Founder of World Tea Expo transitions to marijuana publishing
The founder and director of the World Tea Expo is moving on from tea to another natural crop - marijuana. George Jage, who launched the World Tea Expo 10 years ago and, more recently, introduced the Healthy Beverage Expo, will head CannaBusiness Media, a publishing and event company serving the medical and recreational marijuana trade. Jage also founded the North American Tea Championship, World Tea Academy and World Tea News. When he launched the show in 2003, the US tea business was worth about $5.7 billion. The industry is currently worth up to $16 billion. In 2012, F+W Media acquired World Tea Media and relocated the show from Las Vegas to Long Beach, California.