Food Institute offering CBD webinar for food businesses

4/21/2020

The CBD space can be complex, and that is especially true for anyone trying to enter it from the food business. In an effort to demystify the CBD category — which can present a lucrative — The Food Institute is offering a free webinar on April 28.

The webinar, "Entering the CBD Industry: What food businesses need to know," will feature Virginia Lee, CBD research manager at the Brightfield Group, as well as Docklight Brands chief growth officer Rob Drew. Attendees will get an overview of the CBD industry and get a sense of potential product opportunities, as well as possible hurdles.

The webinar, sponsored by Mesirow Financial Investment Banking, will be presented at 1 p.m. EST on April 28. To register, click here.

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