Brad Irvine
Hippie Butter
I
'm Brad Ervin, former chef, 25-year rock
'n' roll sound engineer, and now the CHO
(Chief Hemp Officer) of Hippie Butter
Hemp Seed Food Products. As I toured
the world with such artists as George
Strait, Bette Midler, Paul McCartney, and
many others, I discovered the "superfood" -
hemp seeds.
During a tour in Canada, I became sick and
exhausted from long hours and bad food so
common in the entertainment industry. I was
hungry and stopped at a convenience store that
happened to carry hemp seeds. I bought some,
loved the nutty, crunchy taste, and started to eat a
handful a day. It wasn't long before I was feeling
more energized, less stressed with a heightened
sense of well-being.
Since hemp seeds were too good to keep to myself,
I brought home a small stock to my wife, a thyroid
patient, who also found that the hemp seeds made
her feel better, increased her energy and sense of
well-being.
She passed them along to her friends. Soon, many
people were clamoring for my hemp seeds. I
couldn't keep up with the demand and decided
to start buying hemp seeds by the case, but ran
into a problem. It was hard to find U.S. companies
who carried hemp seeds, and finding quality hemp
seeds was next to impossible. "There should be a
company that makes a wide variety of high-quality
hemp seed products in America!" That was my
"light bulb" moment and three years ago I created
Hippie Butter and launched www.hippiebutter.com
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