Hemp Barons

Home to the world’s leading experts in hemp research

Jay Noller, the Director and lead researcher of Oregon State University's (OSU) Global Hemp Innovation Center joins Joy Beckerman.    He explains how the Center is the nation's largest research center devoted to the study of hemp with more than 40 faculty representing 19 academic disciplines engaged in research, teaching, and extension services and also reminds everyone to join the National Hemp Symposium a virtual event Feb 9-10

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Developing hemp seed varieties that are of the highest quality, with a stable and predictable genetic outcome.

Creating hemp genetics through extensive research & development process, and selected over many years of trialing across a wide cross section of plants.  Christian Gray and Jeremy Klettke join Joy Beckerman  to discuss hemp seed genetics and to take a deep dive into hemp governmental policies. 

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Chemists bring a new level of extraction sophistication to cannabis

 Dr. John MacKay is an internationally recognized scientific expert in analytical testing, extraction and purification techniques within the botanical space.  He joins Joy Beckerman to discuss how his company, Synergistic Technologies Associates helps botanical and medical cannabis enterprises optimize their workflow.  He explains how his clients achieve optimization using extraction, fractionation, and separation of components needed based on Formulation Centric Principles.

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Helping farmers confidently add hemp

 After a decorated career servicing our country in the US Air Force, Master Sergeant James "JJ" Johnson is now applying his expertise to the hemp industry.  He joins Joy Beckerman to talk about using his military training to protect farmers from "broker jokers" and gaining their trust.  

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Driving Europe's transition to hemp based products

The profound impact of hemp's global reimergence is being amplified in Europe by HempFlax.   Mark Reinders joins Joy Beckerman to recount some of the challenges and some of the successes he has witnessed while participating on hemp's inevitable journey.  

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Revitalizing local farming and manufacturing industry with a regenerative approach

Growing, processing and developing industrial products with hemp; Hempville is an American Hemp innovative company.  Taimour Azhar discusses supplying hemp hurd, hemp fiber and microns as sustainable industrial raw materials across US with Joy Beckerman.

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European hemp industry update

Daniel Kruse, CEO at Hempro Int. who is also President of the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) joins Joy Beckerman.  They discuss the current state and future hope for hemp in Europe and the US.

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Growing together by sharing resources to attract participants to maximize local economic benefit.

Aaron Schoeneman the Co-Founder & Executive Director of Hemp Economic Development Group  joins Joy Beckerman to discuss how they're supporting the hemp industry by helping to facilitate best practices and knowledge and providing education and training for the industry (growers, suppliers, buyers, transportation, and other areas) and municipalities. 

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Innovations to support large-scale cultivation

Canadian Greenfield Technologies Corp. (CGT) is the world leader in whole-plant hemp processing technologies.   Stephen Christensen, Ph.D joins Joy Beckerman to talk about some of their exciting advancement including their complete hemp processing platform the HempTrain™ Advanced Hemp Processing Plant

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What are the hemp opportunities in Europe?

Hemp's global reemergence is creating opportunities all over the world.   Catherine Wilson  the Vice President of the European Industrial Hemp Association & Managing Director of CannaWell joins Joy Beckerman to discuss how the European Union is managing many of the same challenges we are facing in the United States.

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