provincial government of Manitoba
got behind the effort and provided a
grant to study the crop. The hard work
paid off. In 1998, after years of studies,
education efforts and lobbying, the
Controlled Substances Act came up for
review and hemp was taken off the list.
In addition, a bill was passed to set up
issues, but now it was from starving the body of fat,” said Fata.
Then a friend explained to him the difference between good and bad fats
and introduced him to flax seed oil. From there he started researching other
omega-rich foods and discovered the health benefits of hemp. Soon he was buying hemp seed and pressing hemp seed oil himself.
Moravcik and Fata saw the potential for hemp and together with their friend,
Alex Chwaiewsky, capitalized on a glut of hemp grain on the market. They
teamed up with 20 local farmers, bought a cold press from Sweden and started
Manitoba Harvest.
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“The benefit was that at least everyone
Founders Moravcik, Chwaiewsky and Fata
had heard of hemp.
They might have been
confused, but it
legal framework for a licensing program to control hemp production, ensuring that only approved hemp seeds
were being grown. Through this, the
government had traceability and control and consumers had access to this
healthy and sustainable crop.
Along Came Mike. Not too long before hemp was legalized, Moravcik met
Mike Fata. Fata was facing a different
type of challenge. After weighing in at
300 pounds when he was just 18 years
old, Fata went on an ultra low-fat
diet—and lost over 120 pounds. But he
was still unhealthy. “I found myself at
about 160 pounds which for a 6’1” guy
is very, very skinny. I was having health
”
allowed people to open
up and ask about it.”
—Mike Fata, Co-Founder
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