Man Aims To Become Licensed Hemp Farmer By Dale Wetzel
CN Source: Associated Press January 15, 2007 Bismarck, N.D. 

David Monson began pushing the idea of growing industrial hemp in the United States a decade ago. Now his goal may be within reach — but first he needs to be fingerprinted.

Monson plans this week to apply to become the nation's first licensed industrial hemp farmer. He will have to provide two sets of fingerprints and proof that he's not a criminal.
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Hemp, the misunderstood cousin of marijuana, is not a drug. You can't get high on it, any more than you could by smoking three feet of cotton rope. Yet it is the single most useful plant on earth. David Monson, farmer, school superintendent and state legislator has been trying for ten years to get a federal license to grow ten acres of it. His biggest stumbling block is the DEA which refuses to reclassify hemp, currently and ridiculously listed as a drug, in order to allow the culitvation of this extraordinarily beneficial crop.

The DEA premises their objections the potential for hemp farmers to slip in a few rows of marijana into their acreage. A ridiculous objection since cross pollination would render marijuana plants useless for drug use. Their real fear is that the public would recognize the value of the non-psychotropic plant and thus soften their objection to the use of marijuana, eliminating their easiest target in the war on some drugs.

Hemp is environmentally friendly crop that doesn't require massive applications of fertizilers and pesticides to thrive. It doesn't deplete the land and grows under adverse conditions. Virtually every other country in the world allows its cultivation and are developing its industrial uses which include the extraction of oils for food to the making of bricks for low cost housing. This is the crop that could save the family farm in America.

Seven states has authorized farming of the crop so far, ruling the feds have no grounds to criminalize a plant that is not a drug. U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas is the only legislator who has addressed the issue on the federal level but unfortunately his peers refused to bring his legislation to the floor. Meanwhile, Monson has been trying for ten years to jump through the DEA's hoops in order to give hemp a chance to prove itself useful.

One hopes that as the public begins to recognize the futility of the drug war in general, the DEA will find itself under pressure to rule on the side of common sense and give Mr. Monson his license, rather than continue to protect their own interests in maintaining a prohibition that profits only themselves.



Nutty Hemp a Hot Food Trend By Phil Lempert, Today Food Editor
CN Source: MSNBC January 15, 2007 USA  

One of the hottest food trends for 2007 may well have its origins dating back thousands of years. Take a look down the aisles … and it's all about hemp!

Hemp has been grown for at least the last 12,000 years for fiber and food. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson both grew hemp and in fact Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence on hemp paper.

First thing to understand is that "hemp" is NOT "marijuana."

Industrial hemp and marijuana are both classified as Cannabis sativa, a species with hundreds of different varieties, which is a member of the mulberry family. Industrial hemp is bred to maximize fiber, seed and/or oil, while marijuana varieties seek to maximize THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, the primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana).

Industrial hemp has a THC content of between 0.05 and 1%. Marijuana has a THC content of 3% to 20%. The hemp plant is tall and stalky and the marijuana plant is short, shrub-like, and has "buds". It's an annual plant that grows from a seed, and because of its quick growth (average of 4 months) it requires limited pesticides.

In Canada and the European Union, only varieties containing less than 0.3% THC in their flower portions are permitted as commercial crops. Hemp growing has been illegal in the United States since the early 1950s, but the importing of foods made from hemp seeds and oils is allowed. Before the seed is used as a food ingredient, the hull is usually removed, effectively removing all but the most microscopic amounts of THC.

The shelled hempseeds used in food each typically contain less than 3 parts-per million (ppm) of THC. For example, if 20% of a food's ingredients are shelled hempseeds, and assuming a 2 ppm THC level, a human being would have to eat 50 lbs of the food in question to become intoxicated.

Thirty countries around the world permit the cultivation of industrial hemp and the subsequent use of hemp by-products in human food. Regulations governing acceptable thresholds for human ingestion vary quite considerably between these jurisdictions or are simply non-existent.

