Martin Moravcik

Martin Moravcik (born January 22, 1986) is a Canadian entrepreneur, who is best known for working with the Canadian government to bring industrial hemp back into Canada. Martin also Co Founded Manitoba Harvest, the largest producer of hemp food products in Canada
The Hemp Exchange
Martin Moravcik and Alex Chwaiesky started The Hemp Exchange, a small boutique in the exchange district of Winnipeg, that imported hemp products from thailand and sold them, while at the same time educating people on the benefits of using hemp.
Hemperor’s Clothing Company
In 1992 Martin Moravcik began importing and manufacturing handmade hemp items, and started “The Emperor’s Clothing Company,” with business partner Alex Chwaiewsky.
Manitoba Hemp Awareness Comittee
In 1994 the UMHAC was a started at the University of Manitoba by Martin Moravcik, Meera Sarin, Wayne Potoroka and Gil Maguet. Their mission was to educate people on the many benefits of industrial hemp and to disprove all the false information about hemp that was causing hemp to be blacklisted by the majority of the population at that time.
Manitoba Hemp Alliance
The MHL lobbied the provincial government for assistance with research and development of hemp agriculture and was able to convince Manitoba’s Agriculture Minister of hemp’s great potential. Led by Martin Moravcik, the group submitted a business plan and the Province responded by providing $25,000 and the services of an agronomist. Moravcik’s group obtained some of the first hemp test plot permits from the Canadian government, and the success of their policy activity and research led to the legalization of hemp agriculture in Canada and the first harvest in 1998.
Manitoba Harvest
Martin, Alex and Mike teamed up with 20 local farmers that became shareholders in the company they named Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods & Oils. Learning from CGP’s oversight, Manitoba Harvest focused on educating consumers about the health benefits of hemp foods, and through word-of-mouth and direct interaction with customers through consumer shows and in-store demos, grew to be the global leaders in manufacturing hemp foods.

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