WAFBA Announces a Pause for 2023 Southern Hemp Expo in Nashville

LOVELAND, Colo. (April 18, 2023) — WAFBA — We Are For Better Alternatives, the umbrella organization that hosts and produces NoCo Hemp Expo, Southern Hemp Expo, Hawaii Hemp Conference, Winter Hemp Summit and other hemp-centric conferences, trade shows and events — is going to pause the 2023 Southern Hemp Expo. The Southern Hemp Expo, aka SHE, launched in 2018 in Nashville as the sister show to NoCo Hemp Expo, the most comprehensive hemp exposition and trade show on the planet.

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2022 Presenting Sponsor

First Citizens Bank - Presenting Sponsor

Our 2022 Sponsors

Canna Consortium - Welcome Party Sponsor
Charleston Hemp Collective - Impact Sponsor
EarthX - Environmental NGO Partner
High Rise Beverage - Impact Sponsor
Palmetto Hemp Supply - Impact Sponsor
ProGro Bio - VIP Room Sponsor

Affektiv Games
Bish Enterprises - Sprout Sponsor
CannaBuddy - Sprout Sponsor
Certified Laboratories - Sprout Sponsor
Formation Ag - Sprout Sponsor
Global Fiber Processing - Sprout Sponsor
Gold Silver Cannabis - Sprout Sponsor
Harmony - Business Conference Sponsor
IND Hemp - Grain & Fiber Exemption Sponsor
RE Botanicals - Business Conference Sponsor

Community System Navigators - Seed Sponsor
Dr. Bronner's - Seed Sponsor
Franny's Farmacy - Seed Sponsor
Hempwood - Seed Sponsor
National Hemp Growers Coop - Seed Sponsor
Pharmco by Greenfield Global - Seed Sponsor
Silver Mountain Hemp - Music Stage Sponsor
Victory Hemp Foods - Hemp Foods Sponsor

Hemp Alliance of Tennessee - Local Advocacy Sponsor
Realm of Caring - Medicinal Wellness Sponsor
U.S. Hemp Roundtable - National Advocacy Sponsor
US Hemp Building Association - Industrial Hemp Development Sponsor
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2022 Schedule of Events

Welcome Reception

 Thursday – August 18th

Conferences

Business & Innovation Conference
Friday, August 19th 10:30am – 4:00pm
Farm & Soil Science Symposium
Saturday, August 20th 10:30am – 4:00pm

Expo Hall Hours

August 19th & 20th
Friday – 10:00am-5:00pm
Saturday – 10:00am-5:00pm

Saturday Events

The Nashville Hemp Food & Beverage & Music Festival
11:00am-5pm
SHE4 2022 Jamboree
8:00pm-Midnight

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2022 Speakers

The Southern Hemp Expo brings together unsurpassed education and networking with the Let’s Talk Hemp Speaker Series. 

This year we feature a Business & Innovation Conference and a Farm & Soil Science Symposium on the Let’s Talk Hemp Main Stage.  On the Let’s Talk Hemp Expo Hall Education and Demo Stage we will discuss everything from Hemp 101 to fiber, grain, flower and cannabinoids, processing, manufacturing, technology, climate mitigation and more.

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Ashley Walsh
Pocono Organics

Bridget Williams
Green Harvest Health


Devin Aracena
Canvast Supply Co.


Eric Henry
TS Designs


Franny Tacy
Franny’s Farmacy


Frederick Cawthon
Hemp Alliance of TN


Guy Carpenter
Bear Fiber Inc.


Jacob Waddell
USHBA


Joy Beckerman
The Joy of Hemp


Kelley Hess
Tennessee Growers Coalition


Kevin Schultz
357 Hemp Logistics


Liz Geisleman
Canna Consortium / 710 Spirits


Morris Beegle
WAFBA – We Are For Better Alternatives


Paul Benhaim
The Hemp Plastic Company


Tyler Mark
University of Kentucky

Let's Talk Hemp

Call For Speakers

Do you want to speak at the 5th Annual Southern Hemp Expo in 2023?

The Let’s Talk Hemp Speaker Series is expanding and we are looking for engaging presentations around a variety of cannabis-hemp related topics.

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Industry Support Partners

Acannability
Better than Booze
Cait Curley Shop
Cannabissimo
Colorado Hemp Honey - Industry Support Partner
Culinary Cannabis
EveryDayHemp - Industry Support Partner
Hemp Way Foods
Hemp Zoo
Herban Bud
Music Today
Nusachi - Industry Support Partner
Prana & Pasta
Queen City Hemp
Sprig
Wana Wellness

Hemp Events