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Ultimate List of Hemp Strains | Podcast
Ultimate List of Hemp Strains What is the ultimate list of hemp strains? Believe it or not, not all hemp plants are created equal. Varying hemp strains can determine the formulation, effects and quality of a CBD extract. The reasons for this are plenty - varying...
Top 5 Reasons to be EU GMP | Podcast
Top 5 Reasons to be UE GMP When it comes to the United States, the legality and regulation of CBD is relatively straightforward under the 2018 Farm Bill. In the EU, however, regulations of CBD vary greatly making GMP compliance a more complicated conversation overall....
Insider Secrets to Selecting a Hemp Processor | Podcast
Insider Secrets to Selecting a Hemp Processor Business partnerships in any industry can be as risky as they are lucrative. When it comes to choosing a partner in the CBD extraction industry, there are important factors to consider just like any other business...
Top 5 Things Investors Need to Know About CBD Processing | Podcast
Top 5 Things Investors Need to Know About CBD Processing When it comes to CBD processing and the hemp extraction industry, investors have become increasingly interested in their involvement. With the CBD industry projected to grow by the billions within the next few...
How To Pitch Your Plan | Podcast
How To Pitch Your Plan How to Pitch Your Plan! So, you’ve decided to create your first hemp or cannabis startup. You’ve planned out your location, what products you will make, what solvent you will use for extraction, and more. You have it all figured out! Or do you…...
Hemp Startup 101 | Podcast
Hemp Startup 101 There are many questions that you need to ask when starting a new business or even upgrading your facility to accommodate more production. Since 2014, extraktLAB has been heavily involved in putting hundreds of cannabis and hemp manufacturers in the...
How to Make Delta-8 THC | Podcast
How to Make Delta-8 THC There is no doubt that CBD has swept the world as one of the hottest cannabinoids from the hemp plant. With the introduction of the 2018 Farm Bill, a whole world of hemp derived products. So long as a product has a THC content below 0.3% any...
Chromatography Explained | Podcast
Chromatography Explained Chromatography has become critically important for the widely popular formulations of CBD products including full-spectrum, broad-spectrum, and CBD isolate - all of which are increasingly desired in the growing hemp extract markets. With the...
Bottlenecks Solved! | Podcast
Summary of Bottlenecks Solved Bottlenecks are an issue within any business and inside any industry. These issues are never easy to solve, but there are always solutions. Inside the hemp and cannabis industry there are many potential areas in the process that can lead...
Full vs. Broad Spectrum and Isolate | Podcast
Full vs. Broad Spectrum and Isolate Product formulations are a critical part of the CBD extraction process, but sometimes it can get complicated. What is full spectrum distillate? How is it any different from broad spectrum distillate? And what about CBD isolate? All...
extrakTALKS Interview: Dr. Benjamin Caplan | Podcast
extakTALKS Interview: Dr. Benjamin Caplan In this special episode of extrakTALKS, Dr. Jon sits down with Dr. Benjamin Caplan to discuss a number of health related topics in the hemp and cannabis industry. Dr. Benjamin Caplan of CED Clinic has served as Chief Medical...
All Things Distillation | Podcast
All Things Distillation Distillation is not a new technology by any means, but advances in the industrial hemp and cannabis industry are appearing in strides. From essential oils, to spirits, to cannabis concentrates, the distillation process is critical to create a...
Advanced Solvent Removal Without Rotovaps | Podcast
Advanced Testing Secrets Quality assurance is an integral part of any profitable business, and the hemp and cannabis industry is no different. When it comes to safe, quality products, analytical testing of materials and products is critical to ensure that laws and...
How to Make the Best Tincture Ever | Podcast
How to Make the Best Tincture Ever! There are a variety of CBD products that are rapidly gaining popularity, and tinctures are among them. While many customers may know what they want in a CBD tincture, they may not know to make CBD tincture – let alone how they are...
Extraction: Past, Present, Future | Podcast
Extraction: Past, Present, and Future In this episode of extrakTALKS, Dr. Jon and Randall walk through the history of solvent extraction. They explain in detail what techniques were used in the past, the advancements of the techniques we use in the present, as well as...
Calculators Galore! | Podcast
Calculators Galore! Would you like to know your yearly operating costs using CO2 vs. Ethanol? What about what yield you will have from your biomass? Maybe you'd like to calculate your potential yield from biomass? Good news! extraktLAB has a calculator for that! In...
All Things Processing Facilities | Podcast
All Things Processing Facilities In this episode of No Holds Barred, Dr. Jon and Randall Thompson delve into the necessary requirements, guidelines and regulations for hemp processing facilities. Listen in to find out what you should know when considering scaling up,...
Hemp Legal 101 | Podcast
Hemp Legal 101 | Legality of Industrial Hemp and CBD Dr. Jon, Randall Thompson, And Melvin Welch sit down to discuss all that you need to need to know legally on owning a CBD Business. Whether you are a farmer, grower, processor, or investor, they give valuable...
Ethanol vs CO2 Rematch | Podcast
CO2 Extraction vs Ethanol Extraction Rematch Dr Jon and Randall Thompson discuss the key differences between CO2 extraction and ethanol extraction. They discuss equipment costs, solvents changeovers, operational costs, and how an extraction method can affect an...
Advanced Testing Secrets | Podcast
Testing, testing, 1,2,3! In this episode of extrakTalks, Dr. Jon and Randall Thompson dive into the secrets of testing in hemp processing. Whether you are a farmer (hemp), grower (marijuana), manufacturer, producer or consumer, you need to hear these secrets about testing in the cannabis and hemp extraction industry and how it affects you today!