For example, Canada's food safety regulator, Health Canada, currently permits foods to contain up to 10 ppm THC but is expected to revise this level to 2 ppm. In Switzerland, government policy mandates below a 20 ppm limit. In contrast, U.S., regulators prohibit any level of THC in food — an assessment based in large part upon a 1937 U.S. tax act on marijuana.

Why Foods from Hemp?

Hempseeds are actually nuts (31% of the nut is fat) with a nutty flavor similar to pine nuts and while the nuts are very small, they are big on nutrition, with up to 35% of the hemp nut being protein. Most of this protein is edestin, a highly digestible storage protein. Unusual for plant protein, hempseed protein contains all nine essential amino acids in a favorable ratio for human needs.

There are twenty different types of fatty acids that our body needs for optimum health. We can manufacture all but two (2) of these twenty - known as the Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs); OMEGA-6 Linoleic Acid (LA) and OMEGA-3 Linolenic Acid (LNA) the source of these two come from our foods nutrients. To be most effective, these two EFA’s need to be consumed in a balanced ratio; the World Health Organization recommended ratio is 4:1.

The hempseed is one of the most balanced sources of omega-3 and omega-6 Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs). Studies link many common ailments to an imbalance and deficiency of EFAs in the typical Western diet: too much omega-6 and not enough omega-3.

Fish and fish oils are typically recommended because they provide the omega-3 derivatives of SDA, DHA, and EPA, but for some consumers the concern over the contamination of fish by mercury and other environmental toxins (which has led the FDA to warn pregnant women and nursing mothers to restrict their fish intake) hemp’s omega profile is a good alternative to fish. The seeds also provide other phytonutrients, including phytosterols and carotenes as well as Vitamin E, calcium, magnesium, and potassium.

Hemp oil is the richest known source of polyunsaturated essential fatty acids (the "good" fats) and it is also rich in some essential amino acids, including gamma linoleic acid (GLA), a very rare nutrient also found in mother's milk.

Since the early 1990s, shelled hempseeds have been used as a food ingredient in a wide variety of foodstuffs, including baked goods, snacks, breakfast cereals, beverages, frozen desserts, tofu, and milk substitute.

Let’s Taste Some Hemp!

Nutiva Organic Shelled Hemp Seeds - These shelled hempseeds are 33% protein and rich in vitamin E as well as Omega-3 and GLA. While some other firms heat their hempseeds, Nutiva simply removes the seeds' hard shells, yielding a 100% raw gourmet product that tastes like pine nuts. 1.1oz. packet $1.89: 10 oz. packet $9.99

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Manitoba Harvest Organic Hemp Seed Oil has a nutty flavor and is one of the few vegetable oils that contains large quantities of the omega-3 essential fatty acid (EFA) called alpha-linolenic acid (20%). Manitoba Harvest Organic Hemp Seed Oil is made by hemp seeds that are cold pressed to ensure that valuable enzymes are not destroyed and nutrients such as chlorophyll and vitamin E remain intact. Unlike conventional oil refining, their "Fresh Pressed" process does not subject the oil to poisonous chemicals or destructive heat. 8-ounce bottle $10.99; 16-ounce bottle $19.99.

Manitoba Harvest Hemp Seed Butter is a spread that contains more omega 3 & 6 essential fats than any other nut butter and is one of nature's richest sources of complete protein (35%). Hemp Seed Butter contains no trans fats, no hydrogenated oils, no cholesterol, no added sugar, low saturated fat, no gluten, no preservatives, and no artificial colors or flavors.

To produce Manitoba Harvest Hemp Seed Butter, hemp seeds are cracked to expose the soft inner "nut." This inner nut is then ground at a low temperature until a rich, creamy texture is achieved. No other ingredients are used in this raw "living" food that is made in small batches. Hemp seed butter has an attractive emerald green color due to its content of chlorophyll, a powerful antioxidant. A 10-ounce jar sells for $9.99.

