Agribusiness  March 30, 2016

Hemp industry to get down to business at weekend expo

LOVELAND – Boosting the business side of hemp – while reinforcing the message about what it is and what it isn’t – is the focus of this weekend’s 2016 NoCo Hemp Expo at The Ranch Events Complex in Loveland.

Movers and shakers in the hemp industry will drive home the versatility of the plant, make pitches to investors and display a multitude of wares to consumers – all while pounding home the mantra that hemp isn’t pot, it won’t get you high, but it could pump billions of dollars into the economy.

“Our emphasis is on the non-psychoactive parts of the cannabis plant,” said…

With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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