The Michigan Hemp Symposium™ is a one-day hemp education symposium focused on jump starting the Michigan hemp community in partnership Cannabiz Connection™ and The Hemp Biz Conference™. With up to date information on industrial hemp cultivation, implications of the Farm Bill specific to hemp, regulatory updates and an overview of business opportunities in the developing industry.
Michigan Hemp Symposium Agenda
Saturday, March 23rd, 2019
8:30
Registration
9:00
Introduction: Jamie Cooper, Cannabiz Connection
9:10
Critical Update: Farm bill basics, MDARD review.
Speaker to be confirmed
10:50
Morning Break: Visit booths
11:10
Hemp Program: Certified hemp seed varietals for food, fiber and CBD production, application basics:
Agronomist to be confirmed
12:00
Lunch
1:10 (2-hour workshop)
Featured Speaker: Hemp Farming Fundamentals, Lessons Learned from 3 Seasons of Hemp Farming in CO & NY:
Steven Turetsky, SHI Farms
3:10
Afternoon break: Visit booths
3:30
Looking Toward the Future: Opportunities in Hemp: Selling Your Crop, Brokerage and the Hemp Supply Chain:
Christie Lunsford, The Hemp Biz Conference
4:50
Closing Remarks:
Jamie Cooper, Cannabiz Connection