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80 chefs relish in Hempola
At their monthly meeting last night at the Kewadin Inn, approximately eighty members and guests of the Muskoka Association of Chefs were treated to dinner featuring Hempola foods. A delightful combination of pastas, marinades, salads and baked items were served... all prepared using Hempola cold pressed hempseed oil and hempseed flour. For many of these well known culinary professionals, it was first exposure to the delicious flavours and nutrition of hemp food.
Agriculture minister announces winners of first Canadian Agri-Food awards of exc
Wellington Polymer Technology Inc. of Chatham, Ontario — Canadian Agri-Food Award of Excellence for Innovation. Wellington Polymer Technology Inc. has created an innovative compounding mix that combines the fibres of hemp straw and flax with difficult-to-use plastics to manufacture a simulated cedar shingle roofing product, called Enviroshake. The Enviroshake, funded by the Canadian Adaptation and Rural Development (CARD) Fund through a $250,000 investment from Ontario’s Agricultural Adaptation Council, has created a value-added market for hemp straw and flax and provides a viable market for hemp growers in Ontario.
Bill for industrial hemp study shelved
A top supporter of a proposal to allow the University of Illinois to study industrial hemp said Tuesday he probably won’t call his controversial bill for a vote during the fall veto session. Rep. Ron Lawfer, R-Stockton, attempted Tuesday to persuade his colleagues to override Gov. George Ryan’s veto of House Bill 3377. But Lawfer withdrew the bill from consideration after several minutes of debate. The debate included a comment from Rep. Mary Lou Cowlishaw, R-Naperville, that approving the bill would send the wrong message to young people about illegal drugs.
Board studying viability of hemp as crop
Another state-sponsored effort to look at industrial hemp as a cash crop has kicked off, but any chance of growing the plant in Kentucky is still a ways off. The Industrial Hemp Commission, a 17-member board created by the General Assembly earlier this year, met for the first time Monday.
Call for Action: Please send comments to DEA on hemp food rules
As we have previously communicated, DEA recently issued new rules that attempt to ban hemp seed and oil based foods containing any amount of THC. Although “any THC” is not currently detected by the official Health Canada protocol in most hemp foods (which are thus still being sold to consumers at natural foods retailers like Whole Foods and Wild Oats), the DEA’s rules do not specify a detection protocol and thus put hemp foods’ future in an unacceptably ambiguous position. These rules are blatant violations of the original Congressional intent that exempted hemp seed and oil from DEA’s control: the miniscule trace non-significant THC in hemp seed and oil presents absolutely no potential for abuse. Poppy seed bagels are legal even though they contain trace amounts of opiates, yet DEA has not tried to remove them from your local bakery.
Challenge the DEA
A nation-wide day of action has been scheduled to challenge the DEA’s attempts to ban hemp products. Please join VoteHemp, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, NORML, DRCNet and other organizations around the country when they visit their local DEA outposts on December 4th, 2001.
Chinese hemp industry has boundless potential
As world fashion increasingly moves toward simplicity, comfort and health protection, experts point out that hemp, a major economic crop in China, could have great market prospects after the nation’s entry into the World Trade Organization.
Depressed? Eat some sushi, scientists say
Scientists think they have evidence that fish oil could cure mental disorders such as depression and dyslexia — conditions increasingly common in the Western world.
Evaluating the impact of hemp food consumption on workplace drug tests
Foods containing seeds or oil of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa L.) are increasingly found in retail stores in the U.S. The presence of Delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in these foods has raised concern over their impact on the results of workplace drug tests for marijuana.
Funding delays kills hemp project
Earlier this month a new publication came out from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Titled Agriculture in Harmony with Nature, the document outlining Canada’s Sustainable Development Strategy for 2001-2004 was printed on 15 per cent hemp paper. Dave Ryan, co-ordinator of the Gitsegukla Hemp Project (GHP) said he found this unbelievably ironic. This year there will be no harvest of industrial hemp on the rich river bottom land beside the Skeena River, partly because of lack of federal funding. This was the fourth year of the sustainable agriculture and economic development project, and it was supposed to be the commercial year.