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Ben Williams
Hemp-based Highway Vodka is expanding to Dallas-Fort Worth and the whole Lone Star State. [Photo: Highway Vodka]
His Grandmother Made History in Fort Worth Business. Now He’s Bringing Texas’ First Hemp-Based Vodka Back to North Texas
by David Seeley | Mar 22, 2023
Ben Williams grew up with business in his blood. His grandmother Lucille Bishop Smith was an African-American entrepreneur, chef, educator, inventor who raised her three children in Tarrant County while serving as founder and president of Lucille B. Smith’s Fine Foods. Now Williams is carrying on that entrepreneurial tradition by bringing Texas' first hemp-based vodka home to his North Texas roots.
