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Lack of fatty acids may cause dry skin
Dry skin is often related to a deficiency of essential fatty acids. These fats are crucial to optimal health and are needed by the body for many important functions. Perhaps the best one to try is flax seed oil, since it is a well-balanced oil that is readily availble at health food stores. You could also try borage, hemp or evening primrose oil. Use them both internally and topically.
Legislators push new bill to promote cultivation of hemp
It’s the plant that just won’t die. Legislation to allow industrial hemp to be grown under controlled circumstances has sprouted again in the Illinois House, a little more than a week after Gov. George Ryan vetoed a similar bill.
Legislature considers farming bills
Three public hearings held Tuesday afternoon by the Legislature’s Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry all dealt with providing options that would allow Maine farmers to diversify or become more profitable.
Licensing of trial plots of industrial hemp
Health Minister Annette King says she expects to receive recommendations by the end of this week on criteria and licensing requirements for trial plots of industrial hemp.
Louie Nunn: Bluegrass hemp fight has an ally
What’s gotten into Louie Nunn? Last time I saw the former Kentucky governor, he was rhapsodizing about his hero, Richard “Tricky Dick” Nixon, at a 1996 memorial service in Eastern Kentucky. Now he’s hanging with Woody “balding actor dude” Harrelson. He’s delivering bales of hemp to the South Dakota Sioux in defiance of the feds. And his name keeps popping up on websites like cannabisnews.com.
Marty and Avrum love HEMPOLA!
On Saturday night, March 17, 2001, Kelly Smith and Greg Herriott of HEMPOLA were warmly hosted by the Marty and Avrum Food Show on CFRB 1010 radio in Toronto.
Mats make difference in foot and mouth crisis
A factory in North Wales is providing much needed help to the local farming community during the Foot and Mouth crisis. The plant at Bryn Farm, near Caernarfon, is supplying the local authority with specialist disinfectant mats. The mats are soaked in disinfectant and placed on roads and openings to gateways in areas affected by the outbreak of Foot and Mouth.
Money makeover: The problem
Caiomhe Keane was so inspired when she first saw environmentally-friendly materials, such as organic cotton, that she decided to become a fashion designer.
Natural fiber composite industry registered 40-50% growth in 2000
The sky might be falling for a lot of high tech businesses, but one segment of the building products industry — natural-fiber plastic composites — continues to register strong growth.
New faces in a classic field
As we know it, agriculture depends on small miracles. From the simple act of planting a seed, new life will begin. Some water, some sun and some decent soil is needed, but the seed knows its business — it knows its genetic code, its timetable and when to grow. A bit of luck and good weather is all it needs to flourish. If only it were that simple for the businesses revolving around that seed.