a fantastic no-trace socially conscious event that has about 100 live bands, great food and vendors, and 10,000+ attendees.

    Last but not least, for this show anyway, sponsor and exhibitor registration is now open for the 2nd annual Southern Hemp Expo taking place 25 minutes outside of Nashville in the city of Franklin on Sept 6-7. Tickets go on sale on July 1st and we are expecting a huge turnout for this event so please get tickets early. And make sure to buy them before you book your plane tickets and hotel reservations. Word to the wise… Always get your event tickets before plane tickets.

    “When you get the right people into these rooms, the energy just magnifies and the movement is truly happening at this point.” – Morris Beegle on the impact of cannabis events

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  • 25 On The Road Again

    25 On The Road Again

    This weeks episode is live from Knoxville, Tennessee.

    We’re traveling all around the country attending hemp events, visiting hemp farmers, retail centers, and manufacturers, and generally having an awesome time.

    We’re excited about the future of hemp, the growing awareness of the earth and ocean, and the support for the environment.

    In this episode, you’ll hear about our experiences at the Earthx2019 Expo, the Hemp On The Bayou symposium, the grand opening of Blühen Botanicals, and other hemp events around the U.S.A.

    You’ll also learn about what’s coming up for us in the next few months.

    Exciting stuff ahead.

    We hope you enjoy this episode!

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    “Hemp is going to be one of many industries that has to band together to change the way we do things here on planet earth.” – Rick Trojan

    Show Notes:

    • Our meeting with U.N. ambassadors at the Earthx2019 Expo in Dallas, TX
    • Hemp On The Bayou in New Orleans, LA
    • The grand opening of Blühen Botanicals in Knoxville, TN
    • Our visit with hemp retail centers in North and South Carolina
    • Hemp History Week and other upcoming events

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  • 24 Patrick Flaherty – Fiber and the Future

    24 Patrick Flaherty – Fiber and the Future

    Today we talk with Patrick Flaherty from P F Design Lab, who is studying the entire supply chain of hemp in the United States to better understand where hemp can replace traditional materials.

    With the progress over the past five years, no one is denying that the hemp market is making strides. At each event we attend, we sell out every seat, every venue, every time.

    But while the hemp market in the United States continues to grow, there is still a disconnect between the farmers growing the hemp and the manufacturers who can make use out of it. Patrick Flaherty is interested in closing that gap.

    Where do these gaps in the hemp market exist? Which everyday products could benefit from a hemp upgrade? And how many acres does it take to justify a processing plant?

    This is an amazing story of the versatility and opportunity that remains largely untapped in the emerging hemp market.

    In this episode, you’ll hear how the future of hemp can impact our farmers throughout the country.

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    “Everybody talks about making stuff from hemp and natural materials but not a lot of people realize what it takes to get the materials off the farm and into something you can hold in your hand.” – Patrick Flaherty

    Show Notes:

    • What is the Sixth Annual NoCo Hemp Expo Denver, Colorado
    • What made 2019 the best NoCo ever
    • The effect and impact of the NoCo Hemp Expo
    • Plant-based binders as a viable alternative to petroleum
    • Which materials are competing with hemp
    • The four types of biowaste
    • Practical uses of hemp in existing markets

    “The holy grail of natural material is dropping a replacement into an existing manufacturing system.” – Patrick Flaherty

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    “The issue is not the value of the material, it’s moving the hemp around.” – Patrick Flaherty

  • 23 Callie Blackwell – Across the Pond

    23 Callie Blackwell – Across the Pond

    In this episode, you’ll hear how Callie Blackwell broke the law to save her son’s life.

    After receiving treatment for two separate cancers, Callie’s son Deryn was dying in hospice after an unsuccessful bone marrow transplant.

    However, when Callie decided to adminster a cannabis tincture to ease his pain, everything changed.

    In addition to relieving pain, the cannabis started a healing process that brought Deryn back from the brink of death. Now twenty years old, Deryn is alive and well and completely cured of his ailments.

    This is an amazing story of a mother’s bravery and the incredible healing power of cannabis.

    We know you’re going to enjoy this episode!

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    “Often in medicine, they use a sledgehammer to crack a walnut.” – Callie Blackwell

    Show Notes:

    • What is the Hemp and CBD Expo?
    • Why Callie broke the law to give her son cannabis
    • How cannabis can get you off morphine and other pharmaceuticals
    • How cannabis can help nerves regrow
    • How cannabis can help you through post-treatment depression
    • Stop Being Dumb: Governor Kristi Noem of South Dakota

    “Why wouldn’t you at least want to learn about something that has been shown in one patient to be effective? I don’t know why a doctor wouldn’t want to learn more about that.” – Rick Trojan

    Links Mentioned:

    Facebook | YouTube | Twitter | Callie Blackwell – Author. Advocate. Activist

    “All of this hemp will be traveling on the roads through South Dakota and other than giving them gas money, there is nothing else that the citizens of South Dakota will gain as a result.” – Rick Trojan

  • 22 A Moment of Clarity – Hemp is No Longer Part of the CSA (Controlled Substances Act)

    22 A Moment of Clarity – Hemp is No Longer Part of the CSA (Controlled Substances Act)

    Season Two of Let’s Talk Hemp is here with hemp explicitly OFF the controlled substances list!

    This is a monumental development for the hemp industry.

    In this episode, we discuss with lawyer Frank Robison the implications of the 2018 Agricultural Act that officially legalized hemp.

    We talk about the government’s current position on hemp trade as well as the continuing difficulties involved in interstate transport of hemp and derivatives.

    We also discuss the legal implications of the recent seizures of hemp shipments in Idaho and Oklahoma and what this means for the hemp industry on the whole.

    Thanks for joining us for this episode of Let’s Talk Hemp & The 422!

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    “The 2018 farm bill was intended without a doubt to make it much easier for the industry to produce, cultivate, distribute hemp and in in-state and in interstate commerce. It distinguishes industrial hemp from marijuana. Hemp is not marijuana!” – Frank Robison

    Show Notes:

    • How the 2018 Agricultural Act has changed the hemp industry
    • Are all cannabinoids now legal?
    • The FDA’s position on cannabis extracts in food
    • On the recent seizures of hemp shipments in Idaho and Oklahoma
    • The legal implications of these seizures
    • The controlled substance status of hemp-derived THC

    “No matter how you look at the seizure (of a hemp shipment) in Oklahoma, it should not be a criminal matter, looking at it through the lense of the 2018 farm bill, the 2014 farm bill and most poignantly, Oklahoma law.” – Frank Robison

    Special Thanks to the following Associations that helped Push the Farm Bill over the Finish Line:

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    “It’s very important for the industry to know that if you ship hemp, particularly in it’s raw form or if it’s milled, you are exposing yourself to risk until there is settled case law on this or the USDA promulgates its regulations.” – Frank Robison

  • 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.

  • 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.