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Minnesota: Lawmakers Eye Hemp for Revenue
March 3, 2011 – A bipartisan slate of 30 legislators — from liberal Minneapolis Rep. Phyllis Kahn to conservative Rep. Mark Buesgens of Jordan — are proposing legislation to allow Minnesota farmers to grow industrial hemp. The Industrial Hemp Development Act would legalize hemp plants while maintaining strong restrictions on marijuana possession. The bill even…
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Canada: Group Urges Federal Government to Ease Restrictions on Growing Hemp
February 17, 2011 – Prompted by a Renfrew Cty. hemp producer, the Ontario Federation of Agriculture has taken notice of heightened interest in the controversial plant and wants the federal government to relax its vice-like grip on production. With that in mind, the OFA recently passed a resolution which it plans to bump upstairs to…
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Canada: Industrial Hemp Making a Comeback
February 9, 2010 – It’s baaaaack! Industrial hemp, that is, the ancient crop which many conventional farmers love to snicker at has returned to Eastern Ontario. It’s pretty easy to poke fun considering hemp’s close association with marijuana. It’s actually the same plant minus significant levels of the hallucinogen THC. Under Health Canada regulations, hemp…
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American Man Could Get Death for Importing Hemp Seed Oil into Egypt
February 04, 2011 – WASHINGTON, DC – The Hemp Industries Association (HIA), the nation’s leading trade organization working to promote non-drug industrial hemp, learned last week of the plight of Mostafa Soliman, an America citizen who has lived in the U.S. for 40 years and was wrongly imprisoned by Egyptian authorities on December 30, 2010…
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Hemp Insulation and Building Materials
January 25, 2010 – Hemp was among the first crops to be cultivated, and historically it ranks among the most widely cultivated annual crops. Today industrial hemp is enjoying a renaissance in many countries. It is increasingly recognized as a valuable, environment-friendly, bio-resource. Selectively bred to minimize the THC (narcotic) content, industrial hemp is licensed…
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Muse Frontman Matt Bellamy Plans Hemp Farming Future
December 4, 2010 – Muse frontman Matt Bellamy plans to become a hemp farmer and sheep shearer when he retires from touring. Matt Bellamy plans to retire from music and become a hemp farmer. The Muse frontman – who owns a sprawling farm in Devon – wants to transform the land into a factory to…
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Hemp Biofuel Blazes the Competition
November 9, 2010 – While the food versus fuel debate continues to put crop-based biofuel production on the back burners it might just be Cannabis sativa that blazes the competition. Researchers at University of Connecticut have found that industrial hemp has properties that make it viable and even attractive as a raw material, or feedstock,…
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Hemp Industries Association to Meet in San Francisco November 8th for Annual Convention
Nov. 3, 2010 – SAN FRANCISCO, – The 17th annual convention of the Hemp Industries Association (HIA)will be held on November 8th at the Holiday Inn Civic Center in San Francisco, CA. The HIA represents a fast growing and environmentally sustainable industry that is creating new jobs, with an estimated $400 million in sales in…
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Hemp Legalization may Piggyback to Legality on Prop. 19
November 1, 2010 – David Bronner’s third-generation family business – Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps – imports 20 tons of hemp oil a year from Canada to make soaps, shampoos and skin lotions near San Diego. Now Bronner hopes California’s Proposition 19 to legalize marijuana for recreational use can give impetus to legalizing cultivation of hemp…
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Canadian Hemp Crop Sees Good Yields
October 23, 2010 — Canada’s hemp crop came off in reasonably good shape this year, despite some problems with excessive moisture earlier in the growing season. The crop is grown across Canada, but the majority of the acres are in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Anndrea Hermann, who works for Hemp Oil Canada, a Manitoba-based hempseed processor,…