Richard Rose - Guild Adviser

 

Richard Rose was "The Hemp Nut" of HempNut Inc., specializing in developing and marketing hempseed foods, and the founder of Rella Good Cheese Company, a soyfoods firm. Also The Hemp Corporation, Sharon's Finest, and Brightsong Foods.

HempNut Inc. was the leading hempseed foods company in North America from 1994 - 2002. Richard was the first to introduce shelled hempseed to North America, and provided the inspiration for today's hempseed food companies. He designed a new company around the vision of shelled hempseed as a replacement for soya in the food industry. That company became the prototype business model for the hempseed industry, and proved the concept. Hemp is high in Omega-3, not THC.

He has been making foods commercially since 1979. In the 1980s Richard invented over 60 products based on tofu. In 1986 the company's first product, TofuRella, was introduced, sales of which landed the firm on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies in the U.S. in 1993. He assisted in establishing Standards of Identity for the soyfoods industry.

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The original Hemp Nut, pioneering hemp seed foods since 1994, and soyfoods since 1980. Richard is available for consulting and speaking.

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