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$10 for each Hemp US Flag sold goes to Red Cross
In response to the recent and ongoing tragedy in America, begining midnight 9/18 and until further notice, $10 will be sent to the Red Cross relief effort for each flag ordered at regular retail from Hemp US Flag. Orders are being taken now for delivery in early October. Reserve your flag now at www.hempusflag.com.
15,000 wild pot plants burned
A vestige of Minnesota’s farm history went up in smoke in northern Washington County on Thursday, under the watchful eyes of Minnesota National Guard members and county narcotics officers. They mowed, piled and burned about 15,000 naturally occurring marijuana plants. The effort was part of a National Guard program to eradicate marijuana, conducted in cooperation with the county sheriff’s office.
A brief introduction: Institute of Bast Fiber Crops, Chinese Academy of Agricult
The institute was founded in February 1959 in Yuanjing City, Hunan Province. There are 2180 staff members, of that 85 are research fellows including 25 seniors and 22 intermediates at present. It is a strong scientific team engaged in research work of germplasm resources, genetics and breeding, cultivation, plant protection, biotechnology processing and environmental protection and machinery of bast fiber crops(ramie, kenaf, jute, flax, hemp). It is the only national institute specialized in the sciences of bast fiber crops.
Ancient fibers: Latest Fall fashion
Hemp Textiles International Corporation (Hemptex) of Bellingham, Washington, USA has developed a modern blend of two ancient fibers, true hemp and yak down, for Autumn/Winter 2002/03 apparel. The collection, branded Cantiyac, shows at six international textile tradeshows this Fall.
DEA plan could hamper hemp retailer
The anger against the DEA is at its fiercest now, as hemp advocates fight a proposed DEA regulation expected to be enforced in October. The order calls for a ban of products that contain traces of tetrahydrocannabinol or THC.
Embrace minorities by embracing private property
The reservation’s tribal council, which is supposed to be sovereign, agrees. In 1998, the council authorized farming industrial hemp. It is among the few crops that profitably grow in the rough terrain of South Dakota. Furthermore, the Laramie Treaty between the Sioux and the federal government encourages agricultural activities.
Farmer out of joint over thefts
A farmer who started growing hemp after the foot-and-mouth outbreak cost him his livestock has urged thieves to stop stealing his crops.
Farming’s future may rest with life sciences
In a secret greenhouse not far from Edmonton, growing next to some shoulder-high hemp, is a crop of about 50 leafy plants which represent a quantum leap in farm technology.
Fine young cannabis
Though often accused of being backward or behind the times, the 2001 Montana Legislature placed Montana among a group of forward-thinking states and organizations with the passage last April of Senate Bill 261, which could free the growth of industrial hemp from the auspices of the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) passed by Congress in 1970.
Finnish study hemp seed oil as a functional food
Medical researchers from the Departments of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Clinical Nutrition at the University of Kuopio, Finland, recently teamed up to investigate the potential of hemp seed oil as a functional food.