Episode 61: CBD Market Talk with Prohibition Creamery's Laura Aidan

Welcome The BG Podcast! Conversations at the intersection of business, community, and public policy, from the Austin metro and around Texas. Today we speak with Laura Aidan, founder of Prohibition Creamery. She and Bingham Group CEO A.J. discuss Laura’s experience with the CBD market when creating Afternoon Delight, CBD-infused red velvet ice cream. Laura begins BG Podcast’s mini series regarding cannabis. Prohibition Creamery was identified as one of the first, if not the first, provider of ice cream infused with cannabidiol (CBD) in Austin according to Austin Eater. The Afternoon Delight is pre-blended to be accurately dosed with CBD from Waayb Organics. CBD is a nonpsychoactive component of marijuana and hemp that has a booming market in Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott signed law legalizing hemp production and CBD products in Texas in June. Originally recorded on August 14, 2019. ABOUT LAURA AIDAN Laura started Prohibition Creamery in 2016. Laura’s background in ice cream ranges from Penn State University's ice cream courses to a chocolaterie Valrhona's program in Brooklyn to studying under a French pastry chef. Prohibition Creamery is an artisanal alcoholic ice cream shop opened in Austin’s east side. ABOUT OUR SPONSOR Thanks to our podcast sponsor Regions Financial Corporation! Regions is a member of the S&P 500 Index and one of the nation’s largest full-service providers of consumer and commercial banking, wealth management, and mortgage products and services. Through its subsidiary, Regions Bank, it operates approximately 1,500 banking offices and 2,000 ATMs across the South, Midwest and Texas (including 10 branches in the Austin metro).