Washington, D.C.—President Trump has signed the farm bill, which had bipartisan support in Congress, into law. The bill expands crop insurance coverage to new crops, including barley and hops, and legalizes industrial hemp. Reactions from within the natural products industry were positive. "The era of hemp prohibition is over,” Jonathan...
Innovation is what keeps a brand owner in the race, and your choice of contract manufacturer is a make or break decision. The right partner can help with product formulation, market research, packaging and promotion. The wrong one can set you back with ingredients that don’t match what’s on the...
CBD and Children dominated Expo East. It was impossible to turn a corner without encountering yet another hemp-derived product containing CBD or a food, beverage, supplement or SOMETHING created just for children. Add to this the C of Confusion because the legal status of non-psychoactive CBD remains open to state...
Expo West and Expo East are the two largest natural products trade shows in the world. Hundreds—and in the case of Expo West, thousands—of exhibitors show their wares in categories ranging from ingredients and packaging to foods, snacks, supplements and skin care. And everything in between. Having just returned from...
Baltimore, MD —Passage of the “game changing” hemp provisions in the Farm Bill of 2018 is expected to go smoothly, according to a panel of attorneys at the Natural Products Hemp & CBD Summit. While it will be a landmark action, some ambiguities will remain because states will still have...
San Diego — CV Sciences, Inc. announced its CBD gold extract has has received self-affirmed Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) status in accordance with stringent U.S. FDA safety guidelines. This designation certifies all of the company’s PlusCBD Oil Gold Formula product line as being recognized as presumably safe among experts under the...
The ambiguity surrounding the legalization of hemp and CBD continues with Illinois legalizing the farming of hemp and Alabama electing to crack down on CBD products. Gov. Bruce Rauner of Illinois on Aug. 25 signed the Industrial Hemp Act legalizing the farming of hemp. The act allows for its use...
In part one of this series I outlined the case for five foundational supplements just about everyone would benefit from. To review, my recommendations were for a high-quality multiple (like the Rainbow Light Vibrance line, which makes multiples for both genders and all stages of life), vitamin D (like Jarrow’s), ...
Los Angeles, CA — Cannabis Strategic Ventures, Inc., gains distribution for its vitamin and hemp-derived CBD formulations through the acquisition of Fitamins CBD, which serves a network of 600+ wholesalers catering to the Asian-American market. CSV announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire the brand. “We have selected...
Los Angeles, CA — Marc Washington, the newly minted CEO of Irwin Naturals, took a break from a sales summit in Park City, UT, to discuss his plans for the family-owned business he came onboard to propel into the future. An Ivy League-educated executive with deep operational, finance and business...
