Annie Rouse is Founder of Anavii Market, an online market powered by plant-based alternatives. Anavii Market provides a one-stop shop to find, compare and buy the best quality, third-party verified CBD products. All products have been verified in accordance with the leading industry third-party verification, Verified Life Cycle. But prior to founding Anavii Market, Annie has actively worked for 10-years in the U.S. and Canadian hemp industries.
Annie received a U.S. Fulbright Scholarship in 2013 to study the life cycle of the Canadian hemp industry. While in Canada, she started her cannabis education blog, Think Hempy Thoughts. After completing her research in Canada, and with the passage of the 2014 Farm Bill, she moved home to advance the industry in Kentucky.
Annie is a recognized leader in the hemp industry and Founder of Friends of Hemp, a non-profit growing the industry through education and opportunity. She is an active member of the U.S. Hemp Roundtable, providing valuable insight for creating hemp industry standards and a self-regulating organization.
Annie has an in-depth understanding of all three hemp markets (CBD, fiber, grain), the legislative process, and the historical aspect of cannabis prohibition. Over the last 10-years, she has conducted archival research within the Library of Medicine and other government archives to identify the underlying concerns and therapeutic attributes of cannabis. She is the author, producer and narrator of the newly published podcast, “Anslinger: The untold cannabis conspiracy.”
Annie is also a board member of the Kentucky Hemp Industries Association and serves on the Legislative Review Committee for the Hemp Industries Association. She is also a published author in Hemp Magazine and Hemp Business Journal.
Annie earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Economics from the University of Kentucky and a Master’s in International Environmental Policy and Business Administration from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.
