A 2,500 ton hemp fiber production line, jointly funded by the Lanxi Ramie Raw Materials Company and the Jiamusi Hemp Machinery Manufacturing Plant, recently started construction in Lanxi County, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province.

Could hemp products — displayed at several exhibits — be a successor to soy? “It has that potential,” said Richard Rose, president of HempNut, Inc., a Santa Rosa, California company that makes cookies, cooking oil, nut butter, vegetarian burgers and lip balm from shelled hemp seeds, which Rose says are rich in protein and essential fatty acids.

Introducing hemp US flags from Fuel and Fiber. These flags have the rich texture and feel of hemp fabric and the warm colors are produced using responsible coloring methods. The flags are limited to 500 (numbered), and are handcrafted by Arizona Industries for the Blind.

Presidential hopeful Ralph Nader proposed on Friday shifting control of U.S. agriculture away from corporate conglomerates and back toward the family farmer.

Ziggy Marley is endorsing hemp energy protein bars. San Diego-based Govinda’s Fitness Foods, which has marketed the Bliss Bar line to thousands of health-food stores for years, sent off a sample of the fibrous snack to the son of the late musical icon Bob Marley.