On this week’s show, we talk with Morris Beegle, founder of the NoCo Hemp Expo, the largest industrial hemp convention in North America. “It’s really a beautiful mountain resort location where we can get 2,000-3,000 people up there and basically take over the town,” Beegle said. The NoCo Expo has become an important part of the development of the hemp industry domestically and internationally. Beegle just returned from a whirlwind trip, first attending the Asia International Hemp Expo in Bangkok, Thailand, followed by a cannabis convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, called MJBizCon. Looking into his crystal ball, he sees “more support for the industrial hemp side of things through government grants, through the USDA.

Source: New York Times December 06, 2023 20:27 UTC