Perspectives on Social Equity in Cannabis and R&D Horizons with Jim Makoso today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice only on Cannabis Radio. We saw Jim in Detroit recently where we hosted a social equity workshop and Jim and I chatted a lot about what’s happening in the industry. NCIA has a DEI Committee as well as a DEI Scholarship Program for licensees. We start by talking about those state-by-state programs that are writing social equity licensing provisions into their state laws at the get...
Dec 13, 2021•30 min
Hello Manito and Paragon Payroll: In Studio at #MWCannaBizCon today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice with Bethany Moore only on Cannabis Radio. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Dec 06, 2021•25 min
Moving Toward Earth-Digestible Packaging in Cannabis with Nick McCormick and Kelly Williams today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice today on Cannabis Radio. So there’s a lot of packaging in our industry and our guests are on the PLC, and while some of the packagings is really interesting and innovative. What’s also true is contributes to waste and there’s an environmental sustainability issue that as an industry we need to address. So we start by talking more ni general and about the environment...
Dec 06, 2021•27 min
The People's Dispensary was created to serve the most vulnerable of our population. The People's Dispensary creates spaces and curates products that enhance the lives of our communities, individually and collectively. They believe that cannabis is an alternative medicine that is a basic human right. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Nov 30, 2021•31 min
The Intersection of Banking Reform and Cannabis Retail Alexander Lipnik, AeroPay, and Peter Su today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice only on Cannabis Radio. Alex Lipnik is the Head of Strategic Partnerships at AeroPay, a digital payments platform for the cannabis industry. In his role, he works with ancillary technology companies – including delivery, eCommerce, and POS providers – to create seamless payment experiences for cannabis businesses and consumers alike. He also serves on NCIA’s Reta...
Nov 29, 2021•29 min
Elite Athletes as Cannabis Advocates at #CannaBizSummit today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice with Bethany Moore only on Cannabis Radio. Generally speaking, more and more athletes have been coming forward to help destigmatize, and also advocate for the plant to be used for health issues like chronic pain and injury. It’s a little different than celebrity-like a musician or actor coming forward as an advocate like Melissa Etheridge and Whoopi Goldberg. Athletes bring a bit more story to the gam...
Nov 22, 2021•27 min
Harnessing Terpenes, Sensory Effects + Replacing Opioids with Eybna, Nadav Eyal today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice with Bethany Moore only on Cannabis Radio. Nadav Eyal is the CEO and Co-Founder of Eybna, a pioneering cannabis technology company, and terpene manufacturer headquartered in California and R&D Center in both Colorado and Israel. Nadav's professional background is rooted in the field of data science. Nadav has long been passionate about botanical medicine and how it can offe...
Nov 15, 2021•30 min
Insights into National and International Market Trends with Kelly Nielsen today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice only on Cannabis Radio. Kelly is the Vice President of Insights and Analytics with BDSA. She leads the Insights and Analytics team and engages with clients to generate insights from a vast quantity of data to make informed business decisions and drive results. Together with her team, she works with manufacturers, retailers, and investors to deliver unmatched insights and analytics to...
Nov 08, 2021•29 min
Rocky Mountain Reagents And Indica LLC with Liz Geisleman and Chris Jackson, Live from MWCBC today on Ncia's Cannabis industry Voice only on Cannabis Radio. In this series of episodes, we are asking people how they liked being at the #MWCannaBizCon show after 18 months of not hosting in-person events because of COVID-19. As well as what issues in cannabis policy are most important to them, and insights into the future of the cannabis industry and policy. Also, don't forget about NCIA's 7th Annua...
Nov 02, 2021•29 min
The Journey From The Illicit Market to Regulated Industry with Tony Frischknecht today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice with Bethany Moore only on Cannabis Radio. Tony is the founder of Essential Extraction Corporation, based in Loveland, Colorado, which supplies the necessary tools and knowledge for anyone to be able to extract their own botanical essential oils. In 2005, Tony got his start in the medical marijuana industry in Fort Collins, Colorado. He founded a small, marijuana caregiving bu...
Oct 25, 2021•30 min
A Deeper Dive Into Standards Development In Cannabis with David Vaillencourt, GMP COllective today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice. David Vaillencourt, CEO of The GMP Collective, and his team at The GMP Collective bring decades of pharmaceutical and food industry best practices to cannabis and hemp. He also chairs NCIA’s Facilities Design Committee. We’ve talked a bit about standards development in other areas, including the ASTM which we just began to cover the surface of, let’s dive deeper i...
