Potcast 137: Better Alternatives
There are so many ways for you to experience hemp - from paper products and health supplements to custom guitars, clothes, and automobiles. On today’s potcast, you’ll discover some fun and practical uses for arguably the world’s most diverse plant with my guest, Morris Beegle, a leading cannabis and hemp advocate and entrepreneur. Morris shares his hemp-infused journey and reminds us that when you know better, you have the opportunity to do better.
If you’re a business owner, I hope you’ll get curious about better alternatives and how you might plug hemp somewhere into your existing supply chain. Morris shares insights on how some industries are incorporating hemp on a small scale to begin replacing less desirable ingredients that aren’t earth and people-friendly.
Kumbaya and cannabis,
-Jo
‘After the Show Notes’
Leading cannabis/hemp advocate and entrepreneur, Morris Beegle is the co-founder and president of the WAFBA (We Are For Better Alternatives) family of brands, including the NoCo Hemp Expo, the world’s most comprehensive hemp-centric conference and exposition. WAFBA also includes Silver Mountain Hemp Guitars, a manufacturer of boutique hemp guitars cabinets and components, Tree Free Hemp, a hemp paper and printing company, Let’s Talk Hemp, a comprehensive digital media platform, and several others. Spanning education, advocacy, manufacturing, and entertainment, Beegle’s endeavors are both pioneering and award-winning. Traveling several continents, Beegle regularly engages audiences in N.A., Europe, UK, Nepal, and beyond, appearing at dozens of events and conferences each year.
WE ARE FOR BETTER ALTERNATIVES
Hemp is an ingredient that can go in thousands and thousands of products replacing petroleum, plastic, wood, building materials, synthetic fibers, pesticide-laden fibers like cotton, and more.
But change doesn’t happen overnight. Morris Beegle predicts it could take between five and twenty years for hemp packaging and plastic alternatives to reach full scalability.
In the meantime, before these better alternatives become more readily available, it’s important that we begin the process of exploring ways to offset the crap that’s not very good for us or the environment.
Take baby steps today in the direction of better alternatives and before you know it, we’ll have transformed our functional infrastructure and favorite products for good.
If you’re a business owner, get curious as to how you might plug hemp somewhere into your existing supply chain. Even if it’s replacing your office paper products and business cards with hemp-blended options instead. These micro-choices might not seem like much but if we’re all making small, eco-conscious decisions we’ll expedite the changes we want to see in the world.
WAFBA LLC is the brand umbrella for: @coloradohemp @treefreehemp @nocohempexpo @southernhempexpo @letstalkhemp @oneplanethemp @silvermountainhemp
Better Alternatives for Paper
TreeFreeHemp provides custom hemp printing services to create a rich and elegant, natural paper look and feel. Rooted in Colorado, TreeFreeHemp is your source for business cards, brochures and flyers, collectors edition posters, wedding invitations and greeting cards, and other special hemp-printed projects. From office supplies and promotional media to fine art, together we can create a special look for your company’s branding and marketing needs. Place your online order here! Use Promo Code casuallybaked to save 10% on your order.
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NoCo Hemp Expo in conjunction with Let’s Talk Hemp Media will be hosting the Experience Hemp SUMMER SOLSTICE, our second in a series consisting of a virtual conference and trade show. The summer event takes place June 16-19, 2020. It’s a FREE VIRTUAL EVENT so register here to attend!
Let’s Talk Hemp Media
Let’s Talk Hemp is a leading media platform that focuses on “Changing the Cannabis Conversation” with curated news, education, and information about hemp and cannabis. Learn more about the industry and get tips and tricks on the latest technologies. Plus learn about everything from legal updates, farming, production, and new products entering the hemp and cannabis space. Let’s Talk Hemp is a publication of the Colorado Hemp Company (a division of We Are For Better Alternatives WAFBA) focused specifically on the subject of industrial hemp and cannabis. Let’s Talk Hemp features news globally and shares the benefits of cannabis on health, energy, manufacturing, and the planet (HEMP).
National Hemp Association
We are a professional, responsive and effective trade association working on behalf of all sectors of the hemp industry and support use of all parts of the hemp plant for its many beneficial uses. In the 1800’s hemp was the most cultivated crop in the U.S. It’s time for hemp to return to America where it can become a significant source of U.S. jobs and provide a domestic supply of hemp for the $150 million worth of hemp that is now imported into the U.S.
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