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Aurora Cannabis to make Strategic Investment in HempCo
July 31, 2017 /CNW/ – Aurora Cannabis Inc. announced that it will make a strategic investment in Hempco for an ownership stake of up to 19.9% on a fully diluted basis, subject to applicable regulatory approvals. Hempco is one of the world’s largest producers of industrial hemp products, and currently offers three primary product lines:…
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Kentucky Hemp was King before Reefer Madness
Kentucky hemp was king before steamships, free trade and reefer madness FEBRUARY 21, 2016 4:10 PM BY TOM EBLEN teblen@herald-leader.com Hemp has been branded an outlaw for decades because it looks like its mind-altering botanical cousin, marijuana. But before steamships, free trade, synthetic fibers and reefer madness, this useful plant was Kentucky’s biggest cash crop.…
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Kentucky Hemp Industry Brings Economic Renewal
May 8th, 2015 – Kentucky’s hemp crop is growing and attracting new investors to the state, according to Agriculture Commissioner James Comer. At a news conference Tuesday in Lexington, Comer announced that 121 participants have been selected to grow hemp this year, including seven universities across the state. There are 36 groups and projects that…
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Hawaii Hemp Research Station to Study Industrial Hemp
April 14th, 2015 – Hawaii made hemp history last Friday, joining only a handful of other states in the nation to do research on hemp, set in Waimanalo. Lawmakers, farmers and University of Hawaii officials planted the first hemp seed at the UH Waimanalo Research Station. UH will study how industrialized hemp works as part…
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Are Hemp Processing Bio-Refineries Key to a Thriving Hemp Industry?
April 9th, 2015 – Whether we are talking about plastics, clothing, medicine, cuisine or construction, the forms and uses of hemp are exponentially expanding. Hemp, once a previously outlawed plant in America is becoming a legitimate crop where serious investments are being made in the states where it is legal. However one crucial requirement for…
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Will Colorado become the Silicon Valley of Hemp?
April 8th, 2015 – A multi-billion dollar industry is emerging in America: Hemp. The recent legalization of cannabis for recreational and medicinal uses in three American states has prompted various industries to jump on the hemp and cannabis bandwagon. Colorado, the potential Silicon Valley of Hemp, as well as the first state to fully legalize recreational…
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Facebook Group Supports Hemp Reform
May 8, 2010 – The movement to legalize hemp has added Facebook to its arsenal. Last month, hemp reform advocate Grant Wallace launched “I Want to Grow Hemp Like George Washington,” a Facebook group designed to educate people about hemp’s history and encouraging them to take action against laws that make it illegal to grow…
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Ban on Industrial Hemp Results in High Prices and Lost Jobs
Statement on Hemp History Week by Congressman Ron Paul United States House of Representatives May 6, 2010 – Madam Speaker, I rise to speak about Hemp History Week. To celebrate the American heritage of growing industrial hemp, the Hemp Industries Association, Vote Hemp, several American manufacturers, and allied companies and organizations have declared May 17…
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Pitch a Hemp Tent in the Green Outdoors
May 5, 2010 – There is a enduring urban myth that Levi Strauss made his first jeans from hemp sail cloth, that he’d originally intended to sell as tent fabric to Californian Gold Rush prospectors. Although the company’s records were destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire, the official Levi Strauss history tends not to…
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Hemp Healed Autistic Children
November 24, 2009 – I’ve written about medical marijuana so often in the last couple years my mother must think I’m sitting around stoned out of my gourd half the time. The fact is, I don’t even like the stuff. Then again, I don’t much like the smell of Tiger Balm on my own skin…