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Industrial hemp can save the world
Do you ever stop and think about what will happen when we’ve squeezed every last drop of fossil fuel out of our earth and destroyed every bit of land searching for more? It won’t be a happy day; cars will die and lights will dim; 85 percent of our energy comes from fossil fuels.
Industrial hemp is the missing energy piece
At the present time, this society is being pushed very hard to go further down the nuclear road. Many people do not feel good about that. They know deep down that to go more fully nuclear is a malignant choice. They know that all future life will pay dearly and painfully for our selfishness, arrogance and greed.
Making a case for hemp
Alex White Plume, his wife Debbie and their children, make up an average Lakota family residing on the Pine Ridge Reservation, with one exception. For two summers they have planted and cultivated crops of hemp on the supposed sovereign soil of the Pine Ridge, nay...Oglala Lakota Nation. Instead of standing up against the thugs of the Drug Enforcement Administration as they mowed White Plume’s crops to the ground for the second time this summer, Oglala Sioux Tribal President, John Steele, stood silently watching with his thumb stuck securely in his hip pocket.
Manufacturers of hemp foods gear up for fight
A bitter food fight has broken out between the U.S. government and manufacturers of certain beers, bread, pretzels, cereals, granola bars and butterlike spreads that contain hemp. For years, health food manufacturers have touted the plant’s seeds and oil as something close to a miracle nutrient, high in vitamin E and essential fatty acids, and richer in protein than meat and fish. But the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says hemp is on a par with marijuana. Not only is hemp part of the same plant, but it also contains small amounts of the same psychoactive substance that gives a joint its jolt. The debate has landed before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, which may determine as early as next month whether hemp foods can continue to be sold.
NAFTA challenge to DEA hemp rule enters next phase; U.S. Department of State
Kenex Ltd., a Canadian agro-firm that has been growing and processing hemp oil, seed and fiber products in Canada for distribution throughout the United States for the past five years, will meet with numerous U.S. federal agencies at the U.S. Department of State on Monday, March 25 to review the company’s notice of intent to sue the U.S. government under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Nader in Oregon: Environment movement losing ground
Ralph Nader told an international gathering of environmentalists in Oregon on Friday that their movement is losing ground because major environmental groups are willing to compromise with industry and losing touch with the public.
New agricultural industry collaboration between EnviroShake and Hempola announce
It appears to be an excellent matching of two product manufacturers to bolster the emerging industrial hemp industry in Canada. Wellington Polymer Technology Inc. (WPTI) of Chatham, Ontario, with its award winning product — EnviroShake roof shingles will team up with Hempola Inc. of Barrie, Ontario — with its extensive line of hempseed derived food, personal care, supplements and industrial products. For the first time, the potential of industrial hemp and its many uses from one crop, will begin as a pilot project shared by two companies successfully marketing finished products.
Ninth Circuit Court blocks DEA hemp rule
Late yesterday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted the hemp industry’s Motion to Stay the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA’s) “interpretive” rule, which was issued October 9, 2001 without public notice or opportunity for comment and would have banned the sale of nutritious hemp foods containing harmless trace amounts of naturally-occurring THC under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) of 1970.
State of Arizona Senate Bill 1431: Industrial hemp study
An act relating to a study of industrial hemp.
Survey shows year’s prospect of economic crops in China
Chinese farmers are expected to grow more oil and sugar plants, vegetables, medicinal herbs and tobacco but less hemp for better returns this year, according to the result of an official survey released Monday.