Living Harvest's Hempmilk is a nutty tasting non-dairy beverage that provides essential and balanced nutrition for the whole family. An alternative to soy milk or dairy, it has a naturally occurring well-balanced ratio of Omega-3 and Omega-6 Essential Fatty Acids that can help maintain a healthy heart, a sharp mind, a strong immune system, and glowing skin. Available in three flavors: Original, Chocolate and Vanilla. Each serving contains: 0.9 grams Omega-3, 2.9 grams of Omega-6 with GLA, all 9 Essential Amino Acids, 4 grams of Protein , Essential Vitamins A, B12, D, E, Riboflavin and Folic Acid, Essential Minerals Magnesium, Potassium, Phosphorus, Iron and Zinc, 46% of RDA of Calcium. 32 oz. carton retails for $3.99.

Nutiva HempShakes - The powdered shakes contain nourishing superfoods, such as hemp, blueberries, pomegranates, açai and goji berries, maca root, and ramon nuts, that are rich not only in protein but in minerals, antioxidants, and healthful fatty acids. Hemp protein contains 66 percent edestin—easier to digest than soy—and, unlike most soy protein, isn’t processed with hexane solvents. 1.1oz packet $1.89; 16 oz. container $19.99

Nature's Path Hemp Plus Granola - Organic rolled oats, organic evaporated cane juice, organic expeller pressed soybean oil, organic brown rice flour, organic flax seeds, hemp seed, organic oat syrup solids, sea salt, organic molasses, rice bran extract. Sells for $3.99.

Healthy Hemp Brownie Bites - Chewy dense chocolate brownie swirled with caramel and packed with hempseed. Hempseed are packed with Omegas 3 & 6 fatty acids. A sweet and satisfying dessert! Healthy Hemp Brownie Bites will be sold nationally in Natural Food Stores and conventional supermarkets beginning in 2007 $4.99-$5.99.

Healthy Hemp Bagels, bread and tortillas - contains the highest amount of protein and fiber of any bread available! Packed with organic shelled hempseed, organic flaxseeds, and organic pumpkin seeds. A rich source of protein, dietary fiber, minerals, vitamin E, iron, all 9 amino acids, and a near perfect composition of the fatty acids Omega 3, 6 & 9. Sold in the frozen section. $3.99-$5.99.

Nature's Path Hemp Plus Organic Waffles - Frozen waffles contain organic whole wheat flour, organic expeller pressed soybean oil, organic evaporated cane juice, organic flax seed, organic hemp seed, leavening, organic oat bran, non-GMO soy lecithin, organic pear juice, sea salt, organic rice bran. Net weight: 11oz (312g). Sells for $3.59.

Phil Lempert is food editor of the TODAY show.
He welcomes questions and comments, which can be sent to phil.lempert@nbc.com or by using the mail box below. For more about the latest trends on the supermarket shelves, visit Phil’s Web site at: SuperMarketGuru

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According to the latest research, there are about 45 nutrients that humans can't live without and which their bodies can't manufacture: 21 minerals, 13 vitamins, eight amino acids and two essential fatty acids. No single food has them all. But when a food is discovered that is a rich source of several essential nutrients, such as hemp seed, it makes nutrition news. Its promoters bill hemp seed as the soybean of the new millennium. In addition to containing vitamins and minerals (calcium, iron, thiamine, niacin and riboflavin), hemp seed, like the soybean, is a vegetable source of complete protein, having all eight amino acids. Hemp oil (pressed from the hemp seed) is, according to many, the best source of the two essential fatty acids (or EFAs) we can't live without: omega 3 alpha-linolenic acid and omega 6 linoleic acid.

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The DEA premises their objections the potential for hemp farmers to slip in a few rows of marijana into their acreage. A ridiculous objection since cross pollination would render marijuana plants useless for drug use.

