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Hemp Industries Association 2003 Convention Report
Gathering at Kiza Park on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, fifty hemp entrepreneurs and activists were welcomed by the White Plume family to their Lakota cultural center. We came with intent to support sovereignty for all people, and specifically for this tribe whose laws allow industrial hemp cultivation (one of sixteen in the USA). Alex and Debra White Plume’s family was terrorized by the DEA three years ago and today they continue to fight for the right to grow a plant that can feed, clothe, and house their family.
Hemp hoopla
For Schneider, selling all hemp products is not a gimmick to draw pot-smoking teens into his shop or lure in middle-aged adults trying to relive the Hippie era. Selling products made from hemp is about the environment and education.
Hemp industry alive and well at Expo East 2003
As the hemp industry prepares for oral arguments against the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) attempt to ban hemp food products, hemp manufacturers and advocacy groups will showcase new hemp products at the Natural Products Expo East, September 4-7 at the new Washington, D.C. Convention Center.
Hemptown bringing wearable hemp to Texas
British Columbia clothing manufacturer Hemptown expects to sell thousands of hemp/cotton blend T-shirts and other garments to Texas companies through a recent deal struck with Wholesale Printables, a Baton Rouge clothing distributor.
Hot Springs to host free hemp festival
A free public seminar in Hot Springs on Friday, Aug. 22, will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about hemp but were afraid to ask.
Interest in hemp trial on Taieri Plain Invermay land
Tall stands of cannabis-like hemp plants could ripple on the Taieri Plain this summer as part of continuing investigations into growing the cash crop in the lower South Island. Should the trials prove successful, one of the South Island’s first commercial crops could be grown in the Catlins.
Invermay rejects growing hemp
Hemp is too hot to handle, according to Invermay’s Crop and Food scientists. However, Invermay Crop and Food research leader Dr Bruce Smallfield said yesterday growing trial crops on Invermay land would risk unwanted attention.
On the road to Hempville
Lake Cowichan won’t likely be renamed Hempville. But that’s the name of British Columbia’s first showcase hemp mill and village still planned by Transglobal Hemp Products Corp. just outside Lake Cowichan.
Parliament rejects hemp bill
A bid by Green Party MP Nandor Tanczos to legalise industrial hemp was doomed to failure yesterday, after a select committee recommended Parliament not support his member’s Bill. Industrial hemp would have been removed from the Misuse of Drugs Act under the Misuse of Drugs (Industrial Hemp) Amendment Bill, sponsored by the Green MP.
Prairieland Park Exhibition
The Hemp Lady has set up an exhibit at the trade centre for the first time this year. Linda Robinson and her husband Chris have only been selling hemp-oil products for 18 months, but already they are sold in 70 retail outlets in Western Canada. The Robinsons grow hemp in Carberry, Manitoba, and have developed skin and hair-care products with a chemist in Winnipeg.