CBD Panel// a canna-panel featuring womenpreneurs in the CBD Industry

March 5th, 3 – 5 p.m.

Free @ Brattleboro Food Co-op Community Room

Learn from a dynamic panel of CBD womenpreneurs about how to navigate this booming CBD industry. The panel will cover a general overview of CBD, including the importance of education, safety, and testing and how it works within the body.  

Attendees will leave with a general knowledge of what CBD is, current regulations, and what questions to ask as a consumer to determine potency, purity and quality. Attendees will also get to enter a raffle for products//services provided by each panel expert. 

A moderated Panel Style discussion for attendees to ask questions about the CBD industry.

Panel Members: Ashley Reynolds from Elmore Mountain Therapeutics, Deirdre Kelley from Brattleboro Holistic Health Center, Santalena Groves from Heart Grown Wild, and Trish Naudon-Thomas from Good Body Products.  

Ashley Reynolds.  Elmore Mountain Therapeutics began in May 2017 after Founder and President Ashley Reynolds was suffering from postpartum anxiety. Ashley practiced dental hygiene for almost 15 years and one of her patience recommended CBD for her anxiety. Finding relief, Ashley new she had to spread the word of the healing power of CBD.  Elmore Mountain Therapeutics operates at the intersection of well being, economic development, social justice and environmental sustainability. Their commitment to quality can be tasted, felt, and proven with their extensive, comprehensive batch data base. Quality assurance is a top priority for this CBD company. Displaying certificates of analysis for all products they sell.   EMT CBD sourced 100% of their hemp for CBD from Vermont with organic practices.  You can find their products in over 120 retail locations across Vermont. They also expanded their offerings to bulk sales to Vermont women owned companies. You can find their CBD oil in chocolates, green beauty, coffee, massage oils and more.   https://emtcbd.com 

Deirdre Kelley has been a licensed Acupuncturist since 2010 and in 2017 graduated from the first ever professional certificate from UVM medical school on Cannabis Science. Deirdre has committed herself to providing the best possible care for her patients with acupuncture, diet and nutritional advice, herbal medicine, and cannabis consulting. For several growing seasons Deirdre has grown, with a license from the state of Vermont, high CBD hemp and provided the highest quality full spectrum CBD oil to her patients. Deirdre is proud to work with patients of all ages and stages of disease, providing pain relief, hormonal regulation, Lyme treatment support, mental/emotional and digestive support to our amazing community of the Brattleboro www.brattleboroholistichealth.com 

Santalena Groves is the formulator and creator of Heart Grown Wild, and organic skincare line based out southern VT. Paying close attention to synergy of the botanicals in her products helped launch a unique line of CBD skincare in June of 2018, sourcing exclusively from EMT CBD. . Santalena is passionate about education and inclusivity in the cannabis industry to assure best practice, equality, and access in a stigmatized industry.  https://www.heartgrownwild.com  

Trish Naudon-Thomas is the formulator and co-owner of Good Body Products, makers of 100% organic, therapeutic body care products based in Guilford, VT. GBP grows and sources botanicals, including hemp, from area certified organic farmers for use in small-batch, naturally-healing, topical products. Good Body Products have been growing and working with hemp since 2015 and are well experienced with every stage of processing the plants, from seed to the jar. Trish fields questions weekly at the Brattleboro Area Farmers’ Market on Saturdays, especially regarding hemp-related topics such as growing, processing, oil making, cannabinoids, and the many benefits of the cannabis plant. www.goodbodyproducts.com

This is panel is located in the Brattleboro Food Co-op Community Room, 7 Canal St entrance.  Be sure to sign up so we know how many people to expect.: 802-246-2821 or Shareholders@BrattleboroFoodCoop.coop.