In recent weeks, I attended the 9th Annual NoCo Hemp Expo at the famous Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, CO. It is always a pleasure to connect with old friends (and new) and so many legacy hemp industry leaders and business operators.
I have attended NoCo since its inception in 2014 and am a big fan of the devoted following that Founder, Morris Beegle, brings together at his events. NoCo is one of the most unique trade shows in that, each year, it brings together the legitimate global who’s who of the hemp industry. I am honored and proud to be amongst that group of friends. This year, I provided an Opening Keynote with a message of hope and unity. A brief snippet:
“For the world to fully recognize the 50,000 uses of the hemp plant, we need to stand in unity and support for all uses of the plant. Detach yourself from your notion about what the hemp industry is supposed to be, and recognize and respect your fellow entrepreneurs, hustlers, and the like. Respect all uses in hemp’s family of uses. All of them. You don’t send one member of a family, because of controversy and disagreement, into the wilderness to die or jettison them, you must embrace them and work with them or you really do not have a family at all. For hemp to succeed as an industry, the entire family of uses MUST be recognized and respected.”
All of the plant’s uses and contrivances must be respected for the hemp family of uses to exist. This year’s NoCo brought me down memory lane, as I recalled the various industry consumer product trends over the past nine NoCo Hemp Expos, like CBD, hemp flower, hemp cigarettes, CBG, THCa, etc.
Today’s market trend is Delta-8 THC and related compounds, such as Delta-10 THC, Delta-11 THC, HHC, and the like. Numerous states are actively promulgating regulations to ensure that these compounds are produced and sold in a manner that is safe and consumer friendly.
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Sean Hocking
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