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iHemp Hour June 25: Recycled Plastic, Hemp-Infused Building Blocks

LANSING - Louis Hard and Adam Dietrich join iHemp Hour June 25 at noon to tell the Michigan hemp community about their ingenious plastic recycled hemp-infused building blocks. ReBlocks is a Denver, CO based building block company that has been in the United States for a year.  Prior to that, these blocks were used in

By |2020-06-25T07:57:36-04:00June 25th, 2020|Hemp, Marijuana Business, News|

CannaBIZ Connection, Sensi Media Group Partner to Launch Sensi Connects B2B Platform

GRAND HAVEN - CannaBIZ Connection has partnered with Sensi Magazine Group LLC to launch SensiConnects.Com, an online community where business owners can connect and build relationships service providers in the cannabis industry across the United States, starting with Michigan, Florida and Pennsylvania. CannaBIZ Connection was founded in January 2018 and in 2019 began hosting weekly

By |2020-06-24T16:55:53-04:00June 24th, 2020|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|

Chinese AI Company To Launch U.S. Operations In Meridian Twp.

LANSING—Officials at the Lansing Economic Area Partnership announced that Continental Oceans Technology Corp., a Chinese company, will open its United States operations in Meridian Township outside Lansing. COTC is building a global trade, logistics and travel advisory platform to improve the travel experiences of users through technology. An emphasis will be placed on designing for

By |2020-06-21T18:36:06-04:00June 21st, 2020|News|

iHemp Hour: How To Use Hemp Building Materials And Get Certification

LANSING - On iHemp Hour June 18 at noon, Dawn Schultz and Eric McKee of the US Hemp Building Association will share their insight into hemp fiber as a building material and the steps they are taking for certification. On June 11, iHemp Hour interviewed Morris Beegle of WAFA and Eric Streenstra of Vote Hemp last

By |2020-06-18T08:32:27-04:00June 18th, 2020|Hemp, Marijuana Business, News|

Michigan Recreational Marijuana Surpasses Medical Marijuana Weekly Sales

Six months into its existence, Michigan’s recreational marijuana industry hit a new milestone last week, exceeding medical marijuana in weekly sales for the first time ever. Some industry players like Steve Linder, president of the Michigan Cannabis Manufacturers Association, which describes its members as the General Motors, Ford, and Chryslers of Michigan’s cannabis industry, see

By |2020-06-20T14:39:20-04:00June 17th, 2020|Marijuana Business, News|

February 2020 Legal U.S. Cannabis Demand Increases Full Percentage Point

EAST LANSING - According to Anderson Economic Group’s monthly AndCan®Index, demand for legal cannabis products in the United States continued to climb in February 2020. AEG’s experts produce this monthly measurement by closely following 50-state trends for both the recreational and medicinal marijuana markets. Monthly calculations are based on benchmarks developed when AEG first began assessing

By |2020-06-16T19:11:39-04:00June 16th, 2020|Marijuana Business, News|

GVSU Economics Expert: Slow Recovery Begins

GRAND RAPIDS — Although local economic statistics for May are negative, it now appears the worst of the COVID-19 driven recession is over and the recovery has begun, said Brian G. Long, director of Supply Management Research in Grand Valley State University's Seidman College of Business. Long surveyed local business leaders and his findings below

By |2020-06-13T14:15:33-04:00June 13th, 2020|Featured, News|

iHemp Hour: Soil Health, Plant Nutrition

ANN ARBOR - Mark Carrol and Gary Reding of Ozadia bring Hemp farmers up to date on soil health and plant nutrition. On Thursday June 11, Morris Beegle from the Colorado Hemp Company, Let’s Talk Hemp, Tree Free Hemp and NoCo Hemp Expo. Eric Steenstra a founding member of the Hemp Industries Association, Co-Founder of the hemp brand Ecolution, Let’s Talk Hemp, and president of Vote Hemp.

By |2020-06-08T08:27:19-04:00June 8th, 2020|Hemp, Marijuana Business, News|

iHemp Hour 6: US Hemp Roundtable With Federal Legislation Update

ANN ARBOR - Jonathan Miller of the US Hemp Roundtable discusses the latest federal legislation that impacts Hemp farmers. Miller serves as the general counsel to the U.S. Hemp Roundtable, the hemp industry’s leading national business advocacy organization, with member companies and organizations that represent every link of the hemp product chain, from seed to

By |2020-06-02T19:14:40-04:00June 2nd, 2020|Hemp, Marijuana Business, News|