b'all but stopped. Charlotte became one of the faces of the CBD movement and a testament to the potential benefits of the cannabinoid.Sadly, Charlotte passed away in April of 2020 at the age of 13, but her legacy lives on. Colorado has officially named April 7 as Charlotte Figi Day in the state.Now, two Charlottes Web varietiesCW Ambassador and CW Duchessare approved for production in Canada. They are among the first hemp CBD cultivars on the Health Canada list that are early flowering and early maturing for outdoor cultivation and harvesting within the shorter Canadian growing season. The hemp seeds will be produced and sold under the CW Hemp Supply Co. brand.Charlottes Web co-founder Jared Stanley said the deal with Tritium 3H will enable both Charlottes Web and Tritium 3H to drive future hemp innovation for the Canadian market.Of course, innovation cant happen without a degree of consumer confidence. Bear Reel, vice president ofJamie Ghossein is chief executiveRandy Shultz, chief technology cultivation and R&D at Charlottes Web, was the leadofficer of Cannabis Orchardsofficer for the California-based developer of the two new cultivars approved by Healthbased in Ottawa. Arcadia Biosciences.Canada. She says consumer confidence in hemp extract products relies first and foremost on good hemp genetics. Identifying those genetics isnt easy, however.Need for TrialingLike many crops in Canada, hemp varieties that grow well here need to be early flowering. Identifying those varieties means a need for regional trials, something that prior to now has been difficult, according to Randy Shultz, chief technology officer for the California-based Arcadia Biosciences. Arcadia also has struck a deal with Tritium 3H to distribute three of its GoodHemp varieties in Canada. The varieties are Umpqua (CBD-dominant, early photoperiod variety for both the smokable and CBD extraction markets); Rogue (CBD-dominant, high-yielding intermediate photoperiod variety for the CBD extraction markets); and Santiam (CBD-dominant, early photoperiod variety suited to northern latitudes for both the smokable and CBD extraction markets).Something thats been missing on the hemp side is rigorous, regional trialing in different locations and lati-tudes. We have our own regional trialing network through cooperators. To be able to understand how different vari-eties perform in different regions is of really critical value for the industry, Shultz says. Last year, Arcadia and Tritium 3H focused on test-ing for THC compliance in order to gain Health Canada approval. This year, theyre expanding their testing and trialing program, looking at yield, planting rates and agronomy, all designed to help growers maximize theirJan Slaski, principal researcher at InnoTech Alberta, in a field of hemp. per-acre profit. For Slaski, April 19, 2021, will forever be the day that changed the hemp These varieties are true hybrids. The team went toindustry in Canada for the better.10GERMINATION.CASEPTEMBER 2021'