A close-up of unshelled hemp seeds being held by Mike Fata, co-founder and CEO of Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods (JOHN WOODS/JOHN WOODS FOR THE GLOBE AND MAIL)
Mike Fata, co-founder and CEO of Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods, poses for a photo in his Winnipeg facility (JOHN WOODS/JOHN WOODS FOR THE GLOBE AND MAIL)
Mike Fata, right, co-founder and CEO of Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods, inspects bag of unshelled hemp seed at the company's Winnipeg facility. (JOHN WOODS/JOHN WOODS FOR THE GLOBE AND MAIL)
Hemp seed is stored in Manitoba Harvest's Winnipeg production facility (JOHN WOODS/JOHN WOODS FOR THE GLOBE AND MAIL)
Mike Fata, left, co-founder and president of Manitoba Harvest, with Tom Greaves, director of operations, with another view of bags of hemp in the company's Winnipeg facility. (JOHN WOODS/JOH WOODS FOR THE GLOBE AND MAIL)
Mike Fata, co-founder of Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods, inspects part of the production process at the company's Winnipeg facility. (JOHN WOODS/JOHN WOODS FOR THE GLOBE AND MAIL)
Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods' Mike Fata with equipment used at the company's Winnipeg facility. (JOHN WOODS/JOHN WOODS FOR THE GLOBE AND MAIL)
Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods co-founder and CEO Mike Fata, left, and operations director Tom Greaves at the Winnipeg facility. (JOHN WOODS/JOHN WOODS FOR THE GLOBE AND MAIL)
Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods co-founder and CEO Mike Fata, left, with Tom Greaves, director of operations, overseeingproduction at the company's facility in Winnipeg. (JOHN WOODS/JOHN WOODS FOR THE GLOBE AND MAIL)
Mike Fata, co-founder of Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods,with hemp seeds, posing at the company's Winnipeg facility. (JOHN WOODS/JOHN WOODS FOR THE GLOBE AND MAIL)