Shadi Bee

Shadi Bee is a chef, regenerative product developer, hemp farmer and entrepreneur working at the intersection of hemp, food systems, and regenerative design.

She holds a Master’s degree in Cultural Anthropology with a focus on sustainable development and has spent over a decade building mission-driven businesses rooted in regenerative principles — from sourcing and formulation to brand creation and systems design.

Her work in hemp spans food innovation, product development, and hands-on education through farmers markets, community activations, and immersive experiences. She has developed and launched multiple hemp and plant-based product lines, including Vital Fungi, and has brought formulations to market across food, functional ingredients, and body care categories.

Her companies have held pending B Corporation status, and she has spoken on mission-driven business and the evolution beyond traditional “sustainable” models toward truly regenerative systems.

With a background in private chef work and farm-to-table food systems, her work is grounded in direct experience with land-based food practices and seasonal sourcing. While currently between farming sites, her work remains deeply connected to regenerative agriculture and the real-world systems that support it.

Her approach is practical and systems-based: build what works, keep it grounded in reality, and reconnect food, land, and materials through everyday use.

Noteworthy Gigs & Speaking experience

Lecture & Presentation|Introduction to Culinary & Medicinal Mushrooms|Colorado Mountain College|December 2023

Presentation|“Truffle Mushroom: Magic, Folklore & Gastronomy”|Medicinal Mushroom Symposium|Virtual 2022

Presenter|Hemp as High Vibe Nutrition| Indigenous Hemp Conference| Anishinanaabe Agriculture Institute| White Earth, Minnesota, March 2022

Panel|The Power of the Plant: Hemp As an Eco-Solution to Climate Change| Earth Guardian Event|April 2021

Guest Lecturer|Graduate Anthropology Seminar| Cross Cultural Fermentation|NMSU|April 2021

Presentation|Food Sovereignty & Hemp for Vitality|Indigenous Hemp Conference|Virtual March 2021

Teacher|High Vibe Fungi for Yogis|Moov Festival| Virtual January 2021

Presentation| Cordyceps & Turkey Tail Medicine| Telluride Mushroom Festival|August 2020

Presentation| Truffles: Murder, Mayhem & Magic|Telluride Mushroom Festival|August 2020

Speaker| Green Renaissance Panel| Seattle, Washington| Virtual August 2020

Presentation| Truffles: Gastronomy, Murder and Mayhem|Growing Farmer’s Summit|Winter 2020

Presentation|Using Your Business As a Force for Good: Sustainability, BCORP & Mission Driven Business in the New Cannabis Economy| Denver, Colorado|March 2019

Presentation| High Vibe Hemp Nutrition| Southern Hemp Expo| Nashville, TN|September 2018

Workshop|Hemp is the Answer: How to Increase Your Vitality with Hemp| Arise Music Festival| August 2018

Panel| ABC’s of CBD| ARISE MUSIC FESTIVAL *August 2018

Panel| A Place for Hemp| Terpenes & Testing Conference| April 2018

Panel| Women’s Health and CBD| NOCO Hemp Expo| March 2018

Workshop| Hemp Food for Vitality| Arise Music Festival| August 2017

Panel| Women in Cannabis| Arise Music Festical| August 2017

Panel|Morality of Capitalism Symposium, University of Nebraska, Kearney| April 2016

Presentation|Hemp Food: An Exploration| NOCO Hemp Expo| March 2016

Adjunct Professor | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, UDC - Washington, DC.

Adjunct Professor| Introduction to World Cultural Geography, UDC - Washington, D.C.

Adjunct Professor| Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Champlain College, Burlington, VT.

Adjunct Professor| Introduction to World Cultural Geography, Champlain College, VT.