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Saturday, July 24, 2004 Hemp field day looks for huge potential in cropDon Robinet, Chatham This Week It’s a product that still tends to get a lot of smirks and one-liners, but the growing of hemp is legal in Canada, and its proponents say the sky is the limit in what can be done with the plant‹which is the tame, not-for-getting-high relative of marijuana. Speaking at the Ontario Hemp Alliance (OHA) field day held at Ridgetown College last Friday, OHA president Gordon Scheifele called it “the most significant hemp event in Canada this summer.” The amount of hemp grown in Ontario is minuscule‹just a few hundred acres, but Scheifele points out that it’s at a four-year high and he promotes the potential of the plant as the basis of a new “green” industry that sees its seeds and its fibre turned into everything from ingredients used in salad dressing, to flour used in making muffins, to clothing and even turned into products that find their way into cars, such as part of the door panels. “We have moved in a phenomenal way and made phenomenal progress,” said Scheifele. “It hasn’t been without its challenges,” he added, but he has witnessed success stories in person. Earlier this year he was part of a delegation to Germany that visited hemp farms and production facilities in that country. Some models of the Mercedes Benz have hemp fibre in some vehicle components. He notes that European production of the plant is helped in part by government subsidies. Over there, the main use of hemp grain is chicken feed, although a plethora of uses have been found. It’s also commonly used in the pulp and paper industry and in building materials, as horse bedding and as a natural insulation. While more specialized uses may be years down the road, he sees success in growing hemp for its grain and in processing its straw for fibre. Copyright © 2004, Chatham This Week. All rights reserved. |
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