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AP Story Proves Value of Hemp Farming By Stan White 
CN Source: Summit Daily News January 21, 2007 USA  

It was encouraging to read "Man Aims To Become Licensed Hemp Farmer" (Jan. 15) on the Summit Daily News website's AP section about David Monson in North Dakota who may be allowed to grow hemp (though he has to be fingerprinted and pay the Drug Enforcement Administration's annual registration fee of $2,293, which is non-refundable even if the application is denied).

Encouraging, because U.S. farmers have been prohibited from growing hemp since World War II, when the U.S. government needed American farmers to produce hemp to help save America due to its value for human survival.

Since the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco effectively ended the Federal Government's attack on hemp food products in 2004, Americans may now purchase hemp products, yet American farmers are excluded from cultivating the plant. Locally, citizens may purchase hemp food products available at Alpine Market in Frisco, although the hemp in those products must be imported.

American farmers are unable to compete in the free world market due to unfair DEA laws prohibiting hemp cultivation. The U.S. is almost the only developed nation that doesn't allow its farmers to grow hemp. In fact, communist Chinese farmers grow hemp (nearly 2 million acres), and neighboring Canada's hemp industry doubled last year where hemp had a better profit outlook than any other Canadian crop in 2006.

Although hemp seeds and oil contains Gamma Linolenic Acid, which contributes to a strong immune system and is only available from five obscure places including mother's milk, hemp cultivation isn't limited to food products. Hemp should and could get more attention as an alternative fuel especially considering the original diesel engine was designed to run on hemp seed oil.

Currently American hemp cultivation is gaining support from all political parties and since hemp can grow almost anywhere including harsh climates like Canada and North Dakota; it can grow in Colorado.

It is time to re-introduce hemp as a component of American agriculture and to help achieve that goal, citizens can request congressmen support American farmers and hemp cultivation. Urge Congress to refuse funding the DEA's enforcement actions against law-abiding, state-licensed industrial hemp growers as these bills may arise this summer.

Eastern Colorado farmers may even consider supporting Amendment 44 type election ballot questions in the future, which legalize cannabis (marijuana / kaneh bosm) since it stands to reason, if citizens may use cannabis with THC then farmers may cultivate hemp with practically no THC. Further, farmers might consider how the Federal government has unfairly treated them and support hemp farming.

To allow ignorant politicians to continue prohibiting hemp farming isn't leading, it's draining; vote for politicians who get it and do what is right for America, Earth and our solar system.
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HEMP FOR VICTORY -1942.
[Text of 14 minute U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture Film, 1942]

Long ago when these ancient Grecian temples were new, hemp was already old in the service of mankind.  For thousands of years, even then, this plant had been grown for cordage and cloth in China and elsewhere in the Far East.  For centuries prior to about 1850 all the ships that sailed the western seas were rigged with hempen rope and sails. For the sailor, no less than the hangman, hemp was indispensable.  A 44-gun frigate like our cherished Old Ironsides took over 60 tons of hemp for rigging, including an anchor cable 25 inches  in circumference. The Conestoga wagons and prairie schooners of pioneer days were covered with hemp canvas. Indeed the very word canvas comes from the Arabic word for hemp. In those days hemp was an important crop in Kentucky and Missouri.  Then came cheaper imported fibers for cordage, like jute, sisal, and Manila hemp, and the culture of hemp in America declined.

But now with Philippine and East Indian sources of Hemp in the hands of the Japanese, and shipment of jute from India curtailed, American hemp must meet the needs of our Army and Navy as well as of our industry. In 1942, patriotic farmers at the government's request planted 36,000 acres of seed hemp, an increase of several thousand percent.  The goal for 1943 is 50,000 acres of seed hemp.  In Kentucky much of the seed hemp acreage is on river bottom land such as this. Some of these fields are inaccessible except by boat.  Thus plans are afoot for a great expansion of a hemp industry as a part of the war program.
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Hemp Bill Passes Public Safety Committee in Assembly By Tom Ragan
CN Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel April 30, 2007 Santa Cruz  

Elaine Berke, co-owner of Eco Goods in Santa Cruz, would like to see hemp grown legally in California some day. The fact is, hemp products have been popular for a while, but unfortunately it has an unfair stigma attached to it.

