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Hemp product plant perfect fit for Craik

Hemp_Champ — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:41:58 PST

... Finnis says hemp can be used instead of synthetic fibres such as those found in performance athletic wear or industrial materials such as fibreglass or ...

Better processes dispel uncertainties of hemp

Hemp_Champ — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:41:04 PST

"Ultimately, hemp has got industrial end-uses and to my way of thinking, that's exactly the way farmers ought to be going."

Hemp fibres used in train brake pads

Hemp_Champ — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:39:34 PST

Hemp fibres used in train brake pads. The Ecopad research brought together the team from the University of Exeters Advanced Technologies Department (X-AT) and a consortium of industrial partners ...

Proposed legislation would permit cultivation of hemp: Rutland Herald Online

Hemp_Champ — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:37:50 PST

Hemp, legally grown in every industrialized country except the United States, has numerous industrial applications. The seeds are processed into food and ...

The Great Ethanol Corndoggle

Hemp_Champ — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:36:27 PST

(see the five-part King Hemp series for much about The King). (4) In Canada, industrial hemp has become the most profitable crop farmers grow, ...

NDSU moves toward starting industrial hemp research in 2008

Hemp_Champ — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:35:06 PST

North Dakota State University may begin planting industrial hemp seed next spring to fulfill a 1999 Legislative mandate, ...

Industrial hemp is not marijuana

Hemp_Champ — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:33:24 PST

In future articles, please note that industrial hemp is not marijuana. Yes, they are both members of the cannabis family but hemp plants contain very little ...

Movement Under Way To Make Hemp Hip Again

Hemp_Champ — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:31:53 PST

.. Hemp is one of the most versatile, economical and eco-friendly crops on the planet, but it's illegal to grow in the U.S. because it's a cousin to marijuana.

Cannabis hemp 'key' to climate change

Hemp_Champ — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:30:10 PST

The poor old and much maligned industrial hemp plant continues to get a bad press. Even though the UK has recently started to produce hemp fibre's via an ...

Controversial hemp farmer wins award

Hemp_Champ — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:25:10 PST

Farmer Ulf Hammarsten has been awarded an environmental prize by officials Laholm for his decision to fight a ban on the cultivation of industrial hemp all the way to the EU courts.

Hemp: The little plant that could

Hemp_Champ — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:57:29 PST

Its bad reputation aside, hemp is an easily renewable plant that can be used to make goods like paper, food, fuel, beauty products, clothing and accessories. GreenDAY’s Marisa Belger sheds new light on the overlooked crop.

Farmers sue DEA for right to grow industrial hemp

Hemp_Champ — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:20:03 PDT

The feds call industrial hemp a controlled substance -- the same as pot, heroin, LSD -- but advocates say a sober analysis reveals a harmless, renewable cash crop with thousands of applications that are good for the environment.

NDSU Files Amicus in Support of Hemp Farming Lawsuit

Hemp_Champ — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:14:50 PDT

DEA Makes Feeble Argument that Hemp Can be Turned into Drugs

Governor Schwarzenegger Vetoes Industrial Hemp Bill

Hemp_Champ — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:12:32 PDT

Bill would have followed North Dakota in permitting industrial hemp farming

Sober North Dakotans Hope to Legalize Hemp - New York Times

Hemp_Champ — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:25:32 PDT

Farmers are part of a national movement to legalize growing a plant that is closely associated with marijuana.

The house that hemp built

Hemp_Champ — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:11:09 PDT

Scarcity of straw bales leads Saltspring couple to use tough cannabis fibres to fill their walls

N.D. farmers sue DEA to grow hemp crop

Hemp_Champ — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:09:01 PDT

Two farmers granted the first licenses in the nation to grow industrial hemp filed a federal lawsuit Monday to get final permission from the Drug Enforcement Administration.

CN MB: New Bid To Start Hemp Plant In Dauphin

Hemp_Champ — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 12:28:52 PDT

FOR the second time in almost 10 years, efforts are underway to develop a multimillion-dollar hemp processing plant in Dauphin

Hemp, Canola Studied For BC Bioenergy

Hemp_Champ — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 12:20:19 PDT

Even before significant increases in temperature, climate change is starting to prompt shifts in B.C. agriculture

Hemp Processing Plant Backed

Hemp_Champ — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 12:00:20 PDT

Plans to establish the UK's largest hemp processing plant in the heart of Norfolk have been given the go-ahead despite objections from residents.

Let's Embarrass Ron Paul

Hemp_Champ — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 11:50:31 PDT

Libertarian/Republican presidential candidate discusses hemp farming and other "crazy' ideas

2008 FlaxBlast Conference

Hemp_Champ — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 11:40:54 PDT

The Saskatchewan Flax Development Commission (SFDC) wants the world to know that we re ready to develop a fiber industry in Canada.

Hemp Hearts (Seeds) Special - purchase online

Hemp_Champ — Tue, 22 May 2007 20:18:05 PDT

There is a special on nutritious hemp hearts (seeds) online. $12.00 (no tax) 454 grams . . . $90.00 for a case of 9

Governor Schwarzenegger's Veto of Hemp Bill is Bad for the Environment, Farmers and Economy

Hemp_Champ — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:19:27 PDT

Veto is "Irrational" Agriculture Policy Based on Fear

Blueprint for the Future

Hemp_Champ — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:16:44 PDT

A new book envisions architecture as a force for good. "The inflatable hemp house uses hemp sacks to make a balloon structure, which is then covered with mortar to make a transitional house."

Here's What's on our Plates in 2007

Hemp_Champ — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:13:09 PDT

Go hemp: "It will be a huge year for hemp: hemp milk, cheese and oil. All these products are being imported from Canada now, and there is a huge opportunity because so many people don't like the taste of soy or have allergies to it, and people need a new alternative that is vegan."

North Dakota: License For Hemp

Hemp_Champ — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:11:17 PDT

A state legislator turned in an application to the State Agriculture Department to become the nation's first licensed industrial hemp farmer

Farm Scene Hemp Farming

Hemp_Champ — Tue, 22 May 2007 18:45:34 PDT

California farmers could legally grow industrial hemp under a bill approved by the state Senate that distinguishes it from a widely grown distant cousin: marijuana.

A lighthearted look at biofuels through time

Hemp_Champ — Tue, 22 May 2007 18:42:03 PDT

The way most people talk about biofuels, you'd think they were a brand-new invention. But using natural products for fuel is an idea as old as the hills, as this highly selective timeline demonstrates.