1973: Neil Hanscomb leaves his CPA firm to join San Francisco Herb Co. Catnip, a wildcrafted product, is collected along the stream beds of southeast U.S. and sold to natural food stores.
1977: Neil Hanscomb buys a Radio Shack PC, teaches himself to program it, and is the first in the USA to use a PC for UPS shipping manifests.
1983: Neil Hanscomb buys current facility, a 26,000 square foot concrete building on 14th street, San Francisco.
1987: Neil Hanscomb inquires about catnip and the pet industry with then owner of Aspen Pet Products on the beach in Los Barriles, Baja California, Mexico while on a windsurfing trip.
1992: Neil Hanscomb launches Cape Cod Herb Co., a test mail order catnip company on the east coast in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
1993: Neil Hanscomb buys a warehouse in No.Truro, MA and launches Atlantic Spice Co. as a sister company to San Francisco Herb Co.
1997: Neil Hanscomb attempts to provide the pet industry with catnip. He withdraws from the market when quality and reliability issues could not be resolved.
2001: Neil Hanscomb builds relationship with Albertan farmer for harvested commodity crop of catnip which is plentiful and of superior quality. He introduces this material to the pet industry.
2002: Neil Hanscomb launches High Grown brand catnip in tubs and bags for pet industry. Back To Top