OUR STORY BEGAN WITH A VISION

It is a human right to use plant medicine and everyone in the world should have easy access to cannabis-based medicine. Our goal is to make CBD common-place in all homes in the world by 2030: it will have a place in the house just like salt and garlic.

10 years ago while studying genetics at the Danish University, I traveled across Africa working on a project to increase the lifespan of people in Zulu region as they were suffering from AIDS. I spent time in mobile clinics to implement mainstream medicine. Here I saw how the drugs we were providing people with were only making things worse.

This took me on my journey. A journey that raised questions about everything we learn in university, and which led me to start looking for alternatives that could restore our immune systems and health without side effects. In my search, I found that correct nutrition was the answer, that an intense natural vitamin and mineral regime could help people to lead normal lives. I found the Cannabis plant to be very effective from looking into native medicine.

At the same time, over in the USA, people were marching on the streets for the legalization of cannabis. People were advocating that the use of cannabis plants had helped them to overcome AIDS and other serious problems.

DISCOVERING HEMP

I started to research and experiment by growing different hemp plants, they contained little-to-no THC so I could grow them without a license as, in Europe, hemp without THC had been legal to grow since 1997. My starting point was the cannabinoid CBD. In my research and days in the university archives, I had found studies on epilepsy patients who had trialed CBD, and this had been displaying promising results since 1982. I was able to breed a variety of hemp that contained enough CBD and at the same time containing all the other macromolecules that were present in the original hemp plant.

I decided to help change the world’s perspective on cannabis by making non-psychoactive cannabinoids available online and disrupt the debate. In 2010 planted 2 hectares of hemp and build a small high-tech lab, which would provide the highest quality product ensuring patient safety.

STARTING THE HEMP CONVERSATION

This is when Endoca first started. With the name taken from the endocannabinoid system, which was a hugely under-explored area in science and medicine too that directly linked to cannabinoids. I created a website and online shop, it was the first in the world to sell CBD online. My main aim with the company was to make non-psychoactive cannabinoids, principally CBD, available to patients who needed them globally. Everything I made was built from scratch: investing and slowly using funding from the patients who were happy to pay for the products. We could produce more help more patients and spread the word.

Today we grow over 1000 hectares of organic land; we have built a factory that complies with pharmaceutical standards, and we keep patient safety as our top priority. We strive to make CBD available globally and affordable without compromising the quality. As we grow we are bringing local farmers on board; we are providing them with the know-how, and equipment, to grow hemp for Endoca. We will be transforming millions of acres of non-organic land to organic. This means we will change common agricultural practices: farmers with the means and land will be supported to make more ecological choices and by doing so making a huge, positive impact on the global pollution problem.

HEMP OIL CBD TEACHES US HOW TO BE FREE AND HEALTHY

The industrial revolution changed everything in the way we lived our lives, from our medicine to our agriculture. But the industrial revolution was just the start. Yes, we figured out how to turn a mountain of coal into a state’s worth of electricity. But what we hadn’t yet figured out was how to stop coal smoke from choking the cities and mines from killing its miners. Now, we have a new challenge, and a new revolution. The challenge is, how do we deal with the consequences of our actions? For that, we look towards a sustainable future, both in production and consumption. And just like the industrial revolution transformed the world, so will the green revolution.

Here at Endoca, we’ve been onboard for a sustainable revolution since day one. We’re not interested in the unsustainable processes of the past. Rather, we want to push forward towards a 100% sustainable future.

As it stands now, our hemp plants are already 100% organic, eschewing any genetically modified products or unnatural chemicals. We have also started to move towards our goal of sustainability: we have already implemented the process of capturing ambient CO2 particles and recycling them into an all-natural plant wash. CO2 washing is a relatively new technology, but we’ve embraced it both for its efficacy and for its total lack of pollutants. Our plants only interact with the organic and sustainable to produce the highest CBD hemp oil.

And that goes for the whole process, not just the growing. From the seeds going into the dirt to the final packaged product, we stick to our guns. Cutting corners in organic production may save a little bit of money and a little bit of time, but at the end of the day, it’s self-defeating. Why destroy a good, organic start just to use caustic chemicals and artificial fillers at the end? We are dedicated to producing a fully organic product. And, for example, if you’re taking cannabidiol extract ( CBD ) for medical purposes, the last thing you want to do is put unneccessary chemicals into your body.

WE WANT TO MAKE CBD ACCESSIBLE

Endoca strives to be more than a mere manufacturer, however. Our real goal is to give people access to a variety of cannabinoid products that will help you gain, or regain, a sense of equilibrium in your life, and to your body.
And our long term goals are equally important to us, even if they require us to look forward towards and plan ahead for several years into the future.

Perhaps more important than any medical treatment is your lifestyle: the way you live, and eat, and exercise, and even brush your teeth. The best way to effect positive lifestyle changes is through education. That’s why, at Endoca, we are dedicated to creating an education center that will allow us to share everything that we’ve learned about CBD, cannabis and its derivatives.

More than just our knowledge of cannabis products, we also seek to educate our customers, clients, and community in the best ways to promote a healthy lifestyle. Lots of things, great and small, can have profound effects on our health and general well-being.

CBD AS A TOOL FOR IMPROVING YOUR HEALTH

Embracing a healthier lifestyle requires long-term effort and commitment: after all, changing your lifestyle means changing your life, in one way or another. Cannabinoids and more specifically CBD are a fantastic tool for improving your health and well-being, but it’s no cure-all. No one thing will ever completely alter your lifestyle: it takes a big push on all fronts. There are some things that you can do today that will markedly improve:

Eat only organic foods. Pre-packaged products are usually more chemical than food these days, and even non-organic fruits and vegetables have been drenched in pesticides and growth treatments.
Switch over to a flouride free toothpaste: most toothpastes today contain a lot of extraneous chemicals, dyes, and flavorings.
Don’t use perfume or body spray.

Use natural cleaners for your clothes. Soaking your clothes in chemical cleaners and then wearing them against your skin all day can have a negative effect on your health.
Don’t fry your food. It doesn’t just matter what your ingredients are: it matters how you prepare them.

You’ve probably noticed that all of the above tips have, at their heart, the same purpose: to stop extraneous chemicals from getting into your body, whether through your lungs, through your stomach, or through your skin. At the end of the day, that’s perhaps the biggest thing you should take away from your time at Endoca: be careful what you put into your body.