It was unfortunate that the U.S. hemp industry had to crash so bad, 95% loss of acres in 5 years and many bankruptcies, even suicide. The advantage of Colorado being a big player in those early years was that there would be more access to qualified executives from the large natural products industry located there, such as Richard Rose.
Alas, it was not to be: hiring the most aggressive instead of the most competent returned lawsuits, thefts, and defunct companies. Due Diligence was dead. Letting the ignorant educate us and taking advice from a goat-herder and a pot lawyer both new to hemp had the predictable result.
No doubt the two-decades-long blacklist of me and HIA co-founder/CBD pioneer Chris Boucher by HIA and its sycophants had an impact, the only consulting clients I had were those who already knew me and my work for decades.
I pioneered hemp’s first billion-dollar industry segment, food, and Chris pioneered the CBD industry starting 14 years ago. Two of hemp’s most-prolific entrepreneurs were kept from you for purely competitive reasons.
Ironically, those aggressively-marketed noobs haven’t had, couldn’t have had, the impact that four decades of doing the same work, making and selling unique foods, can bring to hemp. How else could hemp foods have become her first billion-dollar segment in just a few decades?
Hemp Foods in Canada in 2024 started with Soy Foods in Mendocino in 1980, see the evolution in the work of Richard:
Awards
2022 Michigan Hemp Farmers Association “Hemp Legacy Award”
2000 Sonoma State University “Distinguished Alumni”
1998 Hemp World “Hempy Award” for Product Innovation for HempNut shelled hempseed
1997 Hemp World “Hempy Award” for Food
1997 Hemp Times “Bioneer Award” for Outstanding Achievement in Food
1993 #281 on the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing companies
1986 Food and Beverage Marketing “A Leading Innovator of 1986”
Commercial hemp products developed/marketed:
2024 “From Rella Fella to Hemp Nut” ebook
2024 “Seedy!” ebook
2022 Hemp Food Association reboot
2022 Breaking News from the Hemp Food Association
2020 “The HempNut Book” ebook
2019 The Richard Rose Report
2019 CannaSearch Daily
2018 Hemp Flower Products Association
2017 CannLib
2015 Nobacco and Not-Pot open-source brands
2014 Medicinal Hemp Association
2002 “The HempNut Cookbook“
2000 “The HempNut Health and Cookbook“
1999 HempNut Hempscream
1997 HempNut protein powder
1997 HempNut organic blue corn chips
1997 HempNut nut butter
1997 HempNut lip balm
1997 HempNut hempseed oil
1997 HempNut flour
1997 HempNut energy bar
1997 HempNut cookies
1997 HempNut chocolate (Bite Me Bar)
1997 Cannessence essential oil
1996 HempNut shelled hempseed
1996 HempNut cheese alternative in the US, Canada and UK
1994 HempRella cheese alternative in the US and Canada
1994 Hempeh Burgers
1994 Hemp Hummus
Commercial soyfoods developed/marketed:
1994 VeganRella (100% dairy‐free cream cheese alternative; Plain, Onion&Dill) Developed by Robert Davis
1994 VeganRella (100% dairy‐free cheese alternative; Mexican, Italian) Developed by Robert Davis
1993 Zero‐FatRella (fat‐free tofu‐based cheese alternative; Cheddar, Mozzarella, Jalapeño Jack)
1993 Better Than Meat (meat analog free of fat, soy and wheat; Burger, Taco, Pizza and Breakfast Sausage) Developed by Robert Davis
1993 Better Burger Developed by Robert Davis, one of the first uses of pea protein
1993 AlmondRella (almond‐based cheese alternative; Cheddar, Mozzarella, Garlic‐Herb)
1992 Heart’s D’Lite (fat‐free tofu‐based cheese alternative; Cheddar, Mozzarella, Monterey Jack, Jalapeño Jack, Garlic‐Herb)
1991 TofuRella Slices (Cheddar, Mozzarella)
1987 meat analogs
1987 Free (dairy‐free cheese analog)
1986 TofuRella (cheese alternative; Cheddar, Mozzarella, Monterey Jack, Jalapeño Jack, Garlic‐Herb)
1986 Soy‐O (cultured soymilk yogurt)
1986 powdered instant soymilk beverage (Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry)
1986 Le Yogurt (powdered instant frozen yogurt)
1986 Fruit D’Lite (fruit‐sweetened sorbet)
1986 Dry Mix Plus+ (powdered instant version of Mix Plus+)
1986 Dry Le Tofu (powdered instant non‐dairy soft‐serve mix)
1985 Tofu Plus+ (powdered and liquid tofu for industrial use)
1985 Tofu Nog (imitation egg nog)
1985 Concentrate Plus+ (powdered blend of tofu, solids and stabilizer for manufacture of frozen dessert)
1984 Mix Plus+ (liquid mix to make tofu frozen dessert in an ice cream shop)
1984 Lite Mousse (fresh tofu pudding; Chocolate)
1984 Le Tofu (non‐dairy frozen dessert in hard‐pack and soft serve)
1983 Orange Sunshine (high protein soymilk beverage)
1982 Tofummus (middle eastern‐style hummous with tofu)
1982 Tofu Pumpkin Puddin’ (fresh pudding)
1982 Strawberry Diet DeLite (with saccharin sweetener)
1982 Skinny Dip (high protein tofu dip, with Vitamin B‐12)
1982 Missing‐Egg Tofu Salad
1982 Missing‐Egg Salad (Diet Center formulation)
1982 Lite & Creamy (tofu‐based, with liqueur; Amaretto‐Almond, Grand Marnier Chocolate)
1982 Hummous (garbanzo spread)
1982 Cottage Tofu Salad
1982 Cottage Salad (tofu salad)
1982 Cottage Salad (Diet Center formulation)
1981 Tofunofish Salad (vegetarian tuna salad)
1981 Tofu Salad Dressing (fresh; Thousand Island, Green Goddess, Herb)
1981 Tofu Pudding (Olallieberry, Lemon)
1981 Tofu Mayo (fresh eggless mayonnaise)
1981 Tofu Creamie (pudding; Strawberry, Almond, Carob)
1981 Tofu Cream Pie (Strawberry, Carob)
1981 Soysage (meat analog, okara‐based)
1981 Soy Nog (soymilk‐based imitation egg nog)
1981 Pumpkin Pie (tofu‐based, baked with a crust)
1981 Cococarob Tofu Tart (baked tart with a crust)
1981 Cal‐gari Tofu (regular tofu made with a blend of calcium sulfate and nigari)
1980 Vege‐Herb Tofu (tofu with fresh vegetables and herbs pressed into the curd)
1980 Soy Juice (soymilk; Maple, Honey‐Vanilla, Carob, Plain)
1980 Marinated Tofu (tofu in a marinade)
Source: The Soyfoods Center