Village Farms International, Inc. appointed John Harloe to Governing Board of Colorado Institute for Cannabis Research. As a member of Colorado's Institute of Cannabis Research Governing Board, Dr. Harloe will serve as a representative of the cannabis industry, deploying his extensive scientific, regulatory and legal experience in support of its role and mission to conduct or fund research related to cannabis and publicly disseminate the results of the research, as well as to advise any Colorado institution of higher education developing a cannabis-related curriculum and provide input to the Colorado Commission on Higher Education before approving any cannabis-related degrees or certifications. Dr. Harloe has been General Counsel of Balanced Health Botanicals since January 2019, a month after the 2018 Farm Bill was passed.

In 2022, he was appointed by the state to serve on Colorado's SB22-205 Task Force to develop regulations on intoxicating hemp products.