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Florida Hemp Council Launches

The Florida Hemp Council (FLHC) Florida and The Florida created (www.TheFLHC.org) to share public docu-
has been formed by representatives of Hemp Council has been ments and association news.
industry leaders: Blue Moon Hemp, formed to showcase and pro- As a University of Miami graduate, Stevens received
Blume Hemp, Evello Global, Evio Labs, mote the ‘good actors’ in the an endowment to start a study on medical marijuana
GenCanna Global, Green Roads, industry and assist the State in policies across the United States. This expanded into
Mission Lago Farms, Natural Life and holding the ‘bad actors’ his work in his home state of Massachusetts on the
Veritas Farms. The Florida Hemp accountable. state’s Medical Marijuana campaigns as well as becom-
Council is a working group of farmers, Hemp products can touch ing a senior member with both United for Care and
processors, manufacturers, wholesalers, lives in dozens of ways, from Florida for Care, to help lead the 2014 and 2016 med-
retailers and professionals dedicated to papers used to the plastics ical cannabis constitutional amendment campaigns and
the future production of all hemp prod- that are disposed. These prod- implementation. He currently is serving in a dual role
ucts. ucts can create biodegradable of executive director and director of business develop-
According to newly appointed FLHC Executive solutions that will save Florida landfills, forests and ment at Kaycha Group that owns and operates EVIO
Director Eric Stevens, the nonprofit’s mission is to work oceans and, of course, hemp for food and CBD. Labs Florida, ISO accredited cannabis testing labs and
collectively toward creating an ecosystem that will cat- “We want to have everyone from farmers to retailers the MJ Buddy App, a cannabis/hemp research, efficacy
apult the Florida Hemp industry and those who sup- represented as this new economy is formed to discuss and patient outcomes tool.
port it to the forefront as the leader in Hemp produc- best practices,” shared FLHC Vice President Jeff News will soon be shared on the FLHC’s inaugural
tion. The vision of the organization is to have all chan- Greene, who added that FLHC leadership attended the Hemp Conference in June/July 2020 in Fort Lauderdale
nels of the state’s economic engine represented from June rule-making sessions held by the Florida and annual trade shows being produced for B2B FLHC
farmers to retailers with everything represented in Department of Agriculture and has retained Dean Mead members in north and south Florida.
between. to represent the Council through the process.
“This is truly a pivotal time for Hemp in Florida as FLHC is sponsoring the next three workshops for the To learn more about TFHC or how to become a
we formally announce the establishment of this futurist University of Florida/IFAS Industrial Hemp Workshop member, visit www.TheFLHC.org to access membership
association and its founding members of trailblazing and Field Day with details featured at the website documents, email membership@TheFLHC.org
leaders in the current market,” shared Stevens. “Hemp https://programs.ifas.ufl.edu/hemp/events. or call 1(833)-4FL-HEMP.
is projected to become a multi-billion dollar industry in Stevens reported that a preliminary website has been

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