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Object of the week: Hemp pesto
What is it with the hemp people? Why are they so evangelical about hemp? Hemp this, hemp that. You never see anyone getting this excited about, say, jute.
Seeds of discord
The DEA itself cites two court cases supporting the assumption that the prohibition does not cover natural traces of THC in parts of the plant that are excluded from the definition of marijuana. If it did, many products that are not drugs by any stretch of the imagination—including paper, bird seed, and textiles—would be illegal. The DEA nevertheless decided that is what the law demands, despite clear evidence that it’s not what Congress intended. To make the result look slightly less silly, the DEA is allowing nonedible hemp products to remain on the market, even though its interpretation of the statute does not permit such a distinction.
Separating the weed from chaff
Herbal cannabis is made from the chopped, dried leaves of the plant. It is also known as “grass”, “weed” and “ganja” and is imported from Africa, South America, Thailand and the West Indies. Hemp is the fibre of the cannabis plant, used to make products including rope, mats and clothing and cooking oil.
Store owners say hemp is versatile plant
William Dean started off his career as a stockbroker. Now he’s buying and selling hemp products retail. The 28-year-old Dean, an upstart pro-hemp entrepreneur who was born and raised in Moore County, envisions an expansion of his budding hempire.
The dope on hemp history
So how do you think East and West Hempfield were named? Cousin to pot plant proliferated here years ago; some would like to see it growing like a weed again. Several hemp stones repose peacefully under walnut trees at the Landis Valley Museum. Few visitors ask about the cone-shaped millstones or their ties to hemp, said curator Bruce Bomberger. “It’s so much forgotten, so much in the past.” Long confused in the public mind with marijuana, its psychoactive cousin, hemp inhabits a regulatory gray area that has discouraged cultivation. It hasn’t been grown commercially in this country since the late 1950s. Once, though, hemp was a key ingredient of American and Lancaster County culture.
The economics of hemp
“Here’s the deal,” says West. “Everybody wants this thing [hemp’s potential] to be proved, but the government won’t let you do it. It reminds me of the old philosopher’s debate, “How many teeth does the horse have?” While the philosophers debate, the fool comes up and looks in the horse’s mouth. That’s the situation.”
Wear and care
While organic food has filtered into the public consciousness, organic fashion still has a long way to go. “Food leads the way for everything else,” observes Lana. “It’s difficult to convince people of the properties of organic textiles, but once someone has worn an organic cotton vest or trousers there is no turning back.” Statistics say the cotton used in one standard, conventional T-shirt requires five ounces of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers to grow. “Approximately 8,000 chemicals are routinely used in the production, processing and treatment of conventional textiles,” claims the Greenfibres brochure.
World Series collector’s edition new artwork celebrates “The Baseball&
Good Nature Publishing Co. celebrates a great year of baseball with a new collector’s edition fine art print titled “The Baseball.” Illustrated by award winning artist Dugald Stermer, “The Baseball” is a detailed illustration of the anatomy of the baseball. The Baseball will be printed on creamy thick tree free papers.