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Canadian hemp industry flourishes as companies post strong financial results
Hempola Inc., announced today record revenue increases at 40 percent above its previous fiscal year results. As well, the company has almost completed its first six months of its current fiscal year and is tracking a strong 27 percent above its prior 40 percent increase. Greg Herriott, President and Founder comments, “We are thoroughly delighted with our financial results. Our company is experiencing a very healthy growth rate... a rate which is most likely parallel with the growth of the overall hemp industry in Canada.”
Coughing Green MP: I’m insulating, not inhaling
The Greens bought the first batch of the new wool-hemp insulation material, manufactured by New Wool Products in an experiment to find different ways to use industrial hemp.
Davis kills hemp bill
California Governor Gray Davis vetoed a bill over the weekend that would have asked the University of California to conduct an economic feasibility study of alternative fibrous crops including industrial hemp. Assembly Bill 388 is the third such hemp-related measure sponsored by Assemblymember Virginia Strom-Martin, and the third to fail, but was the first to make it all the way to the governor’s desk before being defeated.
Davis veto of industrial hemp study draws criticism
Assemblywoman Virginia Strom-Martin, the bill’s author, said the veto came as a surprise considering the governor’s support for medical marijuana. She said her legislation could have led to a major economic boost for agriculture.
Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom
Rise of the Middle Kingdom marks the first city building strategy game with a robust multiplayer component. The game is set in ancient China, host to dozens of exotic locations and historical events that reach back more than 4,000 years ago.
Flax searches for new farming markets
The Flax Company of Australia, based in south-east Queensland’s eastern Downs, is searching for new markets to give farmers alternative crop options. A new machine imported from England is processing linseed straw into flax fibre, kenaf and industrial hemp.
Governor nips hemp study in the bud
Over the weekend, Governor Gray Davis vetoed Assembly Bill 388 by Assemblymember Virginia Strom-Martin (D-Duncans Mills) which asked the University of California to conduct an economic feasibility study of alternative fibrous crops including industrial hemp, kenaf and flax.
Hemp Soda
We have mixed feelings on this product. On the one hand, the flavor is relatively refreshing. It’s a light citrus flavor that has a bit of an herbal-like finish — definitely better than many of the energy drinks on the market today.
Hemp fabric making a comeback
During discussion about the recent debate over the decriminalization or legalization of marijuana, I was reminded of a clothing fibre that had fallen out of favour but has recently been making a comeback — hemp. In the years before the early 20th century, fabric from hemp was far more popular than cotton.
Hemp homes could be the future
Hemp might be more usually associated with rope and illegal cigarettes, but it could become the London brick of the 21st Century.