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Put hemp in your tank
While George Bush Sr. didn’t face the same sort of energy crisis that George Bush Jr. now faces — with OPEC scrooging the oil supply and Venezuela getting uppity with its share of the black-gold mine — he did more than rattle sabers on the pretext of stopping one. The Gulf War, so preached by pundits galore, was all about oil; got to keep the lifeblood of American commerce pumping, right?
Reefer madness in Springfield
Illinois Gov. George Ryan has a $1 million case of reefer madness now that the Legislature has sent up a bill to study industrial hemp — a kissing cousin of marijuana — as a cash crop. He’s indicated he will just say no with a veto.
Representative hopes study of industrial hemp gets support of legislators
State Rep. I. Ronald Lawfer, R-Stockton, is hoping most representatives will agree that industrial hemp is not marijuana and it should be researched as a possible alternative crop for Illinois farmers.
Ryan gets bill OK’ing hemp study
The House Tuesday sent Gov. George Ryan a proposal to authorize two state universities to research industrial hemp, a biological relative of marijuana. The study is intended to shed light on whether industrial hemp could be a viable cash crop for Illinois farmers. Low prices for corn and other crops have caused farmers to struggle financially.
Ryan has doubts about bill for economic study of hemp
Gov. George Ryan indicated Thursday that he may veto a bill calling for a study of the economic feasibility of industrial hemp. “I think there’s going to be some opposition to it, and I want to hear both sides of the issue before I make up my mind,” Ryan said. “My initial thought is that I’m not for it, but my mind’s not closed on it.”
Ryan opposes hemp proposal
Gov. George Ryan is balking at a bill that would allow two universities to study the potential for growing hemp in Illinois.
SIUC cash crop could keep economy from going to pot
SIUC and the University of Illinois may end up, of all things, growing marijuana as an experimental cash crop. Not exactly marijuana, but a cousin called hemp. It contains a lesser quantity of the same intoxicating stuff (THC) that still makes some silly people willing to suck on a burning rope.
Senate panel approves industrial hemp bill
Swayed by arguments that it would fire up Iowa’s farm economy but not its drug trade, a Senate panel has approved a bill that could make it legal to grow hemp for industrial purposes.
Setting aside drug warnings, lawmakers vote to study hemp’s uses
The legislation calls on the University of Illinois and Southern Illinois University to study how well hemp — a close cousin of marijuana — grows in Illinois and whether it could become a profitable crop.
Show Report: ISM Reveals Trends in International Confectionery
Fitness and health have been central themes in the food industry for some years and have now been fully embraced by the international confectionery industry, which offers a wide range of products that are low in fat or sugar, enriched with vitamins, nutrients or herbal extracts or good for digestion.