Category Archives: Research

VB’s CEO Derek Odette’s Article in MG Retailer Magazine

Preparing Today’s CBD Products for Tomorrow’s Market By Derek Odette  – February 16, 2021 You’ve probably noticed cannabinoids are everywhere these days. Since restrictions on hemp production and commerce were lifted by the 2018 farm bill, products containing cannabidiol (CBD) have proliferated in number and type across the United States. However, as new consumers investigate […]

New Suite of Consumer-friendly Tablets

New Suite of Consumer-friendly Tablets Volunteer Botanicals Wed, February 17, 2021, 7:00 AM CST·5 min read Yahoo Finance Press Coverage: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/minor-cannabinoids-center-stage-suite-130000111.html Volunteer Botanicals’ ‘flowable powders’ enable line of compounded cannabinoids in oil-free, fast-acting tablets from Hempleton Investment Group MURFREESBORO, Tenn., Feb. 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In a first-of-its-kind product, a new line of instant […]

Thinking Outside the Bud Podcast, Featuring Jason Pickle

Podcast can be found here: https://www.thinkingoutsidethebud.com/podcast/220-jason-pickle ABOUT THE PODCAST Thinking Outside the Bud is a business podcast devoted to driving innovation in the cannabis space. During each episode, we speak with founders, investors, thought leaders, researchers, advocates, and policy makers who are finding new and exciting ways for cannabis to positively impact business, society, and culture.

Tennessee’s Volunteer Botanicals Breaks Ground on New Research and Development Headquarters

Tue, September 22, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tennessee-volunteer-botanicals-breaks-ground-120000070.html Murfreesboro facility to serve growing demand for cannabinoid ingredients among nutrition supplement and pharmaceutical manufacturers MURFREESBORO, Tenn., Sept. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tennessee-based Volunteer Botanicals, which provides manufacturers with consistent, versatile hemp-based ingredients for use in a wide variety of consumer products, recently broke ground on a […]

Volunteer Botanicals and Open Book Extracts Webinar Replay Link

(Click the link below for replay of the webinar) https://openbookextracts.com/2020/09/10/volunteer-botanicals-webinar/   Consumer preferences in the cannabinoid market continue to evolve. As we have developed innovative ingredients to match the demands of the evolving marketplace, we have found that many of our clients’ end consumers are passionate about single dose products that fit seamlessly into their […]

Breakthrough Formulations with Minor Cannabinoids Enabled by Patent-pending Technology

September 01, 2020 08:00 ET Breakthrough Formulations with Minor Cannabinoids Enabled by Patent-pending Technology Volunteer Botanicals’ Lipid Neutralization System converts hemp crude, distillates and isolates into “flowable” powders, creating entirely new ingredients MURFREESBORO, Tenn., Sept. 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As the use and availability of full-spectrum cannabidiol (CBD) becomes nearly ubiquitous, researchers and manufacturers […]

Research on Cannabinoids Over the Decades and What’s to Come – Raphael Mechoulam

Over the last few decades research on the cannabinoids has gone through several distinct phases: A. Research on plant cannabinoids [mostly on tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD)]. B. Research on endogenous cannabinoids [mostly on anandamide and 2-arachidonoyl glycerol (2-AG)] C. Research on endogenous anandamide-like endogenous fatty acid amides with amino acids and ethanol amines. A. […]