Hemp industry leaders stress unity at annual expo

COLORADO SPRINGS — Hemp is a notoriously versatile plant whose uses run the gamut from paper to clothing to building materials to CBD tinctures, but the companies that have built the diverse industry over the past decade or so too often operate in individual silos rather than join forces to collectively push the sector into the future. 

Industry unity, necessary to overcome marketplace and regulatory challenges, was a common theme among the speakers Wednesday at the annual NoCo Hemp Expo held at the Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs.

The expo, organized by hemp advocacy group We Are For Better Alternatives and now…