Milk on a mission: California entrepreneur introduces buckwheat milk to America on ‘Shark Tank’

Rancho Santa Fe’s Paige Hansen recently appeared on ABC’s “Shark Tank,” pitching her growing company BAM,  America’s first-ever buckwheat milk. With her time in the tank, Hansen hoped to showcase not just her eco-friendly plant-based product but shine a light on buckwheat, what she calls “the cream of the climate-smart crop.”

“I really think that buckwheat is an underdog crop…it never got its chance in the sun,” said Hansen.

Hansen’s episode on season 16 of “Shark Tank” aired on...