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Boulder-based cofounders Sherman and Samel sell their hemp bars, protein powder, and seed oil in 3,000 stores, including Walmart and CVS. While researching the fledgling hemp industry, the pair discovered that hemp -- a variety of cannabis -- could provide farmers with four times the income of regular crops while using about half as much water.
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As of 2014, two years after the company launched, Evo's organic energy bars -- combining hemp seeds and hemp protein powder, derived from non-psychoactive cannabis plants, and mixed together with fruit and nuts -- could be found in 250 stores nationwide.
It's only a matter of time before hemp is as big as chia in the US food and beverage market, predicts Evo Hemp, a Boulder, CO-based snacking company determined to put the protein-packed seed on the map...
President Ari Sherman and CEO Jourdan Samel's hemp energy bar business has experienced a rapid evolution.
As of 2014, two years after the company launched, Evo's organic energy bars -- combining hemp seeds and hemp protein powder, derived from non-psychoactive cannabis plants, and mixed together with fruit and nuts -- could be found in 250 stores nationwide...
Hemp is ready for prime time, says Evo Hemp co-founder: We’re growing at 300% year over year
It may not have hit prime time yet, but it’s only a matter of time before hemp is as big as chia in the US food and beverage market, predicts the co-founder of one snacking company determined to put the protein-packed seed on the map...
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