Agrify Corp’s Raymond Chang on Creating Holistic Solutions for the Cannabis Industry

NASDAQ-traded, Massachusetts-based Agrify Corporation (AGFY) calls itself a “vertically integrated provider of premium cultivation and extraction solutions for the cannabis and hemp industry,” but that description, apt as it may be, only tells part of the story of this multilayered…

The 2018 Farm Bill is Growing More than Just Hemp on the Farm

A look at some companies expanding their traditional market to meeting the challenges of a regulated market working on narrowing margins I have added a verse to “Old McDonald Had a Farm.”[1] Old McDonald had a farm,E-I-E-I-O And on this…

Getting Started in Hemp Extraction: Step Two, Part One: Choose & Design Facility

February 10, 2020
Laura Breit, PE
Best Practices, Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Industry News
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When designing cultivation facilities or other business types, the design process typically starts with first choosing a property, then choosing a building, and then designing the equipment and systems to outfit the building. When it comes to hemp extraction, we…

Getting Started in Hemp Extraction: Step One: Choose Processing Method

Thanks to the 2018 Farm Bill, hemp is legalized federally and continuing to expand in popularity. Last year, the United States saw nearly 80,000 acres of licensed industrial hemp grown in 23 states (more than tripled from the year prior),…

Look to the Combination of Extraction Processes for Your Ingredients

March 5, 2019
John A. MacKay, Ph.D.
Hemp Industry News, Processing, Science and Technology
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By John A. MacKay, Ph.D. There are many ways to extract and separate the compounds that the cannabis plant produces during its life cycle. At Waters Corporation people assumed that Waters instruments focused solely on supercritical fluid (SCF) technology. The…

Cannabis Patent Litigation Update: Is Extraction and Preparation Prior Art?

By Jihee Ahn, Attorney at Harris Bricken About six months ago, we posted news of the first ever cannabis patent infringement case. As a reminder, the case was initiated by United Cannabis Corporation (“UCANN”) in the United States District Court, District…

Defining the BEST Extraction Methods for Hemp

I am often asked, “What is the “best” extraction?” The key to this answer is that you must assume unintended consequences until proven right. I have a suggestion to present, and I assume the right to adapt and revise it.…

Making Extraction Productive

By John A. MacKay, Ph.D. Extraction. The word is itself sounds harsh. For me, it immediately brings to mind images of a dentist armed with a drill and sharp tools and, of course, pain. I have images like those from…