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Hemp blends for active friends
Designer Peggy Scarborough is the first to utilize hemp with a stretch for swimwear — a super alternative from conventional outdoor synthetics. She is the third generation from a family of experienced swimwear makers represented in her California business, Happy Campers Clothing.
Is biopharming worth the risk?
The latest trend in genetic engineering is to grow modified crops that are not intended for food. ‘Pharma’ crops are GE plants that produce proteins or chemicals for pharmaceutical and industrial uses. Since 1991, more than 300 open-air field trials of pharma crops have been conducted in the US, although few details have ever been released to the public.
LOHAS conference stresses social responsibility
What does the salad on your plate have in common with the shirt on your back? Turns out you have environmental choices to make about both.
Major cotton producer reports increased acreage under cotton
Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the country’s biggest cotton producer, has reported 1.02 million ha under cotton this year, up 11.5 percent over last year. The acreages under oil-bearing crops, hemp and potatoes have also increased.
Marijuana native to Iowa
From Atanasoff Hall to the Armory, students touring the ISU campus might find another weed growing besides dandelions and crabgrass. Plants of Cannabis sativa, otherwise known as marijuana, can be found sprouting up in areas around Atanasoff Hall, the Armory and other places on campus.
Organics continue to grow — naturally!
UK-based Yorkshire Hemp promoted its range of organic products at the Natural &Organics Products trade show in London in April. The range includes Hemp Nibbles Sweet Vanilla &Cinnamon, bite-sized biscuits, Hemp Muesli Fruit and three varieties of pasta, comprising: Organic Hemp Pasta, Organic Hemp Spaghetti, and Hemp Rasta Pasta, which is both egg-free and organic.
THC Pharm
THC Pharm announced its intention to start clinical trials to get pharmaceutical approval for its dronabinol. In 1998 the small Frankfurt firm started to manufacture dronabinol (THC) from fibre hemp by isomerization of cannabidiol (CBD).
The GM mirage will not help the poor
One in three people go to bed every night not knowing where their next meal will come from. In a world where 800 million people are hungry because they cannot grow or buy enough food, GM crops have been vigorously promoted as a means of alleviating world hunger.
The green, green grass that’s home
It’s barely legal, but hemp is here to stay — as a low-cost, environmentally friendly building material. David Taylor meets a family putting it to the test.
Two year court fight over hemp foods in final stages
On Tuesday, June 24, the Hemp Industries Association (HIA), which represents the interests of the Hemp Industry and encourages the research and development of new hemp products, filed a brief in the Ninth Circuit asking for a review of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) “Final Rule” regarding hemp foods. If this new “Final Rule” were to take effect, it would ban hemp seed and oil and consequently destroy the multimillion dollar hemp food industry. Due to a Court ordered Stay, hemp foods remain perfectly legal to import, sell and consume while the Court hears arguments from the HIA and DEA and renders a decision.