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A New Brew
The crowd is young, hip and thirsty. But there is plenty of cold beer around and the spirits are, um, high, especially when the word gets out that the brew is made with hemp — marijuana’s non-psychoactive cousin.
A rash buy?
Jeans made entirely from stinging nettles are due to go on sale in the UK. The trousers use fibres from the stalk of nettle plants which are woven to create the finished product. Corpo Nove, the Italian design company behind the jeans, say the material is a better insulator than cotton, keeping the wearer warmer in winter and cooler in summer.
American Music Awards Selects Hempola
Every nominee, presenter and performer at this popular celebration will receive an elaborate gift bag. And this year for the first time, Hempola will be featured in these gift bags with three innovative and high quality products: Hempola High Protein Pancake Mix, its award winning Honey Dijon Salad Dressing, and top-performing Lip Balm.
Ask Leslie
Industrial hemp—what is it? How much ethanol alcohol will it produce? Is there a valid argument as to why it is not legal? Why don’t farmers want this low input crop?
Bio-cars
Car body materials are to be grown from plants in a UK project to reduce the environmental impact of vehicles while increasing their safety and fuel efficiency.
DUM, Inc. announces results of efforts to court retailers with cotton priced hem
Whether a public relations campaign is in order to promote consumer friendly priced hemp clothing remains to be seen, but overall, the consensus is that hemp will inevitably be sold in the markets cotton currently occupies. “It’s just a matter of time before hemp clothing makes its way into mainstream stores. The question is who’ll be the first to carry it,” Norbury concluded.Whether a public relations campaign is in order to promote consumer friendly priced hemp clothing remains to be seen, but overall, the consensus is that hemp will inevitably be sold in the markets cotton currently occupies. “It’s just a matter of time before hemp clothing makes its way into mainstream stores. The question is who’ll be the first to carry it,” Norbury concluded.
Detroit Auto Show Report
Ford’s conceptual Model U was quickly dubbed the “corn car” because it features Goodyear tyres with corn-based filler, a corn-based fabric roof and soya-based resin for the tailgate and seat foam. This isn’t the first time that Ford has experimented with body panels made with organic fibres: in the 1930s, Henry Ford tried body panels formed from hemp.
EU court declares that Swedish government has no authority to prevent Swedish fa
In the past, the EU-legislation permitting the cultivation of industrial hemp stood in severe conflict with the national legislation regarding hemp and the use of narcotics.
Grow more trees
The environmental movement has whipped up anti-wood sentiment among the general public that will hurt efforts to reduce the impact of greenhouse gases and climate change, one of the founding members of Greenpeace charged yesterday in Halifax.
How to know if you are on the far out fringe
You agree with the Drug Czar on hemp not because you believe legalizing the fibrous weed is just a Trojan Hemp Horse for legal marijuana and ruining our teens’ minds. Not at all, you think Drug Czar Walters is an asshole but that popular culture has already ruined our teens. You don’t want teens smoking pot because they’ll only steal your herb.