Hemp Barons

Helping up and coming entrepreneurs find their way in their cannabis and hemp industries

Laura Beohner the President of The Healing Rose, a company that she co-founded which creates handcrafts organic body care products using full-spectrum CBD hemp oil.    She joins Joy Beckerman to talk about her company and hemp advocacy including the Massachusetts Hemp Coalition which she co-founded.

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Providing her clients with the most up-to-date information necessary to operate and invest in successful cannabis and ancillary businesses.

Lauren Rudick the Co-Founder Hiller, PC was a member of the legal team that brought an action against former Attorney General Sessions and the federal government seeking, among other things, a declaration that the mis-classification of cannabis as a Schedule I drug is unconstitutional, on, among...

Incorporating All Segments of the Global Hemp Industry

  There are numerous sectors under the hemp umbrella including: farmers, manufacturers, retailers, financiers, grant writers, and national leaders…   The Global Hemp Association  was formed to unify the sectors into a single, thriving ecosystem.  Founder and CEO,  Mandi Kerr joins Joy Beckerman to explain how their diverse organization works with a variety of individuals and com...

A paradigm shift in our source of raw materials is required.  

 Demand for consumer goods will double in the next twenty years as disposable income increases in our world’s most populous nations; however, the ability for our planet to double the production of raw materials such as oil, timber and cotton to meet this demand is neither plausible nor sustainable.     Eric Wang CEO of Ecofibre   joins Joy Beckerman to talk about the com...

Spreading the word about hemp building materials

   Hempreneur, journalist and publisher of the  Hemp Build Magazine, Jean Lotus joins Joy Beckerman to talk about her hemp career. Jean explains how the magazine connects builders, designers and the hemp-curious in the emerging green hemp building industry.  They discuss the many long-term sustainability benefits of replacing traditional building materials with hemp based products.   

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Start 2022 with Inspiration & Hope

  Matt Powers teaches permaculture and regenerative gardening and farming to families, youth, schools, and adults all over the world through his online courses, videos, and books.   He joins Joy Beckerman to talk about the R-Future Conference "a global vision of hopeful future" taking place for FREE from January 10 - 16 that features 50 speakers, 7 talks released each morning,  live panels and live...

The first hemp and Climate Beneficial™ cotton tampon

Claire Crunk founder of Trace Femcare, Inc joins Joy Beckerman to talk about how her revolutionary line of hemp made tampons are helping to reduce plastic waste from feminine hygiene product. Trace makes premium tampons with a hemp and Climate Beneficial™ cotton core and a 100% hemp applicators. Hemp absorbs climate change-inducing carbon from the air and puts it into the soil. Th...

Correcting cannabis global complexities

   A disabled United States Air Force Veteran [Sergeant, 1981 -1986],  Michael Krawitz serves as Executive director of Veterans For Medical Cannabis Access  as well as other board and advisory roles.  He joins Joy Beckerman to discuss leading VMCA and successfully negotiating the first ever VA medical cannabis policy in 2010.  They also discuss his role in overseeing the WHO process in Geneva ...

Reestablishing hemp as an agricultural force in Kentucky

  Tyler Mark is an associate professor of production economics in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Kentucky.  His applied research interests include hemp economics, broadband availability in rural areas, precision agriculture, and precision dairy.   He joins Joy Beckerman to talk about his current projects that include the economic impact of hemp p...

Using hemp as a catalyst for a greener economy

   Inspired by hemp's superior performance capabilities, tremendous environmental benefits, and economic feasibility, Hebah Saddique broke new ground when she created the first ever Carbon Literacy course to incorporate hemp.  Through her educational platform company Green Takeover, they are simplifying the complex worlds of climate action and hemp.   She joins Joy Beckerman to talk abo...

How will the new California law change the hemp industry?

 On October 6, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 45 into law, which allows for the inclusion of hemp and cannabinoids (e.g., CBD), extracts, or derivatives of hemp in food and beverages, dietary supplements, cosmetics, and processed pet food provided that they, among other things, contain less than 0.3%.   The general counsel of the California Hemp Council, Pat...

How to create natural hemp products with minimal planet impact.

   Hemp Traders is the largest supplier of hemp fiber products in the country. CEO Larry Serbin joins Joy Beckerman to explain their mission is to help the environment by bringing hemp back into the mainstream and supplying the best quality hemp products at the lowest possible prices.   He talks about his over three-decades of supplying hemp fabric, hemp boards, hemp tw...

Finding sustainable solutions to non-renewable consumer products from batteries to protein bars. 

    In 1939 Popular Mechanics touted hemp as the next billion dollar market.  The nature of the plant allows for hemp to be a disruptor in a multitude of industries.  Carl Martel from Advanced Botanical and Biomass Research Institute joins Joy Beckerman to talk about combining modern advancements with natural law in order to meet the gr...

A transformation or spiritual awakening across her lived experiences

Grandma Cat Jeter, the founder at Pacific Northwest Hemp Company & Deep Green Extracts, is a mother, grandmother, business woman, Cold War Army Veteran, world traveler, electoral candidate, and lifelong activist who celebrates her Canna-versary annually.   She joins Joy Beckerman to talk about her career and her commitment to providing pure, potent, always tested, ...

 Reducing the overall negative environmental impact related to energy production.

The National Hemp Growers Cooperative (NHGC) connects growers from across the USA to do together what they otherwise would have to do individually.  As a  Founding Board Member Roger Ford joins Joy Beckerman to provide an NHGC update.  He also talks about Eureka Energy Corporation's developing projects that integrate the use of biomass and natural gas ...

“The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.” (Franklin Roosevelt, 1937)      

   IND HEMP believes that in addition to its nutritious grain, healthy oils, versatile fiber and hurd; the hemp plant can be used to help repair the world and make it a better place for everyone. Co-Founder and CEO,  Morgan Elliott  joins  Joy Beckerman to explain how they are bringing real and lasting change to our communities and planet by provid...

Preventing  abandoned oil & gas wells from contributing dangerous greenhouse gases.

  The methane gas that's emitting from the nearly 3 million abandoned oil & gas wells in America is dangerous and contributes to global warming.   Mark Mersman the Co-Founder and President of Offset Energy Partners joins  Joy Beckerman to talk about how adding hemp to the concrete that's used to plug the wells is reducing methane gas from leaking.

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Hemp grain, seed and fiber fit Montana

 After returning to his family's hay and cattle ranch in Montana after graduating from college, Weston Merrill followed his calling and applied his business and language skills to enhancing his state's agricultural industry.   He joins Joy Beckerman to talk about how Montana has embraced hemp and helping Montana producers and value added ag companies make connections with and build markets for ...

 Hemp is propelling this 150+ year old North Carolina farm

  Established in 1865,  Brown Family Farm in NC has been family run for four generations.   During it's over 150 years, the farm has produced a variety of crops including grain and industrial hemp.  In 2019 Patrick Brown expanded their hemp operation and launched Hempfinity a line of hemp extracted products.  He joins  Joy Beckerman to explain their mission to help provide a...