Founder · Green Energy · Jacksonville, FL
Sammie Rogers Jr.
From cannabis classrooms to hemp-powered cities.
Educator and entrepreneur who built America's first Black-owned cannabis vocational school — now engineering carbon-negative construction with hempcrete and cold-formed steel.
1st
Black-owned cannabis vocational & technical school in the U.S.
2018
Farm Bill that legalized the hemp economy we build in
100%
Mission-aligned to community ownership
The thesis
The same communities harmed by old industries should own the next one. Hemp is a carbon-negative supply chain — farming, materials, and skilled jobs — and it can be built by the people who need it most.
That conviction took Sammie from founding America's first Black-owned cannabis vocational school to developing regenerative building systems. The mission is unchanged: turn knowledge and materials into generational ownership.
Read the full story →The venture
Materials that build wealth and pull carbon down.
Hempcrete
A carbon-negative, fire-resistant, breathable bio-composite that turns industrial hemp into healthy, high-performance walls.
Cold-Formed Steel + Hemp
Pairing recyclable cold-formed steel framing with hemp insulation for fast, resilient, low-carbon building envelopes.
Pilots & Projects
Demonstration builds and partnerships proving the economics of regenerative materials at real-world scale.
Featured project · Ghana
Blkk Legacy Campus
A Pan-African campus concept — vocational training, steel-framing fabrication, and heritage brands. The same thesis, on a Pan-African canvas.
The founder
An educator who turned a classroom into an industry.
Author of 3 Day Mental Rewire, public speaker, and community builder, Sammie has spent his career converting hard-won knowledge into opportunity for Black and Brown communities.
About Sammie →Impact to date
A national first
The first Black-owned cannabis vocational & technical school in the U.S.
Social equity by design
Direct pathways to legal-industry ownership and high-wage trades.
A new supply chain
Building the talent and materials pipeline for hemp-based green energy.
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Let's build the hemp economy.
For investors, builders, and partners ready to back regenerative materials with real social return.