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Kentucky: Hemp for Ethanol – Video
A descendant of hemp farmers and curator of the Kentucky Hemp Museum & Library, Craig Lee knows hemp is a superior crop choice for cellulosic ethanol production – the next wave in eco-friendly fuels. Hemp hurds contain 70% cellulose. Also, hemp seed can be used for biodiesel and for food products. Craig points out that…
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The Time may be Right for Hemp Again
December 10, 2009 – Lexington, KY – In 1996, actor Woody Harrelson made a trip to Lee County, Ky., that got him arrested. He was actually there to bring attention to the value of industrial hemp by planting seeds in a local field. Surrounded by curious onlookers and the county sheriff, Harrelson planted four seeds…
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Bill Seeks Revival of Kentucky Hemp Industry
MURRAY, KY (wkms) – Not so many years ago in the United States, the hemp plant was widely grown for its fiber and seed. But hemp has fallen out of favor in the United States, partly due to its close relation to marijuana. Cultivating either is illegal, although that may change. Kentucky, once one of…
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'Timing is Right for Hemp", Kentucky State Senator Says
October 11, 2009 – Within the next three weeks, State Sen. Joey Pendleton plans to take a group of Kentucky farmers to study the industrial hemp trade in Canada where the crop has been grown legally for the past 10 years. Pendleton, D-Hopkinsville, has introduced a bill for 2010, renewing a push to legalize industrial…
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America Soon to be a Hemp Nation
July 6, 2009 – With Oregon passing a hemp bill last Monday permitting production and possession of industrial hemp in their state, farmers and eco-designers alike are probably freaking out from all the possibilities at hand. The move is part of a rapidly growing nationwide trend to liberalize laws relating to marijuana. Hemp is a…
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Want to save rural Kentucky? Industrial Hemp!
June 30, 2009. Tobacco is dying (along with it’s smokers). Coal is on the way out (unless we find the magic “clean” kind). Mountaintop removal is destroying everything in its path. “Adventure tourism” is…. well, it’s fucking stupid. And meth is destroying every young person caught in between who doesn’t escape to some other part…
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State Sponsored Hemp Studies
Numerous state governments have commissioned studies examining hemp’s feasibility as an agricultural product. Virtually all of these have praised hemp’s economic potential and concluded that the crop’s viability is challenged not by agronomic factors, but rather by legal ones. The summary conclusions of these studies appear chronologically below. Hawaii “There is no guarantee for a…