Hemp Barons

Hemp based foods have been available for a long time but are now becoming very popular.   Carla Boyd from Hemp Way Foods joins Joy Beckerman to talk about the challenges she has faced creating and distributing her hemp products.  She discusses how she got her products, that include hemp burgers, hemp crumbles and hemp sausage into grocery stores, health food stores and restaurants.

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Building material have an enormous, negative impact on the environment.   As the worlds population grows the pollution caused by current construction material will be unsustainable.   Dion Markgraaff from the US Hemp Building Association joins Joy Beckerman to explain how using hemp based building materials can help the world avoid this pending crisis.  

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The FDA is responsible for insuring that foods and drugs are safe.   Until the FDA is confident that CBD is safe for human consumption it's future is uncertain.  Patrick McCarthy joins Joy Beckerman to provide an in-depth analysis of FDA's process.   They discuss the app that ValidCare has created called CBD+ME that allows users to provide confidential information about their experiences which ValidCare  then provides to the FDA to assist in their process.

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Bija Hemp is a Colorado-grown company which discovers and procures the highest quality hemp varieties from around the world and match them to specific purposes, allowing industrial hemp to take root in North America and the Western Hemisphere.   Tom Dermody VP of Strategic Development joins Joy Beckerman to discuss the reemergence of industrial hemp as a stable crop for our modern US agricultural system.

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Hemp buyers and sellers face a number of challenges, some are the result of prior regulatory concerns and some are just normal for new commodities. Julie Lerner has made a career creating commodity exchanges is now focused on hemp. She speaks to Joy Beckerman about PanXchange's hemp commodity trading platform and their Hemp Benchmark & Analysis.

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The Seminar Group is an accredited legal and professional education provider and offers continuing education credits. Chris Terp & Steph von Mende join Joy Beckerman to talk about their upcoming Seminar: Business Issues in Cannabis and Industrial Hemp in Oakland CA on February 27th that can be viewed live on Webcast.

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Cannabis prohibition curtailed the development of cannabis seeds in the United States.   Wendy Mosher from New West Genetics joins Joy Beckerman to talk about all the challenges now associated with creating stable, reproducible cannabis seeds.   Their discussion covers many aspects of plant genetics including future opportunities.

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Joy Beckerman takes a deep dive into hemp equipment with Derek Oxford from Total Grow Control. Derek is applying his years on experience in the oil refining business to hemp. He discusses how they provide free consulting to help companies understand the complexities of hemp so that they can confidently select the correct equipment for their application.

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Anndrea Hermann's unlikely hemp journey began as a young girl in Missouri and her passion for this amazing plant has lead her to the forefront. Through her leadership position in many hemp organizations and her business The Ridge International Cannabis Consulting she is a driving force. She joins Joy Beckerman from Canada to share hemp stories and provide insights into the future of hemp.  

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Mike Reid and David Rosenstein join Joy Beckerman to talk about Hemp's premiere at the World AG Expo. They talk about the Hemp Education & Marketing Pavilion and Hemp Innovation Challenge in Tulare, CA, February 11-13, 2020. Hemp is finally being recognized as a legitimate crop and has earned its own pavilion with 30 exhibit spaces. Learn all about the show and how to participate in the Hemp Innovation Challenge.

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