People often confuse it with marijuana, even though it's nothing of the sort, she said. "But mostly it's our government that's confused.

There's no question that being able to grow it would be wonderful for our economy," said Berke, who's been selling hemp clothes for more than a decade on Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz. "There are so many products that can be made out of industrial hemp: clothes, paper, body care, even car parts. Our forefathers used to think it was patriotic to grow it. Hopefully, we can return to those days."

That's where AB 684 comes in.

Introduced in late February, the bill, which has passed the state Assembly's Committee on Public Safety, seeks to legalize hemp so California growers can compete.

The idea is that growers in the state could try to make the same sort of profits that Canadian and Chinese growers are raking in as the No. 1 and No. 2 suppliers of the U.S. market.

Even the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau supports the legislation, saying industrial hemp, if nothing else, could serve as an alternative crop during the slow season.

But there are two things standing in the way of the legalization: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the federal government, which still makes no distinction between hemp and marijuana. Schwarzenegger shot down a similar version of legislation that made it to his desk last year in October, saying he didn't think that state law should supersede federal law.

While the governor wrote at the time that said he supports the development of new crops in the state, he added:

"Unfortunately, I am very concerned that this bill would give legitimate growers a false sense of security and a belief that production of 'industrial hemp' is somehow a legal activity under federal law."

Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, who introduced AB 1147 last year and is the co-author of this year's bill, is holding out hope that Schwarzenegger will sign the bill because it is a nonelection year.

Patrick Googin, counsel for Hemp Industries Association and a board member for Vote Hemp, is also optimistic.

"The U.S. is the only country in the First World that can't grow industrialized hemp," said Googin, a San Francisco resident. "Canada has been growing it and selling it for 10 years, and they're sending it here. We're the market."

But so far the governor nor the California Farm Bureau and Federation haven't taken positions on the bill, according to their offices.

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Soy's New Competition: Hemp By Janet Cromley
CN Source: Los Angeles Times May 11, 2007 California

Like a bloodhound, Gira Balistreri is racing through the palatial Whole Foods Market in El Segundo, sniffing out some of her favorite foods.

A new employee at the 65,000-square-foot flagship store, she goes directly to several shelves of hemp shakes and snacks, then trots over to tidy rows of hemp butter and oil, then rushes down an aisle and snaps up a fresh package of hemp tortillas on her way to the hemp bars, hemp bread and hemp bagels.

"Hemp," she says excitedly, "is just an awesome seed."

Balistreri isn't alone in her devotion. In the last two years, sales of hemp food products in markets and grocery stores rose by more than 50%, propelling the unassuming seed to an $8.6-million industry, according to SPINS, a market research and consulting firm for the natural products industry.

Hemp foods began filtering into grocery stores about five years ago, after the 1998 legalization of industrial hemp farming in Canada. The U.S. currently prohibits commercial cultivation of industrial hemp, but allows the import of seeds, oil, flour and other byproducts to be manufactured into ready-to-eat foods in the U.S.

The plant's shelled seed, or nut, can be added to baked goods and nutritional supplements and bars, sprinkled onto other foods such as salads and yogurt, or eaten alone as a snack. The seed can also be milled into flour, which can be used for baked goods, and pressed to make oil, which can be used in salad dressings, dips, spreads and sauces.

(Due to its high unsaturated fat content, hemp oil must be refrigerated and is unsuitable for frying.)

There are hundreds of hemp foods now available online and on supermarket shelves, says Robin Rogosin, a certified nutritionist and buyer for Whole Foods Market. Rogosin estimates that the chain's selection has tripled in the last year.

