Richard started a movement by being the first to market sophisticated branded perishable foods made from hempseed to the masses, not only proving the viability of a new industry but changing society's stigmas too. His work provided a roadmap for passionate, innovative, values-based leadership in business and society. The revolution in food he started became hemp's first billion dollar industry and today is 90% of Canadian hemp.For over four decades Richard has been a leading innovator in the natural food industry, with such soyfoods as TofuRella, Cottage Tofu Salad, and LeTofu sold around the world. Then in 1994 he pivoted from soybean to using hempseed, an older and far more nutritious protein source. He was the first food professional in hemp foods in North America, and paved the way for those he inspired to follow. Since 1980 Richard invented, produced, and marketed dozens of products based on tofu, and was the only small or natural food company to be named the “Leading Innovators of 1986” by Food and Beverage Marketing magazine. In 1986 TofuRella was introduced, sales of which landed the firm on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies in 1993.He was the first by years to introduce shelled hempseed to North America, and provided the inspiration for today’s hempseed companies. Richard designed a new company around the vision of branded shelled hempseed as a replacement for soy in the food industry, leveraging his existing international food sales and distribution network. That became the proof-of-concept business model for the hempseed industry to this day. Richard earned a BA in Marketing from Sonoma State University and graduated with an MBA, concentration in Marketing and International Business, while simultaneously running an Inc 500 fast-growing business. He was named a Distinguished Alumni in 2000 at Sonoma State. By 2002 when the US market for hempseed foods collapsed for years due to an ill-advised suit by a fiber group against DEA for legalizing 98% of all hemp products, Richard had invested $2.5 million to make hempseed foods a new industry. Flush with cash after selling his Rella Good Cheese Co. for $3.7 million and with more time to devote to the industry, he instead moved to Amsterdam to retire and compose.Since 2014 he has created and curated thousands of original hemp content and context posts on social media, with over 40,000 followers. His YouTube channel is The Hemp Nut, Twitter is @TheHempNut, Instagram is The_Hemp_Nut. Today Richard writes and produces "The Richard Rose Report" at https://therichardrosereport.com.