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A dim outlook for industrial hemp
“The legalization of hemp would benefit a few growers but it probably wouldn’t improve farm revenue for at least four or five years,” says Randy Fortenbery, the study’s lead author and a University of Wisconsin-Madison expert on agricultural markets and international trade. “Hemp appears to be slightly more profitable than traditional row crops but less profitable than specialty crops such as tobacco, fruits and vegetables.”
Ban on hemp-based foods is a waste of taxpayer money
With substances like cocaine, heroin, crack and acid available in nearly every town in the United States, we have to wonder why the DEA would waste their time and our taxpayer dollars on such a ridiculous measure. The idea of enforcing a statute aimed at pasta that may or may not contain trace amounts of THC, strikes us as a complete lack of priorities.
Catalysts for producing chemicals from renewable feedstocks
The US Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and DuPont Company have developed a new class of catalysts, homogenous hydrido complexes that could someday convert plant-derived feedstocks into industrially useful materials, such as chemicals and synthetic fibres.
DEA issues new rules to ban hemp foods
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) published rules regarding industrial hemp products in the Federal Register on October 9, 2001 which were effective immediately. Without any compelling reason or the required public notice and comment period, the DEA issued an interpretive rule banning hemp seed and oil food products that contain any amount of trace residual THC, devastating the hemp food industry and potentially subjecting businesses and consumers to federal criminal penalties. DEA also issued an interim rule exempting hemp bodycare and fiber products from DEA control, but the legal status of bodycare products is now ambiguous. Hemp seeds and oil have absolutely no psychoactive effect and are about as likely to be abused as poppy seed bagels for their trace opiate content, or fruit juices because of their trace alcohol content (present through natural fermentation).
DEA rules ban edible hemp products
The rules by the Drug Enforcement Administration, published in the Federal Register, give merchants 120 days to dispose of food products such as beer, pasta, tortilla chips, candy bars, salad dressing and cheese when the items contain tetrahydrocannabinols, known as THC. Exemptions apply to products such as paper, animal feed, clothing and rope, and personal-care items such as shampoos, soaps and lotions.
DEA sabotaging hemp food products
DEA has just posted interpretive and interim rules effective immediately that ban hemp food products that use ingredients (hemp seed/oil) with any THC and requires hemp bodycare companies to file for exemptions with DEA to secure hemp oil imports ensuring who knows what kind of bureaucratic nightmare. Hemp food companies have a 120-day grace period to dispose of inventories, and all consumption is immediately banned.
Down to Earth opens downtown
Mike Nystrom was harvesting ripe, homegrown tomatoes last March — and he wants to help other area residents do the same. Nystrom’s new natural products store, Down to Earth, on Chestnut Street in Virginia, is stocked with men’s and women’s hemp clothes, natural supplements, essential oils, and hydroponic growing supplies.
Ethanol: The antidote to U.S. dependence on foreign oil
Robert J. Samuelson in his October 10 column speaks of the need to decrease our dependence on Mideast oil, even though a small portion of our imported oil actually comes from that region. He mentions several ways to do this, but entirely misses the point. It’s not just Mideast oil we need to decrease our dependence on, it’s petroleum in general. I was disgusted that his column never even mentioned ethanol.
Fluorescent daisies through genetic engineering
Scientists in Italy are announcing a unique innovation guaranteed to light up your life. The luminous bouquet glows fluorescent green under ultraviolet light. This technology will probably be used to monitor genetically modified crops, says Schiva. They originally planned to make legitimate hemp crops easy to distinguish from narcotics.
Hemp Food Association position regarding DEA’s interim rule
It is the position of the Hemp Food Association (HFA) that this Interim Rule is merely a clarification of the basis under which the DEA, US Customs, and all responsible hempseed importers have been operating under for quite some time, namely, that hempseed products may not contain tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). An HFA survey of hempseed importers revealed that all were in full compliance with the Interim Rule, and have no THC in their products.