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Growing a solution to plastic waste
Polymers made from crops could provide an answer to increasingly tough environmental legislation governing the disposal of plastics in carrier bags and car interiors. Engineers and chemists at Warwick Advanced Sustainable Technologies (WASTe), part of the Warwick Manufacturing Group, are developing plastics from triglycerides, the oil extracted from crops such as rape, flax and hemp.
Hemp a perfect solution for farmers
With bills proposing to raise the cigarette excise tax in several states, not to mention the trend against smoking over the past 10 years, it seems that Kentucky, the nation’s second biggest producer of tobacco, could soon end up getting bitten by the anti-tobacco bug.
Hemp bill questions remain
A bill that would legalize cultivation of industrial hemp in West Virginia has been moving smoothly through the Legislature. But even if it becomes law, West Virginians might not be able to grow the marijuana-like plant without breaking the law, said Bill Steffick of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Hemp hullabaloo and the groovy supe
Hemp can’t get you high. Nevertheless, while the city embraces hemp, the Drug Enforcement Administration is trying to ban it. Displayed outside The Body Shop’s downtown store, advertisements with drawings of marijuana-shaped leaves tout hemp as the best moisturizer in the world. Another sign reads, “Hemp is hope, not dope.”
Hemp industry sees bright future
Hemp producers feel that after years of battling bureaucracy they may finally be on the brink of a boom — and can count the Queen among their customers.
Hemp protesters’ charges dismissed
Marijuana charges against three protesters were dismissed Thursday after lab tests on pretzels and candy bars made with hemp showed no traces of the psychoactive chemical THC.
Here’s to the lighter house
Little boxes made of ticky tacky... it may have been a good refrain and a fair indictment of a nation’s love of bricks and mortar, but today’s house builders are challenging the stereotype by using more inventive materials and building methods at both ends of the eco spectrum.
High hopes for hemp’s food value
Canterbury hemp grower David Musgrave is convinced there is big potential for hemp seed as a food ingredient. Most of his focus in pioneering a crop of 10ha has been on producing hemp seed oil. He already runs a successful business producing flax seed oil. “Initially we were quite excited about the qualities of the oil, but it wasn’t until I went to Canada and tasted some of the food that I realised there’s a whole lot more.
High on hemp
Hemp is a hit (and not just on the party circuit). The beauty and fashion world has embraced this cannabis cousin, using it in clothing lines from an array of designers, including Patagonia and Giorgio Armani, and beauty products for practically every body part.
Ignoring reality
Companies such as The Merry Hempsters will not be quite so merry if the federal government has its way in restricting the sale of consumable hemp-based products. The Eugene company, which produces hemp-oil based, all-natural lip balms and healing products, could very well shut down if a Drug Enforcement Administration regulation goes into effect. In October 2001, the DEA issued a rule which declared that that all industrial hemp products are no longer exempt from the definition of marijuana as defined in the Controlled Substance Act (CSA).