Stay Home This 4/20

NORML encourages those who wish to express their support for marijuana policy reform this 4/20 to engage in the many online/virtual celebrations taking place throughout the day.

Chart: Hemp salaries outgunning those for careers in mainstream agriculture

(This is the third part of a weeklong series from Hemp Industry Daily examining hemp industry salaries, hiring and recruiting trends. Using exclusive data compiled by the data team at Hemp Industry Daily, we’re examining the latest hiring and compensation trends. Part One looked at how hemp salaries have changed since federal legalization. Part Two compared hemp salaries and tobacco-industry salaries. […]

Trade coalition asks SBA to include hemp farmers in coronavirus stimulus loan package

A coalition of hemp trade associations wants assurance that farmers – and particularly hemp farmers – will be eligible for key assistance programs under to help with business disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Eight hemp organizations sent a joint letter to Small Business Administration Administrator Jovita Carranza on behalf of the 17,000 licensed hemp farmers […]

Ohio deems CBD businesses ‘non-essential’

An Ohio state agency focused on conflict management has ruled on which businesses in the state are essential during the coronavirus pandemic – and retailers selling CBD are reportedly not among them. The Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution, part of the state Supreme Court, has decided that businesses selling CBD products are not essential, although […]

Convenience stores adding CBD inventory despite pandemic

Convenience stores added CBD products to their inventories last month even as the coronavirus pandemic depressed sales, retailing analysts say. Convenience chains Circle K and Yesway added CBD products to shelves in March, according to CSP Daily News, which covers convenience store business. Circle K, a division of Laval, Quebec-based Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., started carrying CBD […]

Chart: Hemp salaries far outpace tobacco industry salaries

(This is the second part of a weeklong series from Hemp Industry Daily examining hemp industry salaries, hiring and recruiting trends. Using exclusive data compiled by the data team at Hemp Industry Daily, we’re examining the latest hiring and compensation trends. Part One looked at how hemp salaries have changed since federal legalization. Today, a comparison of […]

California hemp grower sues sheriff, alleges illegal destruction of plants

A California hemp grower is suing a sheriff’s office, alleging the authorities destroyed about 500 acres of their plants, which the company estimates were worth $1 billion, according to the lawsuit. The federal lawsuit filed Friday calls the demolition of the plants “one the largest wholesale destructions of personal property by government entities in the history […]

CBD coffee maker extends grocery footprint as cruise-ship business drops

A California company that sells coffee to cruise lines and grocery stores says its subsidiary that makes single-serve CBD coffee pods is extending distribution in grocery stores, a hedge as cruise-ship sales have halted because of the coronavirus pandemic. Youngevity International of Chula Vista, California, announced Monday that its Javalution Hemp Coffee line has extended its […]

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