About
Steven Brown, CEO - Founder
Steven Brown is the CEO of Nothing But Hemp, one of the first hemp dispensaries in the midwest. In under a year, his company grew from one location to 11 nationwide. Steven has been featured on MPR, Marijuana Ventures, Tom Bernard's show, and Ministry of Hemp.
Steven is the original founder of the Minnesota Hemp Association and former United States Marine. Steven has over 20 years of retail experience and started his first retail job at age 13.
After his service in the Marine Corps, Steven managed a GNC. He turned his GNC store into the #1 GNC store in the nation. After years with GNC, he left and became regional sales director for T-Mobile. In his first year, he was awarded the T-Mobile Winner Circle Award for being top 5% in sales.
Steven left the wireless industry and started a retail training & consultant company Connecting Innovations Inc. They were blessed with training Best Buy Mobile employees and GNC franchises to improve sales.
Training budgets were cut in 2012 and Brown closed Connecting Innovations to work for Blue Productions. This is where Steven was mentored to become a Marketing Director. He was in charge of negotiating media and developing marketing strategies.
Articles
The Hemp Ban: What It Means for Genetics, Seeds, and Why Marijuana Companies Should Be Alarmed
A Critical Moment for Hemp: Supporting Rep. Nancy Mace’s Effort to Protect a Legal Industry
Hemp Ban Sparks National Uproar as Major News Networks Report — From Farmers to Breweries, an Entire Hemp Economy Is Rising Up (And Ready to Win)
THCA vs THC: Effects, Potency, and Legal Status Explained
Hemp’s Pearl Harbor: A Surprise Attack We Can Still Win
Sugar, Cancer & Hypocrisy: When Junk Food Corporations Attack Hemp
Licensing in Minnesota: The Real Hemp Story
Big Booze vs. Hemp: The Alcohol Industry Wants to Ban the Competition That Doesn’t Kill People
Jushi Holdings Sues DoorDash and Total Wine: The Cannabis Karen Chronicles
George Allen & the Future-Of-Hemp Circus: A Who’s Who of Wolf-in-Sheep’s-Clothing Brands
Rand Paul Sounds the Alarm: Hidden Federal Hemp Ban Could Destroy Thousands of American Jobs
Keith Ellison and the Nationwide Hemp Ban: How Minnesota’s Own AG Is Leading the Charge to Shut Down Hemp Across America
🚨A Slap in the Face to Minnesota’s Hemp Industry
Wisconsin Hemp: Let’s Get Regulation Right — Not Overregulation
Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Why Minnesota Hemp Must Wake Up
Minnesota’s Cannabis Management Crisis: Why the OCM’s Rules Hurt Operators, Consumers, and the Industry Itself
Trump Highlights CBD Benefits for Seniors: What It Could Mean for Hemp and Big Pharma
The Hemp Industry's Prohibition Moment: Whats Really Happening in DC
How Long Does THC Stay in Your System?
Wisconsin’s THC Freakout: When Lawmakers Bring a Bazooka to a Fly Problem
Tennessee’s THC Tantrum: When Bureaucrats Go Full Buzzkill
In the Crosshairs: Hemp, Advocacy, and Why We Can’t Stop Fighting
Hemp at a Crossroads: The Fight for Survival Against Prohibition, Lobbyists, and Federal Politics
Marijuana Rescheduling to Schedule III: Will Big Pharma Repeat the Ephedra Playbook?
Minnesota’s New Hemp Rules Threaten Our Industry: Why Hemp Businesses Must Unite
The OCM Is Making Rules Instead of Following the Law
Raiden Labs and Green Elevator Win Big at the Green State Consumer Choice Awards—Powered by Nothing But Hemp’s Manufacturing Muscle
Nothing But Hemp Is Powering City-Owned THC Brands Across Minnesota—One Gummy at a Time
ICE Raids a Cannabis Farm Like It’s a Terror Cell — and Still Manages to Kidnap a U.S. Veteran
How A Hemp Village, Hometown Hero & the Texas Hemp Business Council (THBC) Saved Hemp in Texas – While the BevBros Tried to Spike the Punch
The Cost of Speaking Out in Minnesota
Back in My Day, Booze Was the Only Poison We Trusted!” – A Rant at the Dinosaurs of Distilled Spirits
Minnesota’s Cannabis Tax Hike Pushes Twin Cities Toward 30%+ Tax Rates — Second Highest in the Nation
How Nothing But Hemp Grew Online Sales by 159% While Leading the Shift in the Low-Dose THC Market
Feds Target Legal Hemp: FY26 Appropriations Bill Threatens Entire Hemp Industry
Welcome to Minnesota: Land of Lakes, Loons, and Constantly Changing Hemp/Cannabis Laws
Minnesota's 2026 Hemp Testing Mandate: A Crisis in the Making for the Local Hemp Economy
Nothing But Hemp Makes History at Grand Old Days with THC Beverages, Reggae Rhythms & Cannabis Culture
Tennessee’s New Hemp Law: A Direct Hit to Interstate Commerce?
Carbonated Cannabullsh*t: Why It’s Time to Check the Beverage Lobby
Stop Trying to Taste Like Booze, Cannabis Spirits Are Better Than That
The Hemp Blow Felt 'Round the Country: Texas Did It Big, Dumb, and Backwards
Curaleaf’s Hemp Store Expansion: Why Big Cannabis Is Going Small and Nationwide
🚨 Tampa Police Raid a Hemp Store Over THCA—And Look Really Dumb Doing It
Brazil's Hemp Reform Crossroads: Navigating Legal Hurdles and Global Opportunities
Summary of Minnesota Senate File No. 2370 - Hemp and Low-Dose THC Regulation Update (2025)
Minnesota’s High Taxes and Higher Hypocrisy: The Cannabis Plot Twist No One Asked For
🚨 Alabama’s HB445: What Hemp Retailers & Brands Need to Know Before January 1, 2026
🚨 Bev Bros Strike Again: The Great Delaware Hemp Heist (HB 98 Edition) 🚨

























