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I learned about the nutritional benefits of hemp seeds around 1993 whilst traveling in Canada, and chose to set up my first hemp foods business in the UK.
That has led to many ventures in the hemp industry including hemp ice-cream, hemp plastics, and cannabinoid (CBD) based products. Culminating in Hemp Foods Australia and Elixinol - two companies I founded that were merged under Elixinol Global in a Public Company on the ASX in 2018.
From the bootstrapped start in the early 90s with several ‘failures’ to writing and publishing 9 books, and founding three successful businesses has led me to a corporate position where which has recently raised $120m in just the last two years.
The original “Mr. Trippy” hemp ice cream van - selling hemp ice-cream, hemp drinks, hemp soup, hemp bread, hemp clothes, and...
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