The Cannabis Talk Show A to Z LIVE at 11 AM or repeated at 9PM on www.Biztalkradio.com
11:00 Guest
Joy Beckerman & Hemp Ace International
Joy Beckerman has been involved in the industrial hemp movement for over a quarter of a century, and her extraordinary passion for this unique and valuable crop is contagious! She is the Principal Industrial Hemp Specialist at Hemp Ace International and holds leadership positions in multiple Cannabis organizations. After excelling in paralegal studies and joining the Cannabis Movements in the spring of 1990, Joy opened the first industrial hemp store in the State of New York, in Woodstock, in 1994. She also led her first Cannabis Legalization march and rally at that time. When the inaugural Vermont Hemp Bill passed in 1996, Joy relocated her family to Vermont to serve as Secretary to the Vermont Hemp Council. She assisted with the management of three Vermont Hemporium retail locations during that service, while also achieving a 4.0 GPA as an English Major at the University of Vermont in Burlington.As the Principal at Hemp Ace International, Joy provides comprehensive professional industrial hemp education, paralegal, consulting, networking, and presentation services, both domestic and foreign. Her world class online training programs are enhanced by her global network of industrial hemp agrologists, breeders, processors, manufacturers and experts. She is a wholesale industrial hemp broker, including raw and processed fiber, bulk food ingredients, building materials, textiles, rope/cordage/twine/yarns, apparel, paper, body care, and biocomposite/bioresin components. Joy is also the North American Hempcrete 101 Workshop Instructor for Hemp Technologies, builders of the first fully-permitted, zero VOC hempcrete homes in the U.S.; and she is vastly honored to be a part of the Cannabis Museum’s writing and production team. Joy received the Hemp Industries Association’s “2014 National Hemp Activist of the Year” Award and Seattle Hempfest’s “2016 Regional Cannabis Activist of the Year” Award, and is widely regarded for her outstanding work with the Washington State Legislature and State Department of Agriculture. Educated stewardship of the valuable, versatile, sustainable industrial hemp crop and industries is Joy’s calling and driving force. www.hempace.com