John Friess invested in and helped build over 235 Oregon startups through his immersion and accelerator program, Starve Ups. For over 21 years now, he’s helped dozens of companies start, sell, exit and go public, and strengthened his expertise in funding, brand and startup practices. He is now the Founder and CEO of Metolius Hemp Company.

John Friess is the CEO and founder of Metolius Hemp Co., a vertically-integrated company that works alongside family farmers to plant, grow, harvest, cure & craft all of their organic hemp flower & consumable products on their four acre regenerative farm just outside of Bend, in Central Oregon, from seed to satisfaction.

From a strategy perspective, brands can elect to zoom out and focus messaging on building aspects of brand identity that are not cannabis-specific but do differentiate. We've created and focused a lot of our content around being a premium natural health and wellness brand," Jesse Rudendall, business development at Metolius Hemp Company.

Metolius Hemp Company is a well-known hemp company that farms CBD and CBG hemp organically and regeneratively. The brand aims to offer a line of wellness products that are non-psychoactive but are more efficient than anything else found on the market. From hemp cigars to a line of topicals, the company has something for everyone. 

Today we meet a CBD and hemp farming serial entrepreneur in the cannabis industry. John Friess is the founder of Metolius Hemp a vertically-integrated health and wellness brand of premium cannabinoid vices for non-psychoactive use. Metolius Hemp grows, harvests, cures and crafts their organic hemp consumable products.

Feeling cranky and tired in the morning? If you toss and turn for hours before you doze off, or find yourself waking up in the middle of the night, something has to change. To find the best solutions for insomnia and other sleep woes, we reached out to experts on CBD, melatonin, and other natural sleeping strategies.

With the nation on the heels of a proposed menthol cigarette and flavored cigars ban, various companies are facilitating a shift to tobacco alternatives. One company taking the lead in this effort aims to help consumers reduce or replace tobacco and nicotine consumption with their premium line of CBD + CBG blends.

Cannabis Law Report talked with John Friess, Founder and CEO of the Metolius Hemp Company in Bend, Oregon about their company roots, how consumers have evolved, and his words of wisdom for others in the industry. We asked Why CBD? Why a new brand? How did you get stared in making CBD-related products?

For this episode we have invited John Friess, the Co-founder & President of Metolius Hemp Company. John’s passion for what cannabis can do and how it can heal others led him to where he is now, creating innovative products contains CBD as replacements for those who use tobacco. From cannagars, to pre-rolls, and even dip!

This week I tried CBD products from the Metolius Hemp Company. They are an Oregon-based company, located near the Metolius River. The company sells 100% non-psychoactive products with a focus on healing, relaxation, and well being. Metolius Hemp offers pre-rolls, flowers, cannagars, topicals, and accessories.

The Green Rush Live is a 2 hour weekly cannabis business talk show produced by Pro Cannabis Media that streams live every Friday.This week's episode is discussing the hemp industry with a series of industry experts including John Friess, CEO of Metolius Hemp Company, a CBD + CBG consumer products producer.

Nothing smells worse than a typical cigar lit up by a typical rich douche of a dude near your dinner table as you try and finish your expensive steak while on your first date with that cute girl from your college English class you’ve had a crush on all semester. His cigar is so stinky, it soon puts you off your meal and your date to excuse herself.

In modern decades, the hemp field has skilled a significant resurgence as much more and much more shoppers are in search of out sustainable and eco-friendly solutions to traditional solutions. One particular enterprise that has been at the forefront of this motion is the Metolius Hemp Company organization.