Open Book Extracts manufactures hemp-derived CBD ingredients that serve as the foundation for safe and highly effective ingestible and topical CBD products. With a state-of-the-art processing facility, a pharma-grade extraction and purification team, an industry-leading product development and formulation team, and experienced professionals from a range of relevant industries, OBX is partnering with CPGs and chained retailers to bring new CBD products to life.

Delta Valley Farm Management has been farming hemp at scale in North America for four years. From its first 100-acre test farm on the Western Slope of Colorado, it has expanded into Canada and multiple U.S. states. Duer will discuss the trajectory of the emerging hemp industry thus far, the steep learning curve and realities of scale hemp cultivation, current pinch points and infrastructure needs, and the likely evolution of hemp farming within each agricultural region of the United States. She will also delve into the international markets, where our competition on each major use of hemp lies, and what advantages and disadvantages apply to American hemp farmers in a global market.

Victory Hemp Foods creates highly functional hemp ingredients for super-nutritious, plant-based, vegetarian and vegan foods. The company specializes in hemp concentrates and isolates that offer manufacturers compelling taste and performance advantages, enabling food companies to create better foods and unlock the value of the hemp seed for all.

Regen Network is building open tools that facilitate ecological regeneration, including the Regen Ledger, the blockchain of ecological health. By creating a systemic, multi-stakeholder, market-driven solution to facilitate verifiable ecological outcomes, the company hopes to help industry and governments monitor and verify ecological changes worldwide.

All of Blue Nest Beef’s 100% grass fed beef is bird-friendly, meaning it complies with Audubon Conservation Ranching Protocols for habitat management, forage & feeding, animal health & welfare and environmental sustainability. It also comes from animals whose diet was derived solely from forage and a limited list of approved supplements, meaning it can never be fed any grain or grain by-products and must always have continuous access to pasture. Its business model was designed to mimic the symbiotic relationship between grass and soil in healthy pastures, including a producer pool that splits a percentage of revenues among calf producers, a finisher premium for those farmers who finish animals to Blue Nest’s high standards and support for the Audubon Society’s programs and a growing community of affiliate partners.