Canadian consumers balk at the high price of legalization, a former Israeli Prime Minister joins the industry, and China partners with Israel for medicinal hemp. These stories and more in this week's cannabis and hemp industry headlines.
Colorado State University-Pueblo, Institute of Cannabis Research hosted their annual academic conference regarding advances in cannabis science and technology. Cannabis Tech’s Kristina Etter attended the Sunday session for a first-hand perspective of cannabis advances from the researchers themselves.
As new hemp farmers look to take advantage of the 2018 Farm Bill and the booming CBD market, they should also learn to take advantage of the expertise preceding them. In this podcast, Ellis Smith speaks to Mike Leago, Founder of the International Hemp Exchange, and Jon Workman, VP of Hemp Development in North America for American Cannabis Company, about the growing pains and valuable lessons in hemp farming.
