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Homespun hemp
Look for hemp bed linens from EarthRunnings in Ron Howard’s The Missing, filming at several sites around Santa Fe.
Legislature clears way for University of Maine to study hemp
A bill to allow the Maine Agriculture Center at the University of Maine to study the feasibility of growing industrial hemp as a commercial product was enacted by the Legislature this week. The approval surprised Stephen Reiling, director of the Maine Agriculture Center. Reiling said the bill “slipped right under my radar” and he confirmed he was not asked to testify before the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture on the issue. Governor John Baldacci intends to sign the bill.
Nader: American culture too greedy
Americans are raised in a corporate culture of greed, and it can be a hard mold to break. This was Ralph Nader’s message to a full house of 2,500 at Beasley Coliseum Thursday night.
Ninth Circuit Court blocks DEA hemp rule
Late yesterday the Court granted the hemp industry’s Motion to Stay the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA’s) “Final Rule,” which was issued March 21, 2003 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. This “Final Rule” is virtually identical to an “Interpretive Rule” issued on October 9, 2001 that never went into effect because of a Ninth Circuit Court Stay issued on March 7, 2002.
Nostalgic small town puts cannabis on its flag
Russians have been fixated by flags since the government ordered recently that each town should have its own. The city of Pensa attracted controversy by introducing a flag sporting the image of Jesus Christ. But that has been trumped by Novozybkovo, where the flag flying atop the town hall is emblazoned with a cannabis leaf. The emblem was chosen because the area is proud of its hemp-growing heritage.
Oil dependence: Addiction rages blindly on
Too bad the Iraq war is not just about oil. It would be much easier to fathom if it were. Similarly, dealing with the world’s oil addiction would be far easier if it were a simple, zero-sum game, rather than a combination of grave dependencies and threats to human and environmental security on a global scale.
Sunhemp Benefit Concert Series to rebuild the hemp store that burned down on New
The Sunhemp Store burned down. Sunhemp has been seen everywhere from Farm Aid, Phish Shows, Bonnaroo, Camp Creek and even the Clearwater. Sunhemp is now throwing a Benefit Concert Series.
The Emperor of Hemp
Four years ago local writer/filmmaker Jeff Meyers raised a quarter of a million dollars and with Director Jack made The Emperor of Hemp, an underground documentary that has gained a kind of cult status in the fight for the legalization of hemp and marijuana. The film tells the life story of Jack Herer, the man who opened the eyes of the nation to the many uses of hemp.
Ventura County just says no
Were the writers of the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence wrong when they decided to write these historical documents on hemp paper? Many locals in Ventura County don’t think so, which is why the future of the hemp seed and all of the products it creates, stands as an issue in their minds.
VoteHemp: DEA Employees Take Hemp Food Taste Test in 65 Cities
Hemp enthusiasts gave away hemp food products at Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) offices in 65 cities today to protest attempts by the federal government to ban the increasingly popular food. VoteHemp organized the “DEA Hemp Food Taste Tests” on the day a new “Final Rule” was supposed to take effect.