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  • Exploring Hemp’s New Horizons With Morris Beegle

    Exploring Hemp’s New Horizons With Morris Beegle

    Hemp is where it’s at right now, especially in Colorado. Legal cannabis is cool and all — and we welcome Michigan and Vermont to the recreational party in 2019 — but that’s so 2015 in this state.

    More about substance than style, industrial hemp’s many uses were finally recognized by the federal government in December, when President Donald Trump officially legalized it by signing the 2018 Farm Bill. Now that the plant is out from under the shadow of the Controlled Substances Act, it’s regulated by the Department of Agriculture and legal to farm in all fifty states.

    But that doesn’t mean that growing hemp is just like growing tomatoes. The USDA’s regulations for farming hemp will be much more strict than they are for other crops, while the Food and Drug Administration will oversee how cannabidiol (CBD) from hemp is added to food and other products intended for human consumption. Colorado doesn’t necessarily have to follow those rules, however, since it legalized adult-use cannabis cultivation in 2012 and subsequently implemented laws allowing the sale of hemp- and CBD-infused foods within the state.

    To predict what legalized hemp will mean in the new year, we checked in with Morris Beegle, former music promoter, founder of the NoCo Hemp Expo and an expert on the past, present and future of the hemp industry.

    Read the full article here…

    Westword Magazine
    THOMAS MITCHELL | JANUARY 4, 2019 | 5:53AM

    (Photo: A hemp farm in Greeley, Colorado, welcomes visitors during a daylong tour in July. Danielle Lirette)

  • Build Your Future with Hemp at the 2016 NoCo Hemp Expo

    Build Your Future with Hemp at the 2016 NoCo Hemp Expo

    Presented by CBDRx

    Tickets sales are soaring for the 2016 NoCo Hemp Expo produced by Colorado Hemp Company. Open to the general public on Saturday, April 2, NoCo3 features hands-on-hemp programs and educational workshops for everyone to enjoy. Learn how to build with hemp, cook, craft, and more!

    On Friday April 1, NoCo Hemp Expo features a business to business, industry-focused experience where individuals and professionals will meet amongst Colorado’s biggest players in hemp. NoCo 3 offers the latest in consumer and industrial hemp products and services and learn about companies directly involved in the hemp industry and ancillary markets like Sunstrand Natural Fibers, Chimney Rock Farms, PureHempTechnology, Colorado Hemp Project, and more.

    New for 2016, The Hemp Investor Summit sponsored by the Hemp Business Journal, offers entrepreneurs a spotlight pitching their company profile to a select group of venture and angel investors who are looking to secure their next hemp investment opportunity. Limited seats strictly apply.

    NoCo3 Harvest Sponsors Hemp Business Journal is leading the way in market research and analysis today “empower investors and buyers nationwide to make decisions in the fledgling, opportunity-filled hemp industry.” [1].

    “The U.S. hemp industry will grow from a niche industry to a nationally recognized market expected to reach $1.5 billion in sales in 2020.” —The Hemp Business Journal

    In Colorado Department of Agriculture’s recent 2015 Hemp Year in Review and Plant Patent Seminar, experts suggests processing and manufacturing, seed breeding, and farming best practices to yield the greatest fiscal developments in years to come.

    Covering these pivotal topics and more are NoCo Hemp Expo’s nationally recognized speakers, industry experts, and panelists with Let’s Talk Hemp! Visit our reputable list of educators and Root Sponsors including National Hemp Association, Vote Hemp, Hemp History Week, and The Hemp Industries Association at one of the most comprehensive and insightful hemp events in the nation.

    Companies like Evo Hemp, Hemp Way Foods, and Good Seed Hemp Seed Burgers are just a few of our sponsors serving up the trends in hemp-food creations this year. Get your tickets today for North America’s largest hemp trade show and conference happening April 1-2 at The Ranch Events Complex in Loveland and build your year with hemp!

     

    About NoCo Hemp Expo
    NoCo Hemp Expo is produced by the Colorado Hemp Company and are registered trade names of WAFBA LLC (We Are For Better Alternatives). Colorado Hemp Company was founded in early 2012 and has become a leading  organization for the advancement and advocacy of hemp farming, processing, production, innovation, education, and legalization in the USA.

    [1] “The Rebirth of an American Industry.” Hemp Business Journal: Strategic Information and Data for the Hemp Industry 1 (2016)