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Industrial hemp bill defeated in committee
State Representative Tom Trail’s effort to pass a resolution in support of legalized industrial hemp failed to clear it’s first hurdle yesterday. The bill was killed by the House agriculture committee on a six to five vote. Trail has repeatedly tried to rally support for the bill asking Congress to legalize the fibrous cousin of marijuana.
Minot is possible site for manufacturing plant
Eric Pollitt understands the potential of the industrial hemp industry. Pollitt, who has been studying the botanical cousin to marijuana since 1996, said Minot would be a good place to locate a hemp processing facility.
Mother Nature Approved
Hemp is not the only option out there for clothing shoppers with an eye toward the earth. Many retailers sell items made of organic cotton or recycled materials such as post-manufacturer cotton waste or even post-consumer plastic soda bottles.
Music awards add Toronto area hemp products as gifts
Products from a small company near Barrie, Ontario will soon wind up in the hand of some of the biggest music stars in the world.
New Hampshire plans to tighten environmental laws
According to the Vice-Chairman, Representative David Babson of Ossipee, the House Environment and Agriculture Committee is currently considering legislation that would regulate the recycling of computer monitors, industrial production of hemp, the use of pesticides and of land.
Planting an idea for car of future
The car of the future could be growing in a field right now if Welsh plant scientists have their way. They are playing a leading role in developing new car parts made out of flax, hemp, cotton and willow.
Rape ahead of the field
Oilseed rape is set to produce the highest gross margin of any spring break crop this season at just under £500/ha, according to Monsanto.
Reasonable Goal or Pure Idiocy?
I respond to Deanna Wrenn’s Dec. 18 article, “Growing hemp legally on hold in state,” which stated industrial hemp farming is legal under West Virginia law but nonetheless banned, as the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration doesn’t discriminate between hemp, which is not a drug, and marijuana, which is.
Revolution, Hemp Style Now
Despite the upwelling of support by industry and farmers, not a single acre of industrial hemp has been harvested in the United States. Why? The answer is that while in other countries the road to hemp legalization goes through agricultural, or health or food agencies, in the United States there is only one road to approval — through the Drug Enforcement Administration(DEA). And for the DEA, the cultivation of hemp subverts and even contradicts its mission.
The wonder of Woollies
Fancy a sheepskin coat for your home? Or what about using hemp as a building material? These are two of the off-the-wall, but practical, ideas that will be on display at the Self-building, Extending and Renovating Homes Show to be held at the King’s Hall in Belfast next month.