Annie Rouse
Co-founder, Anavi Market
Annie Rouse is co-founder of Anavii Market, an online market for premium verified CBD and other hemp products. Annie has been at the forefront of the hemp industry for the past 10 years, earning a US Fulbright Scholarship to study hemp in Canada and recently publishing her podcast series, Anslinger: The untold cannabis conspiracy – an interview-narration style podcast highlighting Big Pharma’s role in cannabis prohibition analyzed from 10 years of archival research. Annie is founder of the Kentucky-based non-profit, Friends of Hemp and serves on the Board of Directors for the Hemp Industries Association. She is a member of the Hemp Feed Coalition Steering Committee and a published author in Hemp Magazine and Hemp Business Journal. She received her BS in Economics from the University of Kentucky and holds a Masters in International Environmental Policy and an MBA. You can learn more about Annie and her journey on her blog, Think Hempy Thoughts.