Welcome to the Cannabis

and Science Podcast. I'm your host, Tad Hussey of Kiss Organics.

This is the podcast where we discuss the cutting edge of organic growing from a science-based

perspective and drawn top experts from around the industry to share their wisdom and knowledge.

My guest this week is a timely one.

Michael Bowman is founding chair of the National Hemp Association.

He is also the author of Section 7606 of the 2014 Farm Bill, a provision that grants

U.S. farmers the right to cultivate hemp in states where hemp production is now legal for

the first time since Congress passed the 1933 Farm Bill. He's known in some circles as Mr. Hemp for his activism,

and he has been instrumental in shaping the state of Colorado's hemp policy as chair of Colorado's

new energy future and served as co-chair of Governor-elect Bill Ritter's Energy Transition Team.

A graduate of the Colorado Agriculture and Rural Leadership Program, Michael spent his entire adult life in rural advocacy.

He has served as founding board member of numerous environmental and hemp advocacy organizations,

including the Rocky Mountain Hemp Association, Colorado Industrial Hemp Commission,

the American Renewable Energy Institute, and the Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance, to name a few.

He is also a co-founder of the Colorado Farm to Cafeterial Work Group,

advisor to the Savory Institute, and a board member of the National American Industrial Hemp Association.

Michael is a next-generation fellow in Columbia University's American Assembly

and a 2008 recipient

of Gamma Sigma Delta's significant achievement in agriculture by Colorado State University.

With everything going on right now around him, I thought it was the perfect time to get him

on the show to answer some questions about what to expect in 2019. I brought on Nelson

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