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…

Investors Must be Doing Simple In House Qualitative and Quantitative Testing

By John MacKay By now, it is a foregone conclusion that incorporation of analytical testing technologies is a requirement for cannabis cultivators and product producers alike. Most importantly, qualitative and quantitative testing is required to meet state regulations to ensure…

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…

Increased Productivity of Newest Extraction Choices for Cannabis and Hemp Brings More Questions than Answers

March 19, 2018
John A. MacKay, Ph.D.
Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Industry News, Processing, Science and Technology
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Extracting oil from cannabis is growing by leaps and bounds across the world. If you are not purchasing or selling a flower, then the ingredients for the other products have most likely been concentrated from the plant. And, the art…

A Significant Event of 2015: The Merging of Classical and Practitioner Scientists

As I look back on the calendar year, one significant tipping point in 2015 was the focus on experimental design in the cannabis market that most didn’t expect to happen so soon or so respectfully. It is the merging of…

Consider the FDA and CDER in Guiding Your SOP

Three letter acronyms are annoying. Four doesn't make it any easier. Many people hear The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and it has the same appeal and reaction as human gas in…

Pesticides Can’t Kill What Bugs Me Most Today

I don’t mean to be a puny pun pest because this is a subject that is serious and certainly demands attention from many different facets of the issue. A product on a shelf that is 95 percent Cannabidiolic Acid (CBDa)…

Pesticides in Cannabis Exposed by Independent Testing Labs

Recent articles in newspapers, television and the Internet about the detection of pesticides in marijuana is making the “news in the backyards, dinner tables and water coolers chats at work.” Certainly Colorado and Oregon have made the most news recently…

“Just the fact, ma’am” – Unintended Consequences and Sergeant Joe Friday

Hypotheses versus opinions. Factual versus anecdotal evidence. Dragnet was a popular radio and then TV drama beginning in the late 1940’s. One of the famous lines that has been attributed to the character Joe Friday when he was trying to…

Defining the BEST Extraction. Transition in Testing Technology

May 13, 2015
John A. MacKay, Ph.D.
Lab Testing, Processing, Science and Technology
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I am often asked, “What is the “best” extraction?” I have a suggestion that I presented in the past, and I assume the right to adapt and revise it. Botanical integrity from seed to shelf Efficacy of the process beyond…

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.…

A B C’s of Pressure Step Gradients for Extraction of Terpenes, Neutral Cannabinoids from Acidic Cannabinoids from Industrial Hemp

April 7, 2015
John A. MacKay, Ph.D.
Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Industry News, Science and Technology
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Introduction One of the greatest differentiating powers of supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) with carbon dioxide (CO2) is the tunable selectivity of the extraction workflow. I would direct the readers to papers and books that have been written. Today I will…

Performing Extractions of Natural Products that are Out of the This World

By John A. MacKay In my last article, I provided an overview of extraction types and the number of apparatus and solvents that could be used to perform this process. As a follow-up, I want to use the extraction of…

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…

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

Investors Must be Doing Simple In House Qualitative and Quantitative Testing

Look to the Combination of Extraction Processes for Your Ingredients

Increased Productivity of Newest Extraction Choices for Cannabis and Hemp Brings More Questions than Answers

A Significant Event of 2015: The Merging of Classical and Practitioner Scientists

Consider the FDA and CDER in Guiding Your SOP

Pesticides Can’t Kill What Bugs Me Most Today

Pesticides in Cannabis Exposed by Independent Testing Labs

“Just the fact, ma’am” – Unintended Consequences and Sergeant Joe Friday

Defining the BEST Extraction. Transition in Testing Technology

Defining the BEST Extraction Methods for Hemp

A B C’s of Pressure Step Gradients for Extraction of Terpenes, Neutral Cannabinoids from Acidic Cannabinoids from Industrial Hemp

Performing Extractions of Natural Products that are Out of the This World

Making Extraction Productive

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