Hemp milk, the newest addition, is flying off the shelves, she says.

"We're shipping truckloads — 60,000 liters of it so far," confirms Mike Fata, president and co-founder of Canada's Manitoba Harvest, which introduced Hemp Bliss milk in March.
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State Assembly Approves Hemp Farming Bill By Samantha Young
CN Source: Associated Press May 10, 2007 Sacramento, CA
The state Assembly on Thursday approved legislation that would allow farmers to grow hemp, narrowly overcoming objections that it violates federal drug laws and could put growers behind bars.
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CN Source: Free-Market News Network May 30, 2007 Arizona  

Sources close to the campaign of presidential candidate Ron Paul (R-Tex) said that the congressman would probably choose the state of Arizona in which to renew his call for the legalization of industrial marijuana - “hemp.”

A call to legalize hemp would be attractive to Arizona’s farmers. This stance, combined with anti-war position, might make Ron Paul attractive to a large slice of GOP voters not enamored with many traditional “conservative” positions.

Arizona’s large farming community is said to be in favor of the legalization of an additional cash crop such as hemp. There is a large difference between industrial hemp - which contains little of the active ingredient that gets users “high - and marijuana that is actively cultivated for illegal drug use.

“The differences between Ron Paul and other candidates are gradually emerging,” said one observer of the campaign. “On one side you have modern day conservative-leaders like John McCain and Rudy Giuliani, and on the other a constitutional conservative Ron Paul. Contrasting their positions gives you a good idea of how far the American leadership has strayed from the Constitution.”

According to this observer, “If Ron Paul runs in Arizona on legalizing hemp production, that gives him a leg up over other GOP candidates who would never advocate such a thing.” There is already a formidable anti-war sentiment in Arizona that Ron Paul can capitalize on as well, this observer notes.

Ron Paul believes that the Constitution enumerates Federal powers, and that all others are relegated to the states. This is a correct understanding of the Constitution, according to many scholars, though not ones who believe it is a “living document.” For this reason, Ron Paul believes Federal drug laws are unconstitutional, besides being a boondoggle of massive proportions.

There is, in fact, no hard evidence that the Federal “war on drugs” has been effective at stemming the flow of drugs and drug use in America or in the West in general. It has, however, swelled the ranks of police officers, militarized them through the creation of “SWAT” teams and stuffed America’s prisons to overflowing. Ron Paul would leave drug legislation and enforcement to the states.

Ron Paul has already co-sponsored an industrial hemp bill.

It was described by StopTheDrugWar.org as follows:

http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/473/ron_paul_introduces_hemp_bill_US_congress

“Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul has filed a bill that would legalize hemp farming in the United States. This marks the second time Rep. Paul has filed this bill, but it went nowhere in the last Congress. The bill, HR 1009, would allow domestic hemp manufacturers to buy their hemp from American producers. Currently, US law bars the production of industrial hemp, and American manufacturers have to import their hemp from other countries.

“This time around, Rep. Paul has nine cosponsors, all Democrats. They are Representatives Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Barney Frank (D-MA), Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Jim McDermott (D-WA), George Miller (D-CA), Pete Stark (D-CA) and Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).
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Too Late To Plant Hemp, Licensed Farmers File Suit By Sue Roesler
CN Source: Farm & Ranch GuideJune 22, 2007 Bismarck, N.D 
Two farmers licensed to grow hemp in North Dakota filed a lawsuit in federal district court this week attempting to keep the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) from charging them with a crime after they put the seed in the ground. North Dakota Rep. Dave Monson, a legislator and wheat, barley, canola and soybean grower in northeast North Dakota, and Wayne Hauge, a barley, durum, pea, lentil, black beans and chickpea grower in northwest North Dakota, filed the lawsuit that is being paid for by VoteHemp.
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The old notion that people can "keep themselves to themselves" and not be touched by what is happening to their neighbors, or even to people who live a hundred miles off, is a most dangerous mistake. The saying that we are members one of another is not a mere pious formula...It is a literal truth; for though the rich end of the town can avoid living with the poor end, it cannot avoid dying with it when the plague comes. People will be able to keep to themselves as much as they please when they have made an end to poverty; but until then they will not be able to shut out the sights and sounds and smells of poverty from their daily walks, nor feel sure from day to day that its most violent and fatal evils will not reach them through their strongest police guards.
--George Bernard Shaw

