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Shares of The Alkaline Water Co. surged 24 per cent after it said it is teaming up with the first-ever legal CBD company in the U.S. to expand its CBD product portfolio.

The former New England Patriots tight end will promote CBD products for Rhode Island-based Abacus Health while calling on the NFL to allow athletes to use the touted wellness extract.

New York-based Acabada is taking the CBD craze to another level, launching a new line of CBD-infused activewear designed to help female athletes recover faster by reducing pain and inflammation.

Despite 40 per cent of its market value being wiped out since March, the Edmonton-based company has bold plans to dominate the global hemp CBD market moving forward.

In previous years greenhouse operator Village Farms mainly grew tomatoes, but now the Vancouver-based company cannabis joint venture is helping it turn bigger quarterly profits.

The latest distribution deal with Kroger gives the Colorado-based company a total of five tie-ups with major U.S. retailers to ship its hemp CBD topical products into a total of 8,000 U.S. locations.

The deal will give Supreme access to Truverra's 5,000 square-foot licensed facility the company plans to turn into a state-of-the-art extraction lab to develop next-generation cannabis products.

Despite cannabis-infused beverages only making up around one per cent of sales in U.S. states with legal pot markets, BevCanna has high hopes for its CBD and THC-infused drinks.

U.S. cannabis market research firm Brightfield Group says the American CBD market will reach US$5 billion this year due to hemp legalization and more retail chains carrying CBD products.

The "BWell Market" will offer hemp-derived CBD products to U.S. customers and try to cash in on the CBD buzz.

The Vancouver-based company specializes in cannabis-infused beverages and claims to have decades of experience building and developing brands.

American farmers are planting more hemp than ever this year, including in South Carolina, which is projecting a 1,200 per cent increase in acres planted.

Canopy Growth Corp. has been the cannabis industry's top dog by market capitalization so far, but U.S. companies are growing fast and could take over top spot.

A loophole in a 2016 law to support hemp farmers has created an opportunity for hundreds of stores to open and sell low-potency pot across the European nation.

The Ontario licensed producer signed a non-binding letter of intent with Elk Grove Farming Company, LLC to form a 50/50 joint venture that will give it access to more than 3,000 acres of farmland in Southern California.

Gov. Greg Abbott signed a new bill Monday to allow industrial hemp cultivation, and Texas lawmakers have passed a bill to expand the state's medical marijuana program.

The Smith Falls, Ontario-based cannabis producer is doubling down on its investment in U.S. hemp cultivation and now aims to operate processing facilities in seven states within the next 12 months.

The public hearing left many in the industry still with more questions than answers, especially on the timeline for regulations on CBD in food and supplementary products.

While earnings growth cooled off, the company's retail footprint expanded and helped generate more than half of its US$21.7 million net sales.

A report published by New Frontier Data claims the demand for cannabis in Africa reaches $37.3 billion, which has already caught the attention of licensed producers in Canada.

The B.C.-based company recently announced it will team up with Arkansas Valley Hemp, LLC and initial production is expected to be on 120 acres in 2019, with a possibility of that reaching 500 acres by next year.

Vancouver-based pot company Invictus is banking on music icon's star power to boost coming CBD-infused beverage line.

The Canadian hemp industry is calling on the federal government to remove restrictions that treat CBD like a drug in order to free up the market and grow hemp sales to $1 billion by 2023.

Charlotte's Web Holdings, Inc. (CSE:CWEB) has brought on Adrienne Elsner as new the CEO to help ramp up its growth across the U.S.

Unilever (NYSE:UN) is a massive consumer goods company. It hasn't acquired a cannabis company and it's not about to start growing its own pot, but one of its subsidiary companies is looking to sell CBD-infused deodorant products

Five companies in the world of cannabis retail and the progress they've been making thus far.

Last week, Charlotte's Web Holdings, Inc. (CSE:CWEB)(OTCQX:CWBHF) released its year-end results, which continued to show a lot of growth. The Company's sales reached $21.5 million for the three months ending December 31. This is an increase in Charlotte's Web's top line by more than 70% from the previous year.

When U.S. lawmakers passed the farm bill back in December which legalized cannabidiol (CBD) derived from hemp, they likely overlooked the problems that might stem from it. Not only does it cause confusion among consumers, but for authorities, telling the difference between hemp or illegal marijuana has become a big issue.

Jelly Belly candies now has 38 new flavours that are infused with cannabidiol (CBD). Although the public has only recently learned about the new candies, Jelly Belly's founder David Klein says that they're already sold out. With a patent-pending formula that took two and a half years, it could be the next big thing in the edibles market.

It's not hard to find anecdotes of how CBD has helped provide patients with pain relief, normally after exhausting all other options. The problem, however, is that there isn't a lot of data behind those claims and finding hard facts and numbers on the effectiveness of CBD is very difficult.

A lot of big names have gotten involved in the cannabis industry, with the latest one being Martha Stewart. The popular businesswoman and television personality is joining Canopy Growth Corp in an advisory role where she is going to help develop cannabidiol (CBD) products. She offered a hint as to what her first project is going to be focusing on.

As consumer awareness around CBD continues to grow, cannabis companies are beginning to allocate an inordinate amount of investment capital into the development of CBD-infused beverages. In this report, we explore some of the largest and most active companies preparing to make their mark on the dawning CBD-infused beverage market.

Tilray Inc. announced that it would be purchasing FHF Holdings Ltd, known as Manitoba Harvest. According to the release, Manitoba Harvest is the "world's largest hemp food manufacturer" and sells products in more than 16,000 stores in both Canada and the U.S.

With the global CBD movement supercharged by the 2018 U.S. Farm Bill, cannabis and beverage companies alike are officially beginning to launch CBD-infused products in the U.S. market.

With industrial hemp officially legalized by the 2018 Farm Bill, hemp-derived CBD is poised to take the marijuana industry by storm.

It didn't take long for one of the big players to get moving on a big development in the industry. On Monday, we learned that Canopy Growth Corp (TSX:WEED)(NYSE:CGC) had obtained a license from the State of New York to produce and process hemp. It was just last month that the Farm Bill had passed in the U.S.

This year could be a big one for marijuana edibles. With hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) recently being legalized in the U.S. and Canada expecting to legalize edibles sometime this year, there could be significant growth opportunities for cannabis stocks this year. Here are four stocks set to take advantage of this boom.