In the early '90's Jungmaven founder, Robert Jungmann, became passionate about putting a stop to clear-cutting practices that devastate the planet– and knew growing hemp offered a solution to this, as well as to many other environmental issues. At that time, hemp was not considered fashion, and Rob’s concept to design a high-quality hemp tee was born from a determination to get the industry and the public to recognize both hemp's massive potential to heal the planet and to become a fashion-forward textile.
We lived in a house made of driftwood where we would feed the horses mangos from our kitchen window and watch the iguanas do push-ups on the Pochote trees before our morning surf. We never needed to ‘make time’ to catch up with friends or remind ourselves not to miss the sunset, they were part of our rhythm of life.
Our mission is to raise awareness about the many uses of hemp, and why its regenerative qualities make it a desirable alternative to finite, natural resources that are less healthy for the environment. Fashion is a form of activism: what we choose to wear says both who we are and what we stand for. Making beautiful, high-quality hemp clothing is our way of creating a medium through which we can all demand change with our dollars and express what kind of future we want to live in.
Jungmaven launched HEMP 2020 a decade ago to raise awareness around the positive environmental impacts of hemp farming and to get hemp legal to grow again in the US. We’ve made major progress, and are seeing hemp become widely recognized for its benefits. As we look forward into the next decade, we face a critical moment in the history of our planet. Let’s build a future where people and the planet exist in a mutually beneficial state, recognizing that we are all ONE.
Robert Jungmann, Jungmaven founder, is a founding member of the Hemp Industries Association– a group formed in 1994 and instrumental in the legalization of industrial hemp. Their work directly led to the passing of the 2018 Farm Bill which was a giant win for hemp– making it legal to grow again in the United States for the first time since 1937. This step was a new beginning for hemp, and while the US hemp industry is now headed in a good direction–it isn’t yet producing enough to meet production demands for our garments.
Kind Regards,
Rob Jungmann & the Jungmaven Team
