Hemp kingpin ditches Amsterdam for Denver

Hemp kingpin ditches Amsterdam for Denver - Jun. 22, 2010

AMSTERDAM (CNNMoney.com) -- When American entrepreneur Adam Dunn moved to the Netherlands at age 19, his first business plan wasn't anything to write home about. He'd crammed 300 Rolling Stones concert T-shirts into his luggage, hoping to sell them for some quick cash.

That was in 1989. Today the 40-year-old native of Woodstock, N.Y., presides over a "hempire" that boasts more than $3 million in annual revenue. With business partner Douglas Mignola, 41, Dunn co-owns three companies, all headquartered in Amsterdam. There's T.H. Seeds, which breeds seeds for marijuana growers; Hemp HoodLamb, a hemp clothing company whose signature jackets feature built-in rolling-paper dispensers; and Hemp Works, a brick-and-mortar store that sells all things -- you guessed it -- hemp.

After two decades of carefully tending his businesses, Dunn is making the most radical leap of his career. He's moving back to America. (continued at link above)

"In Denver, a new dispensary called the Mayflower will include Dunn's office and a showroom for Hemp HoodLamb. Sixty miles north in Windsor, another dispensary, In Harmony Wellness, has signed on to be the Colorado distributor for T.H. Seeds.

"Of the all the seed banks out there, Adam just has a reputation for quality," said Derek Cumings, co-owner of In Harmony Wellness. "I'm just happy to be able to supply Colorado patients with such wonderful genetics.""

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"Hemp HoodLamb's production is currently outsourced to China. Given the option, Mignola and Dunn say they'd prefer to use homegrown hemp from American farmers."

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I admit I was intrigued by the jackets. The liner looks cheap, though, and they are really expensive. I'll save my cash for new Converse instead.

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