Date - 08/25/2017
Time -
12:00 pm - 7:00 pm
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
Colorado Hemp Industries Association
Law & Policy Forum:
Hemp Law and Policy Seminar on Organic Certification, August 25th
The Colorado Hemp Industries Association presents its 2017 Hemp Law Seminar focusing on Organic Certification. Registration begins at 12 p.m. with programming beginning at 12:45. Speakers include: David Bush of the Hoban Law Group, Frank Robison of the Vicente Sederberg Law Firm, Garrett Graff of the Hoban Law Group and Sam Welsch with OneCert. Speakers will be followed by two panels: Organic Crop Production and Organic Manufacturing. The event will conclude with networking from 5-7 p.m. A special thank you to Green Cherry Organics for supporting COHIA and this event.
Agenda:
Time | Topic | Speaker |
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm | Registration and Networking | COHIA staff |
12:30 – 12:45 pm | Introduction and Announcements | COHIA board / staff |
12:45 pm – 1:30 pm | The National Organic Program | David Bush
Hoban Law Group |
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm | USDA Instructions for Organic Hemp | Garrett Graff
Hoban Law Group |
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm | International Organic Certification | Frank Robison
Vicente Sederberg |
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm | Questions and Discussion | |
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm | Break | |
3:00 pm – 3:40 pm | Role of the Certifying Agent | Sam Welsch
OneCert |
3:40 pm – 4:20 pm | Panel 1: Growers
Moderator: Keenan Jones Hoban Law Group |
Damien Farris
Colorado Cultivars Brett Eaton Green Cherry Organics Sunny Kaercher Miller Soils |
4:20 pm – 5:00 pm | Panel 2: Manufacturers
Moderator: Dennis Brovarone Hoban Law Group |
Matt Birkholz
Hemp Works Steve St. Clair Enerhealth Botanical Russell Thomas and Dana Shier Vapor Distilled |
5:00 pm – 7:00pm | Networking Reception |
Hunter Buffington
hunter@theCOHIA.org
970-388-2289