LAS VEGAS, June 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- CannaVest Corp. (OTC BB: CANV), a global hemp company
focusing on the procurement and wholesale of the hemp plant extract
cannabidiol (CBD), and the development, marketing and sale of end
consumer products containing CBD, announces the hire of
Stuart Tomc, the former Global
Educator and Spokesperson for Nordic Naturals™. Mr. Tomc is a
nutritional expert on the benefits of Omega 3 fatty acids and an
authority on evidence-based dietary supplements. As the lead
spokesperson for CannaVest and its Vice President of Human
Nutrition, Mr. Tomc will help the company carry out its mission to
educate consumers on the myriad nutritional benefits of CBD and
industrial hemp and will spearhead the company's penetration into
the CBD and hemp-based nutritional end-consumer products market. He
will also assist in building the CannaVest
Corp. advisory board with connections to doctors and
scientists outside the hemp and cannabis fields.
"Our goal at CannaVest Corp. is
to build on the traction we've gained in the wholesale CBD market
place, and to increase our efforts to educate consumers on the many
benefits of CBD," said Michael Mona,
Jr., President and CEO of CannaVest Corp. "The best
way to do that is to bring on experts who are uniquely qualified to
meet evolving consumer and market needs. Stuart has an
unparalleled track record in the dietary supplement and natural
products industry, and we're confident he will take our offerings
to the next level."
Coming from Nordic Naturals™ where he lectured on the need to
correct the global Omega 3 deficiency, Mr. Tomc is an authority on
the benefits of Omega 3 fatty acids on human health. He
states that he has joined CannaVest
Corp. at the time when "CBD awareness is today, where Omega
3 awareness was 20 years ago." He continues by saying, "CBD is the
botanical equivalent of Omega 3, with multiple mechanisms of action
to support human and animal health, and it is poised to be the most
celebrated and effective natural compound introduced to the dietary
supplement industry in years." Mr. Tomc says he envisions new
categories of dietary supplements based on CBD and the proteins
fibers, and anti-oxidant, anti-microbial alternatives derived from
the seeds and stalks of agricultural Hemp.
"The world desperately needs safe and effective botanical
alternatives to help keep healthy people, healthy. With the
opportunity of an unlimited supply of wild, non-GMO, non-solvent,
C02 extracted compounds from hemp, the current trends in
the dietary supplement industry will be met exactly where consumer
demand now stands."
Mr. Tomc said he also "looks forward to working with Dr.
Joshua Hartsel, and the CannaVest
Laboratories team, and to assist building the CannaVest advisory
board with connections to doctors and scientists outside the hemp
and cannabis fields."
As a global nutrition educator, industry insider, and radio
personality, he has 4,000 radio show appearances, including
appearances on Intelligent Medicine with Dr. Ronald Hoffman, almost weekly segments on
Let's Talk Nutrition with Dr. Michael Garko, and as a
regular guest on Doug Kaufmann's Know The Cause, as well as
on NPR, and Fox News Chicago. He has presented at
over 250 natural health and product shows, and has lectured across
the U.S., Canada, Australia, New
Zealand, and in Ireland and
the UK on the benefits of Omega 3 nutrition. Mr. Tomc was a
member of the International Society for the Study of Fatty
Acids and Lipids, and The American Oil Chemists' Society. He is
also known for his extensive print interviews and contributions to
noted books on integrative health.
Mr. Tomc says, "[m]y personal mission is to ease the suffering
of others and this is the single most exciting opportunity I have
ever been given to fulfill this mission."
About CannaVest
Corp.
CannaVest Corp. (OTCBB:CANV), located in Las Vegas, Nevada, focuses on the procurement
and wholesale of the hemp plant extract cannabidiol (CBD), and the
development, marketing and sale of end consumer products containing
CBD, which is refined into its own PlusCBD Oil™. Additionally,
it resells raw industrial hemp product to third parties, acquired
through supply relationships in Europe. Additional information is available
from OTCMarkets.com or by
visiting www.cannavest.com.
About CannaVest Laboratories, LLC (A
Division of CannaVest Corp.)
CannaVest Laboratories a division of CannaVest Corp.
(OTCBB:CANV) based in San Diego,
California, facilitates cutting edge research on and
develops pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and food products,
containing cannabidiol (CBD) oil; and is the developer and
manufacturer of CannaVest's own award winning pharmaceutical-grade
PlusCBD Oil™. For more information visit:
www.cannavestlabs.com.
About US Hemp Oil, LLC (A Division of CannaVest
Corp.)
US Hemp Oil, LLC, a division of CannaVest Corp., located in
San Diego, California, provides
seed procurement, cultivation, processing, and production
consultation; and equipment, to support U.S. farmers, researchers
and businesses to cultivate and process industrial hemp in the US.
USHO, plans to build seed-processing mills and bring hemp based
products to market. For more information, please
visit: www.ushempoil.com
Contact: Selah Abrams, 1-404-660-4561,
selahabrams@cannavest.com
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