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CBD Information & News

CBD products are the fastest growing market segment in retail today. We have compiled articles that will help to answer your questions about CBD product sales in Georgia.

Please contact GFIA President Kathy Kuzava with specific questions. 
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GFIA Newsletter Article, "CBD Questions Continue - FDA warns about lack of research"
by Kathy kuzava, 12/30/2019

GFIA Newsletter Article, "The CBD Craze - Grocers ask FDA for clarity in the wild west of CBD sales"
by Kathy kuzava, 09/12/2019

Progressive Grocer's Article, "7 burning questions on cannabis that retailers need answered"
by Rick Maturo 08/28/2019

Progressive Grocer's Article, "4 Things All Grocers Need to Know About CBD"
By Jon Murray 06/14/2019

Supermarket News' Article, "7 retailer and brand owner questions answered about hemp CBD"
​by Todd Runestad 06/04/2019

GEORGIA'S HEMP FARMING ACT

This year, the Georgia legislature passed HB 213, the Georgia Hemp Farming Act, which allows  farmers to obtain licenses to grow and process hemp. The definition of “hemp” includes any part of the cannabis sativa L. plant and all derivatives, with no more than a 0.3% concentration of THC. Under the federal 2014 Farm Bill, higher education institutions and state agricultural departments were authorized to develop pilot programs and cultivate industrial hemp for research purposes.

The federal 2018 Farm Bill removed hemp from the definition of “marijuana” and excluded THC in hemp from scheduling under the Controlled Substances Act. It also allowed states to develop their own programs for licensing and regulating hemp and required USDA to develop a federal program.
Under Georgia’s hemp licensing program, the state Department of Agriculture will issue hemp grower licenses and hemp processer annual permits. Grower’s permits will range between $50-$5,000. Processors will pay an initial fee of $25,000, which is reduced to $10,000 for each subsequent year, along with a surety bond of $10,000. (More details at GFIA’s website.)

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