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Week Long Education Campaign to Bring Back Hemp Farming
‘Hemp History Week’ Events Planned in 50 States March 10, 2010 – WASHINGTON, — The Hemp Industries Association (HIA) and Vote Hemp are excited to announce the 1st Annual Hemp History Week to be held May 17-23, 2010. As a national grassroots education campaign designed to renew strong support for hemp farming in the U.S.,…
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Updated: Farmers Arrested Planting Hemp On DEA Headquarters Lawn
October 13, 2009 – A group of civilly-disobedient hemp farmers and business leaders were arrested this morning while digging up the lawn to plant industrial hemp seeds at the headquarters of the Drug Enforcement Administration. David Bronner, the president of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, a more than 60-year-old company that does tens of millions of…
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Farmers, Hemp Industry Leaders Arrested for Planting Industrial Hemp at DEA Headquarters
October 13, 2009 – Washington D.C. – Farmers, Hemp Industry Leaders Arrested for Planting Industrial Hemp at DEA Headquarters in Act of Civil Disobedience to Protest ‘Reefer Madness’ At approximately 10 a.m. this morning, North Dakota farmer Wayne Hauge, Vermont farmer Will Allen, and fed up American entrepreneurs, who have dedicated their livelihoods to developing…
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Portland Celebrates 500th Cannabis Common Sense Program
(PORTLAND, Ore.) – Three events are taking place this weekend that give a glimpse into how far we have come in the fight for the freedom of Hemp and Cannabis. First, this Friday, August 14th marks the 500th episode of the show Cannabis Common Sense (CCS), the show that tells the truth about marijuana and…
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Legalizing Hemp – Correcting History’s Mistake Benefits Oregon’s Agricultural Industry
July 30, 2009 – Gov. Ted Kulongoski announced last week his intent to take pen in hand and make Oregon the seventh state to legalize the growing of hemp. By signing into law Senate Bill 676, which allows farmers to grow hemp statewide and was passed by a veto-proof 27-2 margin, Kulongoski is among the…
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Liberty or Death, And Marijuana?
July 7, 2009 – “Liberty or Death” was a battle cry during the American Revolution. The quest for liberty led the founding fathers to write such world changing documents as the Declaration Of Independence and the Constitution. What many Americans do not realize today is that both of these revolutionary documents are printed on paper…
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Virginia’s Other Cash Crop
July 6, 2009 – In the early 1600s, the colony of Virginia was on the verge of failing to make a profit until John Rolfe married Pocahontas to gain the secret of growing tobacco. But another important crop, often overlooked in history books, is a plant that has gained a bad reputation in modern times–hemp.…