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Kentucky Hemp Growers Co-op offering to replace Lakota Indian’s hemp destroyed by Drug Enforcement Agents
In a pre-dawn raid on August 24, 2000, thirty-three (33) heavily armed Drug Enforcement Agents (DEA) trespassed onto the sovereign Lakota Nation at Pine Ridge and destroyed two industrial hemp crops being grown as a commercial venture under tribal ordinance. As it turns out the loss of the plant material, which was going to be used for composite construction materials, will not slow down the Lakota Hemp Project.
DEA Not Hemp To The Jive
When Minnesota National Guardsmen set fire to some 35,000 stalks of wild-growing marijuana, seized in “Operation Emerald Harvest” last August, they were highly excited with their accomplishment. “We’re breaking some hearts today,” a staff sergeant joked to a St. Paul Pioneer Press reporter on the beat.
Canadian groups work together to create a niche market for hemp
Industrial hemp has been a legal commercial crop in Canada for three years. The potential is good for new markets and industrial hemp is, right now, a profitable venture, according to Guy Cloutier. He cautions, however, that marketing the flora cousin to marijuana is new and risky and is not the “cure all” that many believe.
Artmain offers hemp clothing
Beth Kjelson and Becky Piehl have quietly been selling products made of hemp for the past four years. Together the duo owns and operates ArtMain in downtown Minot, a store Kjelson says is devoted to quality and community.
Hemp Hype
Rob Robinson of Minot has a plan, but he is disappointed. He wants to be the first person in North Dakota to open a retail store devoted exclusively to products made from industrial hemp. He is disappointed, however, because he believes too many people remain naive about the differences between hemp and marijuana. Despite that, he intends to continue pursuing his marquee idea.
Robinson hopes to open hemp department store
Just getting started in the retail market is going to be tough enough, but Rob Robinson of Minot wants to take it a step farther and open a department store here devoted exclusively to products made from industrial hemp.
North Dakota legalizes hemp
Last year the North Dakota Legislature was the first in the United States to officially recognize and legalize industrial hemp.
Monson: Hemp could be gold mine for farmers
You wouldn’t expect David Monson to talk favorably about something that’s illegal. After all, he’s the Assistant House Majority Leader in the North Dakota Legislature, is superintendent of schools here and is a well-respected Cavalier County farmer.
Study looks at hemp foods
People who frequently consume food items containing hempseeds and the oil extracted from the seeds are unlikely to fail a urine test for marijuana, according to a recent toxicological study commissioned by the Agricultural Research and Development Initiative.
