Canna Machine CBD and Cannabis Industry Podcast

In episode 9 Gary meets 3 award winning CBD brands from the Hemp and CBD Expo, which was held at the Birmingham NEC. Green Stem First up hear from Brett Horth, CEO of Green Stem, who won the award for best CBD oil at the expo. Green Stem are a brand that quickly established themselves as a major player in the UK CBD industry, achieving UK wide distribution, award winning products and creating plush expo stands too. Brett explains how Green Stem was set up by himself and his brother and how they come from a vape background. The duo also own a chain of shops called Vaporiz. He explains how the team were able to leverage in-house skills and resources to create the CBD brand, which is now stocked in over 350 stores.   He discusses the UK CBD industry, regulations and some ways new CBD brands may be able to market their business online, in spite of CBD being a somewhat restricted industry.  More info: https://www.greenstemcbd.com BNatural CBD Next up meet Sam and Georgina from BNatural CBD. The pair started the business over 12 months ago and produce a range of CBD oils and balms. They discuss compliance, self-regulation, product testing and why a legalised, regulated cannabis market could be a positive change. More info: https://www.bnaturaloil.co.uk/  Herbl In the final section meet Louis from Herbl. He explains the challenges he has faced launching a new CBD edibles brand from scratch. As well as the difficulties in getting approval from the local council and FSA to make CBD products at his home. More info: https://herbl.co.uk Full show notes for this Canna Machine episode are available at – https://cannamachine.co.uk/ep009-green-stem-bnatural-herbl Twitter & Instagram: @cannamachine  

Ep008 - In this episode of the Canna Machine podcast we meet some of the folks who run headshops or create products for them. Gary meets Mara from Abscent (AKA the bag lady) a Canadian living in Amsterdam). If you don’t want everyone to know what you have in your bag, then maybe smell proof bags are the answer. I caught up Mara with at Product Earth. https://www.abscent.eu/ We hear from Steve from Piecemaker pipes who produces silicon wet and dry pipes that are virtually indestructible and even get the thumbs up for patients by the NHS. More info: https://piecemakeruk.com/ Graham from Juicy Joint in Birmingham stalks about the business and how they started off as vinyl dance music store and Are now one of the go-to place for vapes, accessories and CBD in Birmingham. More info: https://thejuicyjoint.co.uk/ And finally Jack from The Festival Shop in Middlesborough shares his thoughts on a range of issues from nicotine to legalisation and the growing popularity of cannabis clubs of the north east. As opinions shift in respect to cannabis, so too does the way the authorities police by consent. Whilst this seems to vary from region to region, in parts of the North East it appears like there’s a growing acceptance of private members cannabis clubs and a more tolerant approach by the police. Listen to Jack to find out more! Show Notes: https://cannamachine.co.uk/ep008-headshops Insta and Twitter = @cannamachine

#007 – In this episode we talk about hemp. Gary meets Free Cannabis - someone who changed his name for the cause of Cannabis. Free has dedicated over 20 years to Cannabis activism and has appeared in the national news many times.  He was the person behind a Cannabis museum in London and he discusses cannabis and it many uses. He also shares a poem with us too. More info: http://freecannabis.net/ Also meet Alex Sparrow MD of UK Hempcrete. His company uses hemp to create a hemp concrete which has been used in buildings for over two decades. Alex gives us some background about his business and the benefits of using hempcrete. More info: https://www.ukhempcrete.com/ And in the final section meet Chloe Forfitt who is an artist and author. Chloe talks about her views on hemp and how she believes that used properly it has the power to help mankind with a number of problems it faces. More info: https://www.facebook.com/chloeforfitt.co.uk For the full show notes visit – https://cannamachine.co.uk/ep007-free-cannabis-hempcr IG: @cannamachine Twitter: @cannamachine  

#006 – In this episode it’s all about the legal business of selling cannabis/ marijuana seeds in Europe. Meet Lee from BSB Genetics, Natalia from Attitude Seedbank and Ruben from Delicious Seeds. Recorded live at product earth, I chat to the businesses about the challenges they face, current laws, as well as their predictions for the future of seeds retail around Europe. 1) Lee Mallett - BSB Genetics Lee talks about the history of the company and how its evolved over the last 8 years.  The problems of working in a cash based industry and the issues this causes with banking, tenancy and accounting. The different types of seeds and how different countries have different preferences due to growing times.   Why decriminalisation and regulation could be beneficial to both businesses and consumers in the long run.  https://www.bsbgenetics.com/   2) Natalia Faehnrich - Attitude Seedbank A successful entrepreneur and industry media presenter Natalia has grown Attitude Seedbank into one of the largest seed-selling companies in the UK. The brand also has a smoking division and a skater clothes store in Colchester, Essex. Website: https://www.cannabis-seeds-bank.co.uk/   3) Ruben Fernandez - Delicious Seeds Ruben discusses Spanish laws in respect to cannabis and how smoking clubs work in Barcelona.  Ruben also discusses the seeds business and why indoor grow is the most prudent industrial grow strategy in Spain, due to potential cross pollenation issues. https://www.deliciousseeds.com/del_en/ For the full show notes visit - https://cannamachine.co.uk/ep006-meet-the-cannabis-seed-sellers/   Want to be a guest or have some news to share? Email: info@cannamachine.co.uk Website: https://cannamachine.co.uk Instagram and Twitter: @cannamachine Product Earth Festival: https://productearthexpo.com/

