BY MIKEL WEISSER A moderately-sized, unusually subdued crowd was on hand for the final public hearing on the regulations for the state’s brand new hemp program Monday May 20th. Held downtown in the gorgeous Armstrong Great Hall a the Beus Center for Law and Society at the Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law, this was …
Hemp Committee Final Meeting May 20, Program Starts June 1 BY MIKEL WEISSER It all comes down to one final meeting for AZ’s Ag Dept Industrial Hemp committee. This week Industrial Hemp Program Manager, Brian McGrew, announced the date of their final committee meeting on May 20th to complete regulations for the eagerly awaited program …
BY MIKEL WEISSER Less than a month before AZ’s hemp program is set to start, AZDA’s industrial hemp program supposed last monthly meeting ended with multiple critical issues unresolved. Propagative materials such as clones and tissue culture techniques were threatened. Hemp strain certifications were challenged. AND, the final language is still not ready for the …
BY ACM STAFF Arizona’s new, closely watched hemp program got one step closer to launching on Wednesday April 24th, when AZDA Industrial Hemp Program Manager Brian McGrew sent out an email announcing the program’s new early application start date. “Industrial Hemp Program applications and forms are [now] available for download. Please submit early applications by …
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BY ACM STAFF Hundreds of soon-to-be hemp entrepreneurs packed themselves into Scottsdale’s OdySea View restaurant to witness the launch of HITA, AZ’s new Hemp Industry Trade Association Thursday, April 11. “In a way, you are all pioneers!” proclaimed HITA President “Sully” Sullivan in his opening remarks. The networking event served as the catered kick-off for …
BY DR. LLOYD COVENS, publisher of West420 News Weekly As millions and millions of dollars in merger-and-acquisition deals continue, the serious US-based makers of CBD products are poised to flood the market, building brands, and beginning to produce new innovative delivery and formulation strategies. Over 1000 CBD firms may be active with such a low …
BY MIKEL WEISSER The March meeting of AZDA’s Industrial Hemp Program public hearings most definitely came in like a lion. This month’s three-hour extravaganza featured bad news, great news, and even had a celebrity speaker, Dept of Agriculture Director, Mark Killian. The spacious ADOT auditorium where the group met last month was unavailable, so the …
BY DR. LLOYD COVENS More than 45 speakers from around the US joined in on the first US Department of Agriculture “listening webinar,” seeking action to bring some provisions of the new Farm Bill into immediate effect. The three-hour event (March 13) heard farmers, tribal members, regulators, equipment makers and new potential entrants all express …
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BY DR. LLOYD COVENS Farm Bill Non-Progress Report CBD and hemp companies hoping for post-Farm Bill clarity got a heavy dose of “we will get to it”–from expected long delays in pending review and rule-making at both the Food and Drug Administration and the US Department of Agriculture. FDA administrator Scott Gottlieb told a Congressional committee that he will …
By: Mikel Weiser January’s public hearing for the Dept of Agriculture’s Industrial Hemp Program felt less like the usual bureaucratic snooze-fest and more like a rollicking action-adventure movie. This was the sixth meeting of the series. By now, Hemp Program Manager Brian McGrew and the various committee members (Dwayne Alford, Co-Chair, Paco Ollerton, Co-chair, Michael Stoltz, Colleen …
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