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Festival offers an array of uses for hemp plant
What the fourth annual Industrial Hemp Expo in Santa Cruz is not about: marijuana, medicinal or otherwise.
From cheese to seeds
Sebastopol health foods entrepreneur, Richard Rose, is switching from cheese to seeds. Rose has sold his Rella Good Cheese brands, choosing to focus on what he thinks will be the next big thing in healthy eating, foods made with hempseed.
Harrelson: Individually, we must ease up on Earth
Harrelson’s devotion to both the practical and the pleasurable uses of the hemp plant — the bus that is supporting his riding crew runs on hemp oil — has earned him notoriety. It has also led some to consider his views somehow on the fringe. He begs to differ.
Hemp battle reaches trial stage
The day Mac McIntosh worked out he could make $160,000 a year by putting less than a quarter of his South Island farm into industrial hemp was the day he signed on for the most frustrating and costly battle of his life.
Hemp gives farmers a financial downer
Despite high hopes, Manitoba’s hemp industry is not exactly smoking. In 2000, some 100 Manitoba farmers (down from 230 in 1999) seeded 7,200 acres of hemp, yielding 2,250 tonnes of hemp seed that is worth approximately $1.2 to $2.2 million.
Hemp hits its stride
It is green, high in fibre, improves strength and reduces weight. This is not the perfect diet but an ingredient for the car industry. Hemp, once an outcast in agricultural circles, is making a comeback and cropping up in unconventional places.
Hemp holdup
Because of the government’s reefer madness, the American people may soon be denied the pleasures of certain citrusy sodas, soothing lip balms, and tasty nut butters.
Hemp market doesn’t offset other concerns
The issue of allowing the cultivation of industrial hemp in South Dakota has been addressed by the S.D. Legislature in the past two legislative sessions and defeated in both attempts. The Department of Agriculture has carefully analyzed the research regarding industrial hemp and cannot support the efforts to legalize its cultivation.
Hemp shop a first in Salem
Andy Fry and his uncle, Roy Mitchell, hope hemp will be a hit here. Fry and Mitchell have opened Bud Brothers Hemporium, a store that sells a variety of products made from industrial hemp.
Hemp, hemp hooray
Hemp processors are flying high as the beleaguered cousin of marijuana is increasingly being recognized as a nutraceutical. In other words, food.Hemp may look like its famous narcotic namesake, but its leaves are free of the active ingredient THC, and it’s good for you, too.