Oct 18, 2021•33 min
The Science of Standardization in Cannabis, Darwin Millard, The Spock of Cannabis joins us today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice with Bethany Moore only on Cannabis Radio. Darwin Millard (aka The Spock of Cannabis) is cannabis (marijuana and hemp) industry thought leader with over 14-years of hands-on extraction and product manufacturing experience. Darwin specializes in mechanical and solvent-based extraction methodologies for isolating highly volatile terpene phenolic secondary metabolites f...
Oct 10, 2021•30 min
Future-Proofing Environmental Sustainability in Cannabis with Will Vizuete and David Vaillancourt today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry. Dr. William Vizuete, Ph.D., is Chief Scientific Officer, and co-leads the Byers Emissions Analysis division, and is a key member of the Byers Mitigation Technologies division product research and development team. Dr. Vizuete is also a radio DJ on WXYC 89.3 FM and specializes in Jazz and Jamaican Music. For this occasion, he recorded a special reggae show with song...
Oct 04, 2021•33 min
How COVID has Changed Recruiting And Hiring in the Cannabis Industry with Kara Bradford of Viridian Staffing, and Bryan Passman, Hunter + Esquire. Kara is Co-Founder and Chief Talent Officer of Viridian Staffing. Founded in 2013 as the first professional, full-service staffing, recruiting & HR consulting firm in the Cannabis industry. Bryan is the Founder of cannabis industry talent acquisition firms Hunter + Esquire and The GIGG®. So a lot has changed in the last year and a half or more. We...
Sep 27, 2021•32 min
Standards in Cannabis Food Manufacturing And Merril Gilbert And Rhiannon Woo today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice with Bethany Moore only on Cannabis Radio. Merril Gilbert is the Co-founder and CEO of TraceTrust TraceTrust is a nationwide cannabis and hemp manufacturing compliance company advocating for safe consumer experiences through HACCP training and Good Manufacturing Process (GMP) Certifications. Merril has 25 years of experience working in the food and beverage industry and has been w...
Sep 20, 2021•30 min
CBD Products and Food Safety Regulations with Tim Lombardo of EAS Consulting today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry with Bethany Moore only on Cannabis Radio. Tim Lombardo is Senior Director for Food Consulting Services. Tim is a widely regarded expert in food safety and microbiology with over 25 years of direct experience leading these programs at a variety of manufacturing facilities. Tim’s direct experience includes dairy, infant formula, baked goods, nuts and nut products, fruits and vegetables, ...
Sep 13, 2021•30 min
Harnessing Celebrity Brands and Endorsements in Cannabis with Dan Shapiro today on NCIA's Cannabis Radio with Bethany Moore only on Cannabis Radio. Dan is the Associate General Counsel at Greenlane Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNLN), one of the largest global sellers of premium cannabis accessories and CBD products. Prior to joining Greenlane, Dan worked at CAA in the Sports Business & Legal Affairs division. Dan is the Founder and Inaugural Chair of the Cannabis Division of the American Bar Asso...
Sep 06, 2021•30 min
How Cannabis Operators Can Avoid A Lawsuit with Adam Patt and Ian Stewart of RMIC today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice with Bethany Moore only on Cannabis Radio. Ian is founder and co-chair of the Cannabis and Hemp Law practice at Wilson Elser, an AmLaw 200 law firm with 850 attorneys in 37 offices in the United States and London. Ian leads a national multi-disciplinary team of lawyers who serve all aspects of the cannabis and hemp industries, as well as financial institutions and insurance c...
Aug 30, 2021•32 min
Emerging Markets and Data Compliance with Chad Bronstein of Fyllo today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice with Bethany Moore only on Cannabis Radio. Chad Bronstein is the founder of Fyllo and brings expertise gained during a career leading the sales and marketing teams of some of the largest businesses in advertising, media, and technology. His experience leading large-scale acquisitions, venture fundraising, strategic partnerships, and corporate exits has resulted in the scaling of several star...
Aug 23, 2021•32 min
Harnessing the Ecosystem of Business Partnerships in Cannabis today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice with Bethany Moore only on Cannabis Radio. John Shearman is Vice President of Marketing and Cannabis Business Lead at Applied DNA Sciences and has over 30 years of deep enterprise and advertising agency experience across all marketing, sales, and IT disciplines. John spearheads the Applied DNA Sciences Cannabis vertical leading the vision, strategy, and product development for this emerging mark...
