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DVD - "Hemp and the Rule of Law" - http://www.tinroofvideo.com/page/page/5566214.htm Now on DVD -- a documentary by Kevin Balling premiered at the Asheville Film Festival and at the ARTIVIST Film Festival in Hollywood. The one-hour documentary traces hemp...
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The Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance's Hemp Summit in Winnipeg Nov. 17, 2006 will cover "the latest scientific advances in the key area of hemp nutrition, exploring marketing strategies that work, and covering processing and fibre developments, as well as our...
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The 11th Annual NAIHC Annual Membership Meeting held on Tuesday, Oct. 24 reviewed achievements over the past year and set the agenda for the year ahead. Members elected the 12-member Board of Directors to serve for the 2006-2007 year. An audio recordin...
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Oct 2, 2006 U.S. Newswire reports that: "Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed AB 1147, The California Industrial Hemp Farming Act. . . This landmark, bipartisan legislation, if enacted, would have established clear guidelines for farming of industrial hemp, ...
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Kenyon Gibson's new book Hemp for Victory: History and Qualities of the World's Most Useful Plant, is out in paperback at $29.95, printed on tree-free hemp paper. Mina Hegaard of Minawear Hemp Clothing is one US distributor. Bulk orders can be made vi...
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In England, "Fifteen years ago, any farmer trying to grow hemp could have been arrested. But this year, more than 3,500 acres of it will be harvested as an industrial crop, processed, and made into a plethora of natural products, including insulation, ho...
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NAIHC Board Member Dr. Paul Mahlberg's cannabis research over more than 30 years has explored topics important to the definition of cannabis as either a drug or a fiber and food plant. Click here for a list of Dr. Mahlberg's technical reports on canna...
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MSNBC Tells Industrial Hemp Story In a feature story on the DEA destruction of an Ogala Sioux hemp field, MSNBC explains: "So-called industrial hemp, which lacks pot’s chemical potency, has been used for cent...
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Industrial Hemp Farming Act Introduced in Congress Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) has introduced the “Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2005" (IHFA). The 3-page bill would amend the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to define “marihuana” as not including industria...
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A revolutionary biotech enzyme fiber process turns industrial hemp into soft, white fiber, called CrailarTM. If current pilot-scale projects are successful, the result should be large-scale commercial textile applications in apparel, home wares, flooring ...
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The California state Assembly has passed a bill to once again allow farmers to raise industrial hemp. The bill, co-authored by a Northern California Democrat and a Southern California Republican, now moves to the Senate. A spokesman for Gov. Arnold Schwar...
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"America must end its dependence on oil" according to Robert McFarlane and James Woolsey in a Financial Times article published January 23, 2006
"A little over a year ago we helped organize an effort among a wide range of groups in the US to draw publi...
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Carson City, Nevada Jan. 13, 2006 - Station KRNV in Reno, Nevada reports that Reno's Kathryn Whitman, a Truckee Meadows Community College student, "has filed an initiative petition with the Nevada Secretary of State's office seeking to legalize the use of...
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Recalling the bust-to-boom story of canola, a Brandon Sun article forecasts a bright future for industrial hemp. In fact, hemp could outshine canola because "hemp has an advantage over canola in that the plant's fibre has commercial applications as well a...
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Jan. 9, 06 BBC News, Belgrade - "A UK charity is to sue the Albanian government after being accused of cultivating the drug cannabis for the black market. It comes after Albanian police arrested several farmers and seized over a tonne of legitimate indust...
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Jan. 5, 06 Industrial Hemp Boosts Building Performance Using industrial hemp in the wall-construction blocks for a new British warehouse will help maintain an ideal temperature. Result: improved environmental performance with dramatically lower operating...
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European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) officially founded – International hemp conference exhibits optimism in view of the increasing demand for fibres, shives and seeds
Dec. 12, 2005. Press release from the European Industrial Hemp Association (...
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NAIHC 2005 Annual Meeting Report With reports from Canada's Geof Kime and from Board members listing steps toward re-authorizing industrial hemp production in the U.S., the Annual Meeting painted bright prospects for 2006....
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USA Today Report on Industrial Hemp "David Monson is a conservative Republican in North Dakota's legislature. He's also a farmer who believes that a new cash crop could revitalize his state's agricultural industry, which has been suffering from poor harve...
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For the latest status of the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2005 (IHFA), Click Here. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) has introduced the "Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2005" (IHFA). The 3-page bill would amend the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to define “mar...
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