INTERVIEW by Zdeněk Strnad. Robert Veverka is a Czech cannabis activist and journalist, and the publisher of Legalizace magazine, which has been published since 2010. He sits on the Prague […]
How a Czech publisher’s cannabis magazine made him a criminal Read More »
INTERVIEW: Jamie Campbell Petty is Executive Director at the Midwest Hemp Council, which she co-founded with partners in 2018 to lobby for Indiana hemp legislation and regulations that support farmers
‘2022 will be the year we move forward, slowly and steadily’ Read More »
INTERVIEW: A 31-year veteran of the hemp industry, Lawrence Serbin is president of California-based Hemp Traders, which he founded in 1994. He started Cannagrove, a producer of engineered hemp “wood”
‘Hemp surging as an environmental alternative to other fibers’ Read More »
INTERVIEW: Heather Grab is Senior Lecturer at Cornell University’s School of Integrative Plant Science where she teaches and mentors students in the Hemp Science Master’s Program. As a researcher in
Working her own farm helps keep Cornell hemp researcher grounded Read More »
INTERVIEW: Eric Steenstra is president of Vote Hemp, a political advocacy organization he co-founded in 2000 which led the effort to pass hemp farming legislation at the federal and state
‘Study the market carefully and don’t follow the pack’ Read More »
INTERVIEW: Jeffrey Steiner is associate director of the Global Hemp Innovation Center at Oregon State University. Formerly division director for plant production at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National
‘Now is the time to get facts ahead of the market excitement’ Read More »
INTERVIEW: Yosuke Koga is Director at Japanese hemp company Prossimo, which is developing a broad portfolio of hemp-derived products and recently embarked on retail operations in CBD and hemp footwear.
Hemp in Japan: Beyond ‘schizophrenia,’ potential for the environment Read More »
Alex Arkentis is the CEO and Co-Founder of CanXchange, the European commodities exchange for physical hemp and CBD products. A serial technology entrepreneur and investor, Arkentis has been involved in
CanXchange: ‘Looking for new ways to disrupt and innovate’ Read More »
Guy Carpenter is President and CEO of Bear Fiber, Inc., and President at Cape Fear Apparel Consulting, both of North Carolina. He also serves as a commissioner in the North Carolina
‘We’d like to see a decorticator next to every cotton gin’ Read More »
Shelby Ellison has directed the industrial hemp program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-M) since August 2020. An assistant professor in the Department of Horticulture, Ellison’s primary research interest is
CBD shakeout expected to ‘drive diversification’ in Wisconsin Read More »
