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‘Enviroshake’ arrives
Officials with a British Columbia-based company are hoping a new roofing material made of 95 per cent recycled material will help them catch a ride on British Columbia’s “sustainability” wave.
5th Annual Santa Barbara Hemp Festival
Along with Hemp Vendors and Live Music there will be a Hemp Fashion Show and Speakers, including Santa Barbara Mayor Marty Blum.
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I have heard that flaxseed oil has some very beneficial properties and would like to know more about it.
Court declares a haven for hemp
On Feb. 6, 2002, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) classified edible hemp as an illegal Schedule I controlled substance — a categorization that put the non-intoxicating plant in the same category with heroin. But a recent ruling by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Montana, has sucked some wind out of that move. “If they’d ruled in favor of the DEA, we’d be done with our hemp beer,” says Tim O’Leary, owner of Missoula’s Kettlehouse Brewery and proud brewer of Bongwater Ale.
Crop residue yields composites
An Iowa company is currently developing and implementing technology to convert leftover portions of plants into the components of what are called natural fiber reinforced plastics — which, in turn, are now seen as a viable alternative to steel and fiberglass in many applications.
Customs opinion on hemp ‘bizarre’
Green MP Nandor Tanczos has urged the Primary Production Select Committee to progress his Misuse of Drugs (Industrial Hemp) AmendmentBill to stop New Zealand’s promising hemp industry being threatened by a customs opinion that claimed “all hemp is cannabis and cannabis is a controlled drug”.
Customs seizes hemp products destined for Tanczos’ store
Customs has seized a shipment of hemp products destined for an Auckland store co-owned by Green party MP Nandor Tanczos.
Eastown stores sell reusable shopping bags
Eastown merchants are not just hoping a new promotion will bring shoppers to the Southeast Side neighborhood. They want people to think about how they spend their money. The Eastown Business Association and several merchants are selling reusable hemp shopping bags printed with neighborhood’s new logo.
European grant for renewable insulation
The European Commission has agreed to subsidise a German scheme to promote the use of insulation made from renewable materials. Insulation made from sources such as flax and hemp could now be sold at a reduced price, aiming to encourage the consumer to purchase these materials above cheaper insulation materials from traditional fossil sources.
Event aims to plant new notion of hemp
It was a peaceful Saturday afternoon at Alton Baker Park, site of the first ever Emerald Empire Hempfest. All kinds of people stopped by the free event to shop for hemp products, to listen to music about the political plight of cannabis, to sign medical marijuana petitions and to dine on hemp-based food. There were old people, young people, big people, little people, people wearing lots of clothes and people wearing almost nothing at all.