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Go for it — Kentucky needs to look at hemp
Hats off to members of the Kentucky House of Representatives, including State Rep. R.J. Palmer of Clark County, for passing legislation that could lead to university research of the economic and agricultural future of hemp, and perhaps someday to a new source of revenue for Kentucky farmers.
Harrelson backs city eco-troupe
Actor Woody Harrelson will soon appear in local TV promotions for non-profit Winnipeg theatre group Green Kids Inc.
Hearings on New Hampshire HB 293, Part 1
Hearings on New Hampshire HB 293 (permitting commercial agriculture in Hemp) opened today (Tuesday, February 6, 2001) in room 303 of the Legislative Office Building across State St. from the Statehouse in Concord.
Hearings on New Hampshire HB 293, Part 2
Getting into the committee chamber early, I caught Rep. Derek’s attention. We went into the comm. office where I showed him the hempseed oil candle I had brought and lit it for him. As we were marveling at the sight of hempseed oil burning, Rep. David Babson (who would be chairing the hearing today) came in. Rep. Derek showed him the candle and he immediately picked it up, brought it out into the committee room and set it on the witness stand where it would sit burning for the duration of testimony.
Hemp Foods Can Have Health Benefits
Hemp may not be what you expect to find at the grocery store, but the seed of the marijuana plant is sneaking its way into salad dressings, flour, peanut butter and cosmetics.
Hemp Ice-Cream
The virtues of Indian Hemp have been espoused for years, and now there’s a company in Tasmania which says it could produce Indian Hemp ice cream, although it would be illegal to eat in Australia.
Hemp bill advances out of committee
Hemp grew out of the Agriculture Committee Thursday afternoon by a unanimous 7-0 vote. Under the bill, industrial hemp — argued as a nonhallucinogenic cousin of the drug cannabis sativa — would be grown by licensed farmers under supervision of the federal Drug Enforcement Agency and the state Department of Agriculture.
Hemp bill passes House committee
The latest attempt to pave the way for legal growing of industrial hemp in Kentucky got under way yesterday, with more official encouragement than ever.
Hemp bill vetoed by Ryan
Gov. George Ryan on Friday rejected legislation that would have allowed two state universities to study industrial hemp, a biological relative of marijuana that some people eyed as a potential cash crop for struggling Illinois farmers.
Hemp crop at threshold
Hemp will be cultivated in Southwestern Ontario fields again this summer despite growing pains in developing markets for the formerly illegal crop. Hempline Inc., based in Delaware, will be contracting farmers to grow the crop again this year, the company’s president, Geoff Kime, said yesterday.