Aug 16, 2021•30 min
Grow America Builders with David Fettner on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice with Bethany Moore only on Cannabis Radio. David is a managing partner of Grow America Builders and has been one of Chicago’s premier general contractors for over two decades. As a third-generation builder, David’s expertise in high-end retail and commercial construction provided a seamless transition to the cannabis construction industry. Grow America BUilders is a national design-build construction firm specializing in ...
Aug 09, 2021•31 min
Genetec Inc. with Scott Thomas today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice only on Cannabis Radio. Scott Thomas is Genetec’s National Director of Sales for Signature Brands in the United States. Genetec Inc. is an innovative technology company with a broad solutions portfolio that encompasses security, intelligence, and operations. In this role, Scott and his team are responsible for Sales to the Retail, Financial, Hospitality, Gaming, and Cannabis vertical markets via Genetec’s network of system in...
Aug 02, 2021•31 min
Medical Patient Privacy in Cannabis with Elizabeth Litten and Fox Rothschild today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice only on Cannabis Radio. Elizabeth G. Litten, Partner and Chief Privacy & HIPAA Compliance Officer at Fox Rothschild. Named one of New Jersey’s leading health care attorneys by Chambers USA, Elizabeth serves as national and regional counsel to a wide range of healthcare-related entities including hospital systems, health care facilities, regulated and self-funded health plans, ...
Jul 26, 2021•33 min
Building New Foundations in the Cannabis Industry with Elise Serbaroli, Kelly Perez, Debra Borchardt, and Christine De La Rosa. Today we’re going to talk about an important new white paper series called Building New Foundations in the Cannabis Industry: Creating Gender Parity through Ownership, Leadership, Boards, Pay Equality, Branding, and Capital, but first, let’s talk more about our guests. Elise Serbaroli leads Global Business Development at Strimo - she brings global experience in software...
Jul 19, 2021•32 min
Medicine of Cannabis policy paper with Paloma Lehfeldt, Paul Muchowski, Vireo Health/Defined Research today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice only on Cannabis Radio. As one of the only physician-founded, physician-led medical cannabis companies in the world, Vireo Health collaborates with research organizations to better understand medical cannabis, its applications, and its safety. These partnerships help to reinforce and improve the scientific underpinning of the beneficial effects of cannabis...
Jul 12, 2021•32 min
Incunabulum Inc. with Kathee Brewer today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice only on Cannabis Radio. Kathee Brewer is the editorial director for Incunabulum Inc., including award-winning publications including mg Magazine and CBD Today. Kathee is an award-winning journalist, author, and Air Force veteran, and has covered everything from dog shows to airline disasters and political corruption. mg Magazine is the premier trade publication for the legal cannabis industry. Dubbed "weed's hybrid of Fo...
Jul 06, 2021•31 min
Byers Scientific with Marc Byers, Founder and President, and William Vizuete, Chief Scientific Officer, today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice only on Cannabis Radio. Odor emissions, which is purely a regulatory issue that doesn’t seem to impact the product itself, so we talk about why emissions and odor at cultivation sites are an environmental and social issue. Our Guests explain more about the impact on air quality and/or community odor issues and why they matter for regulations/policy devel...
Jun 28, 2021•34 min
Product safety in cannabis with Terra Vera CEO and Co-founder, Carlos Perea today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice only on Cannabis Radio. Terra Vera an agricultural technology company offering innovative solutions to replace conventional pesticides and increase product safety and consumer confidence within the agriculture industry. Carlos is a serial entrepreneur with a focus on the intersection of technology and social impact. Carlos has an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, a...
Jun 21, 2021•30 min
Movement in Congress In Cannabis Policy Reform with Michael Correia and Michelle Rutter Friberg today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice only on Cannabis Radio. Host Bethany Moore checks in with NCIA's D.C. team about the most recent movement in Congress in cannabis policy reform. NCIA's Director of Government Relations, Michael Correia, and Deputy Director of Government relations, Michelle Rutter Friberg, check in with the show to discuss the reintroduction of the SAFE Banking Act in the 117th C...
Jun 14, 2021•34 min
Weediatrics with Erin O’Hearn today on NCIA's Cannabis Industry Voice with Bethany Moore only on Cannabis Radio. Erin has a passion for producing thought-provoking, compelling, and entertaining films with storytelling that delves into significant social issues. After graduating from Cornell University, she worked in the corporate communications department at HBO and went on to produce news specials and documentaries for MTV. Erin made a career transition into news reporting and worked for ABC in...
Jun 07, 2021•30 min
