NoCo brings hemp knowledge, opportunities to the community

By Taylor Paumen @taytaypau

On March 29-31 after about a two-hour drive down south to Colorado Springs, Colorado, you can attend the ninth annual NoCo Hemp Expo, also known as NoCo9, hosted at e Broadmoor hotel.

e We Are For Better Alternatives organization is presenting the three-day event to help bring the industrial communities of the hemp industry together in an effort to create environmentally and economically friendly plans for the future health of the affected populations, according to their website.

e three days at the historic century-old hotel will be filled with speakers presenting topics around hemp policies, agriculture, human resources, investments, global opportunities, medical advocacy and so much more.

e spread of options to attend is hosted across several stages and conference rooms around e Broadmoor campus. A commonly populated spot will be the main stage, where you can learn about advocacy and policy within the industry from WAFBA cofounder and President Morris Beegle March 29.

e main stage will also be presenting experts like Lorenza Romanese, managing director at the European Industrial Hemp Association; Jon Coyles, vice president of Drug, Health and Safety Programs for the MLB; and Marco Fugazza, an economist at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. While these specialists are the tip of the bud that NoCo9 is offering on just day one, there is even more to learn through days two and three. ere’s a wide range of topics available to gain more knowledge on, but you’ll have to be a little picky. For example, at 11:20 a.m. on day two, you have a few options, like attending “A Linthead’s Perspective — Textile and Apparel Grade Hemp Fiber. What It Is — What It Isn’t — What It Will Be,” where Guy Carpenter, the co-founder of Bear Fiber, will dive into his experience and knowledge about harvesting textile-grade American hemp fiber and its development around the world. Or you can hear from Bridget Williams, author and CEO of Green Harvest Health, and learn about the benefits medical cannabis and CBD bring to the medical industry.

Knowledge of the hemp and cannabis industry isn’t all that NoCo9 has to offer, as you can start your day off by joining in NoCo Yoga before you spend the rest of your day checking out all the vendors. To close out the whole conference, you can purchase a $25 ticket to the NoCo9 After Party with performances from Erica Brown and DJ JazzyTones March 31.

So if you’re looking for something to do in a prime Colorado location at the end of the month, the NoCo Hemp Expo at e Broadmoor may be your way to get out of town. You can purchase day tickets for either March 30 or March 31 for $79 and can find other ticket options and see all the event has to offer on their website.

Reach Taylor Paumen at cannabis @collegian.com.

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Frame By Frame

1. Guests at the Museum of Art Fort Collins peruse the exhibit during the opening night of the 19th Annual Eye Center of Northern Colorado Masks Fundraiser and Exhibition March 3. The annual exhibition has raised more than $1.9 million for the museum, according to the museum’s website.

2. Adam Schultz paints shimmery green and blue scales interchangeably on his fish mask piece coated in a solid black acrylic coat at the studio he and his wife, Lorri Acott, own in Loveland, Colorado, Nov. 22, 2022.

3. Adam Schultz begins molding the clay to fit onto the mask he received from the Museum of Art Fort Collins Nov. 11, 2022. “I just feel like I’m playing most of the time,” Schultz said while he placed the clay onto his mask.

4. Adam Schultz, a sculptor based in Loveland, Colorado, sketches preliminary ideas for the mask he plans on making for the Fort Collins Museum of Art at his studio, Dream Big Sculpture, in Loveland, Colorado, Nov. 11, 2022.

5. Adam Schultz squeezes more acrylic paint onto his paper plate palette as he finishes painting the mask he is creating for the Museum of Art Fort Collins mask project Nov. 23, 2022. As Schultz finished the project, he said the key to making art is, “You have to be free with it.”

6. Adam Schultz’s finished mask, created for the mask project for the Fort Collins Museum of Art Nov. 29, 2022. “It’s really nice to have my art speak for me,” Schultz said after finishing the piece. “I can look into someone’s eyes and see if there’s a connection.”

7. Adam Schultz signs his name on his finished mask project that he will later ship off to the Museum of Art Fort Collins, Nov. 29, 2022. Schultz finished his piece in his studio in Loveland, Colorado, where he and his wife finish larger pieces that are ready to be sent off to be casted.

8. Adam Schultz laughs and talks with his wife, Lorri Acott, as they both work on their mask projects for the Museum of Art Fort Collins Nov. 22, 2022. “Art is foundational,” Schultz said as he painted his piece. “It reminds us that we are doing okay, that we can listen to this song, that we can dance, that we have time.”

9. After molding the clay onto his mask, Adam Schultz begins sculpting the woman that will sit on top of the fish he is creating for the mask project hosted by the Museum of Art Fort Collins Nov. 14, 2022. “I just liked the idea that you could ride abundance since fish means abundance to me,” Schultz said.

PHOTOS BY REILEY COSTA