Summary: Welcome back to the Ministry of Hemp podcast, recorded this time at NoCo 2019. We were completely overwhelmed by the sheer scope of the 2019 Nothern Colorado Hemp Expo in Denver, Colorado. In this episode, Matt talks to so many amazing people doing things you would not believe with hemp. Our guests include: Nick French from Colorado Hemp Honey Lyndsey Davidsson from Queen City Hemp David Little from Incentive Gourmet Patrick Flaherty from PF Design Lab Marcus Gringnon from the Hempstead Heart Project Winona LaDuke from Winona’s Hemp The indigenous hemp growers panel at NoCo Hemp Expo. We want to hear from you too. Send us your questions and you might hear them answered on future shows! Send us your written questions to us on Twitter, Facebook, email matt@ministryofhemp.com, or call us and leave a message at 402-819-6417. Don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes or your favorite podcast app. If you really want to help out, we’d love for you to leave a short written review or even just a rating of our podcast. More about NOCO 2019 Read more about our visit to NoCo 2019: Discussing Hemp Patents And More At NoCo Hemp Expo 2019 Hemp Farmers Plan A Sustainable Future At NoCo Hemp Expo Episode Transcript Matt Baum: Welcome back to another exciting episode of The Ministry of Hemp podcast, and I want to thank everybody that has been listening and giving feedback, it has been great. You can always tweet at us on Twitter, @MinistryofHemp.com. You can hit us up on Facebook\MinistryofHemp, or you can call us too, 402-819-6147. And you can leave us comments, questions, anything you want. I would love to play them on the show. Please, give me a call. Matt Baum: And of course you can always find that number in the show notes as well. But enough of all that. On March 29th, I was in Colorado for the two day Northern Colorado Hemp Expo, the largest hemp expo in the United States. The NoCo Hemp Expo started about six years ago, this was NoCo6. And just like anything else, it started pretty small. NoCo was put on by the Colorado Hemp Company, which is a division of WAFBA which stands for We Are Better For Alternatives, which I’m assuming means alternatives to wood, alternatives to plastic. Matt Baum: The basic idea was to get people that are excited about hemp and what you can do with it under one roof. To show it off, not just for industry people, but for people that want to know where this is going. It started very small, and now it has grown to huge size. 10,000 people plus attended NoCo6 this year. I was one of them, and today we’re going to explore my NoCo audio [inaudible 00:01:48]. Let me tell you, I was not prepared for what I walked into. Matt Baum: This year’s NoCo Hemp Expo took place at the Crown Plaza Hotel, just next door to Denver International Airport. As we walked in, we had to check in to get our media badges and whatnot, and there was this really long hall we walked down with a ton of people.Okay we made it we’re in Colorado. Everyone seemed really nervous. I struck up this conversation with a very nice woman while I was walking down the hall. Matt Baum: There is a ton of people here. Are we going the right way? Speaker 1: The expo hall’s this way. I know it’s really confusing. Matt Baum: Like what’s that huge line for? Do you know? Speaker 3: To get registered for the conference passes. Speaker 2: When I went to buy my conference pass they were sold out and I booked my arrangements at the end of February. Matt Baum: Who you with? Speaker 2: Black River Hemp Company. Matt Baum: I’m Matt Baum, Ministry of Hemp. I’m recording for a podcast so I’m just getting some background audio right now. So what do you guys do? Speaker 2: Seed to sell. So last year was our first year we could grow in Wisconsin, and my background is in natural therapies and holistic health. So I’ve been waiting for an opportunity like this to bring this plant medici