#005 – In this episode I meet Clark French and Leila Simpson from the United Patients Alliance (UPA). The organisation are a patients advocacy group who campaign for better access to medical cannabis in both the private and public health sectors. Some of the things Clark And Leila discuss in the episode include: - The UPA was founded in 2014 by Caroline Lucas and Professor David Nutt to raise awareness for medical cannabis. The organisation aims to support patients that use cannabis. The UPA is a support and advocacy group. - Currently there is no funding available for medical cannabis on the NHA as CCGs can't afford cannabis. A few private prescriptions are starting to happen, but are still quite rare. The cost for a private prescription is over 3x the street price for cannabis so many patients cannot afford it. - Some patients have said they can grow their own cannabis instead of paying for it privately. However this is not legal in the UK. - Carly's Barton a fellow patient, has an Amnesty campaign called 'Carly's Amnesty' to allow medical cannabis users to grow up to 9 plants for personal use. However, patients still encounter problems with the authorities and Carly's home was visited by the police and items related to the personal grow confiscated - There is a challenge in providing clinical evidence to satisfy NICE/ the medical establishment to show that Cannabis is safe. They require a body of evidence and the UPA are trying to help produce that body of evidence. - Stigma can still cause medicinal cannabis users problems with landlords and neighbours. - There is urgency as according to Clark patients as advocates are the 'Frontline of the battle.' To find out more about the UPA visit - https://www.upalliance.org/ For the full episode show notes visit - https://cannamachine.co.uk/ep005-united-patients-alliance-interview-medical-cannabis-uk

#003 – Cannabis Civil rights activism and the UK's first CBD hotel. In this episode Gary meets Phil Monk a cannabis civil rights activist and Tim Acton a CBD business owner from Colchester, Essex. 1. Phil Monk - We The Undersigned. Phil founded the group We the Undersigned or WTU for short. He is a civil rights cannabis activist who’s looking to take the UK government to court over cannabis law. Visit WTU here https://WTUHQ.org 2. Tim Acton - Canna CBD. Tim opened the UK’s first CBD hotel as well as opening a CBD cafe and mobile cofee stands business. For more info visit  Hope you enjoyed the show! If you love this podcast? Leave a review on iTunes here. Visit the Canna Machine Website https://cannamachine.co.uk/ @CannaMachine on Instagram @CannaMachine on Twitter For the full show notes for this episode visit:  https://cannamachine.co.uk/ep001-emerald-cup-emerald-harvest-cbdfx-interviews/    

#002 - Hemp, the home office and growing. Hemp farmers don't have an easy time in the UK or in some countries around Europe. In the UK farmers need a home office license to grow hemp because hemp is still classified as a controlled substance under the UK's 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act (MoDA). If a farmer does get a hemp license, they are not permitted to harvest the bud and flower of the plant. This must be destroyed. The net result is that UK farmers miss out on the true potential of the plant. And no one knows this better than Hempen, who ran into difficulties this summer with the home office.  In the this episode Gary meets: - Patrick Gillett from the collective Hempen who are based in the Oxfordshire countryside. Visit Hempen online here https://www.hempen.co.uk - Rebekah Shaman who is an author, Shaman and chair of the British Hemp Association. The BHA campaign on behalf of British hemp farmers and their aims including taking hemp out of the home office and putting it under DEFRA as an agricultural crop. BHA website https://www.britishhempassociation.co.uk/ - Lorenza Romanese director of the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA). EIHA lobby in Brussels on behalf of European hemp farmers and processing plants in order to improve the outdated legislation that is still locked into the UN conventions drawn up in the 1960s. More info on EIHA http://eiha.org  Visit the Canna Machine https://cannamachine.co.uk @CannaMachine on Instagram @CannaMachine on Twitter If you love this podcast? Leave a review on iTunes here. For the full show notes for this episode visit: https://cannamachine.co.uk/ep002-hempen-bha-eiha-hemp-association-interview/  

#001 - In the launch episode we meet the Canna Californians. The UK is a few years behind the USA when it comes to CBD and the Cannabis industry, so who better to learn from and get inspired by - than Californians who have a rich history of outdoor cultivation and who are now (along with Canada) at the cutting edge of the legal cannabis market. In this podcast episode Gary interviews: 1. Taylor Blake from the Emerald Cup in Santa Rosa, who explains all about the history of the cannabis festival and competition which is held this year in December. Find out more about the Emerald Cup - https://theemeraldcup.com 2. David Pratt from nutrients company Emerald Harvest. David talks about the background of his company and the inspiration behind their awesome T-shirts. Visit Emerald Harvest - https://emeraldharvest.co 3. Jameson Rodgers from CBD FX. CBDFX are expanding into the UK. Jameson shares some information about the companies mission as well as giving an overview of some of the products available. For more info on CBDFX visit https://cbdfx.co.uk Visit the Canna Machine website - https://cannamachine.co.uk/ Instagram and Twitter @cannamachine If you love this podcast? Leave a review on iTunes For the full show notes for this episode visit: https://cannamachine.co.uk/ep001-emerald-cup-emerald-harvest-cbdfx-interviews/