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The NAIHC 2009 Annual Meeting to elect the new NAIHC Board for 2009-2010 and to conduct other business will be held November 25, 2009. Please plan to participate.
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June 9, 2008: Vermont’s Governor Jim Douglas made no announcement on his web site. But on May 29, Douglas decided against a veto. So Vermont’s “Hemp for Vermont” bill which won overwhelming support in the legislature is now law. (The bill passed i...
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June 7, 2008: An opinion piece by Jim Maas of the Libertarian Party of Wisconsin blasts current federal subsidies for farmers but singles industrial hemp out for praise. Maas writes that “Hemp has thousands of uses. Besides fibers for paper and textiles...
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Industrial hemp organizations have put together an excellent summary of centuries of hemp history: "Hemp - The Environmentally Sustainable Alternative (Part 1)." Calling hemp "the world's most valuable plant," the nine-minute YouTube video tells the story...
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The Dot Earth blog from New York Times writer Andrew Revkin notes that hemp is making a come-back: "A new age of sail may be a bit closer to reality. The MV Beluga SkySails, the first freighter in the modern era using a kite-like sail along with its conve...
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A comprehensive Reason Foundation report on the environmental and economic benefits of industrial hemp was released March 13 by the Reason Foundation, a non-profit research and educational organization. Contrasting industrial hemp with competitors such as...
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Industrial Hemp Brochure Published Printed on hemp paper, this NAIHC brochure explains the many econonic and environmental reasons for once again allowing U.S. farmers to grow industrial hemp -- a crop grown and valued by both George Washington and Thomas...
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Action Stalled on ’07 Industrial Hemp Legislation http://naihc.org/IHLegislationUpdate.html For the latest status of the federal Industrial Hemp legislation, Click Here. To check the progress of all federal and state legislation on industrial hemp, Cli...
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Now it's up to Congress to act -- An Associated Press (AP) report states that “A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the government by two North Dakota farmers seeking to grow industrial hemp, which can be used to make a variety of prod...
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The court case pitting two respected North Dakota farmers against the U.S. Government’s DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) could resolve important questions about legalizing U.S. industrial hemp production as early as this week. The initial ruling fr...
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The Fitchburg Star and other Wisconsin newspapers are featuring an article quoting NAIHC Board members Bud Sholts, Paul Mahlberg, Andy Kerr and James Woolsey. The article summarizes key issues surrounding efforts to legalize industrial hemp as a U.S. crop...
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A special CNN investigative report, historical timeline, and two video clips present a strong case for changing federal rules so that U.S. farmers can once again raise industrial hemp. The report shows that industrial hemp is now an economic success just ...
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David West, Andy Kerr et al on Research Page Index to Industrial Hemp research papers by NAIHC Board Members Andy Kerr, Paul Mahlberg, Shelby Thames and Robert Armstrong. -- and by David West on"Hemp and Marijuana: Myths & Realities."
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Offering up-to-date information on the uses and composition of the plant, Advances in Hemp Research provides growers, researchers, manufacturers, and suppliers with methods and data for the processing and cultivation of hemp for textile and paper product...
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The Journal of Natural Fibers meets the growing demand for a comprehensive guide to new applications, processing methods and techniques, and up-to-date research findings on natural fibers....
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Testimony on Oregon Senate Bill 348 to re-legalize industrial hemp in Oregon. NAIHC member Andy Kerr's testimony in Oregon Senate hearing, to explain how industrial hemp is not marijuana, how marijuana growe...
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Testimony on Oregon Senate Bill 348 to re-legalize industrial hemp in Oregon.
NAIHC Board Member Andy Kerr's testiomony on how industrial hemp is not marijuana, how marijuana growers won't want ...
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DEA Blocks Spring Planting of Industrial Hemp in North Dakota North Dakota’s clearly frustrated Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson calls the federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) failure to act on two farmers’ applications to grow industrial hemp ...
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“The United States is the only developed nation in which the production of industrial hemp is not permitted.” That’s according to the U.S. Congress’s research arm which reported favorably on industrial hemp in a Jan. 2005 report and then issued an...
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A California Poll and Vote sponsored by Vote Hemp shows 71 percent support for changing state law to allow farmers to grow industrial hemp, including 46 percent who strongly support and another 25 percent who somewhat support changing state law. This foll...
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