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1999 - Year in Review: Ten Most Influential Agri-Fiber Developments
Throughout the course of 1999, the following 10 areas of development appeared to be the most consequential in relation to the emerging agri-fiber industry. Agri-fibers include Abaca, bagasse, corn stover, flax, industrial hemp, kenaf, rice straw, Switchgrass and wheat straw; with potential markets as varied as composites, specialty pulps, plastics and non-wovens.
Adaptation council awards grants
$20,000 to Hemp Oil Canada to determine the best ways to eliminate minute traces of tetrahydrocannabinol from hemp seed food products.
Another bid to plant hemp
Motueka horticulture scientist Peter Smale says he will reapply to plant a trial research crop of industrial hemp. His decision followed last week¼s announcement by Customs Minister Phillida Bunkle approving a working party by the Customs Service to resolve differing opinions on the crop.
Australia Hemp Fuels Export Hopes
Tasmanian industrial hemp farmers are moving to supply new manufacturing industries in Europe and interstate. Hemp for clothing, material and food is being touted as a potential multimillion dollar industry for the state.
Better Red than dead: Levi’s hits back Levi’s, The classic jeans compa
In the last gasp of the 20th century, fashion went vintage crazy. Clothing companies dipped into their archives in an effort to find classics that could be reinvented, and designers began basing their collections on past eras, using old fabrics, buttons and deliberately aged fabrics.
Georgia Farmers Call for Hemp Research
“We’re just saying it ought to be researched to see if it would be feasible for our farmers to grow as an alternative crop,” said Cecil Burk, the Farm Bureau’s legislative director in Macon.
Hemp Could Give Wool A New Lease
Hemp is destined to give wool a new life provided the industry can get off the ground in Australia.
Hemp Planted in Hawaii
On December 14, 1999, Hawaii made American history as the first state to plant industrial hemp seeds on U.S. soil since WW II. A host of government officials and business leaders were on hand to witnessed the historical event at the Alterna Hemp Research Project¼s agricultural plot on the island of Oahu.
Hemp Takes a Hit
Five years ago, vocal hemp supporters Kathleen Chippi and David Almquist put their money where their mouths were by opening the Boulder Hemp Company. The pair’s activism by way of commerce has since produced a line of cookies, snacks and baking mixes made with hemp flour, which they grind from hemp seeds shipped in from around the globe. In March the company went national with four flavors of Heavenly Hemp Tortilla Chips. Made with 30 percent hemp flour, the chips are a big hit in stores around the country, including Alfalfa’s and Wild Oats.
Hemp is Ready for Farmer Stages
A new cultivar is set to launch Queensland¼s experimental industrial hemp industry into an era of commercial production. The variety, code named INSX, is believed to be the first industrial hemp cultivar suited to Queensland¼s climate.