The Ganjawar Comes To The Rez

S.D. Family Seeks The Right To Grow Hemp


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Hemp Once Grown Around Lexington To Support War
By Bill Steinbacher-Kemp
CN Source: Pantagraph June 23, 2007 Lexington, KY  

In the summer of 1943, there were more than 4,000 acres of marijuana being grown around Lexington. The buyer for this crop, though, wasn’t some downstate gangster or crime syndicate. No, in this instance, the buyer was none other than Uncle Sam.

During World War II, industrial hemp, a variant of marijuana which contains lower levels of the psychoactive ingredient THC, was used to make rope and other items, such as parachutes, harnesses and shroud lines for airborne troops.
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CannabisNews Hemp Archives


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"We've got a national campaign by drug legalizers, in my view, to try and use medicinal uses of drugs and legalization of hemp as a stalking horse to get in under the radar screen."
--Gen. Barry McCaffrey - Former Drug Czar (Clinton)

The Demonization of Marihuana - by John C. Lupien
Background of the supposed Anslinger-Hearst-DuPont conspiracy to outlaw marijuana in order to remove hemp as a possible competitor to their products.

The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer

Elkhorn Manefesto the Invisible Prohibition

Untold Story

Ganja/Hemp Info


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Battle Lines: Natural Or Synthetic.. Life Or Death By Rand Clifford
CN Source: OpEdNews.com June 26, 2007 USA

Hemp is about life, renewal and future, power to The People...most everything America’s embedded fascist regime is not about. Government of, by and for corporations (CorpoGov) has us hogtied.

Corporate profits rule the priorities in a globalizing plutocracy (CorpoWorld) where the bottom line is...power to the bottom line. Corporate grip just keeps increasing, squeezing the life out of the biosphere—CorpoWorld truly is making a killing.
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The Hemp Manifesto by Rowan Robinson
101 Ways That Hemp Can Save Our World



Facts you should know about Hemp

* Hemp Industries Association
* HempStores.com
* VoteHemp.org
* North American Industrial Hemp Council

"...somebody has to take governments' place,
and business seems to me to be a logical entity to do it."
--David Rockefeller - Newsweek International, Feb 1 1999

Potential First U.S. Hemp Farmer Gets Fingerprinted by George Spyros
Business & Politics 01.18.07 New York City, USA

Six other states have also authorized industrial hemp farming, but yet to push their initiatives into action. Those others states are Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Montana and West Virginia. Last year, California lawmakers approved legislation that set out rules for industrial hemp production, but Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed it.


Hemp and Marijuana together

We Got Mugged, So Let’s Get Hemp Back By Rand Clifford
CN Source: OpEdNews.com June 30, 2007 USA  

Prohibition of cannabis hemp was a mugging, a twisted and diabolical assault on the rights, health and well-being of Americans unparalleled in our history for sheer scope of lasting impact.

Never has brazen self interest cost so many people so much for so long. And the number of entrenched industries with profits threatened by hemp have greatly multiplied in number, and political influence.
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Elkhorn Manefesto By R. William Davis

The Real Reason the Government Won't Debate
Medical Cannabis and Industrial Hemp Re-legalization

Hemp Nation

King Hemp Part 2
From DEA Deadly Birdseed, Toward Power To The People

King Hemp Part 1
Battle Lines: Natural, Or Synthetic...Life, Or Death


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Hi,

I have heard about hemp as a source of omega-3 but I have heard it contains short omega-3 chains rather than the long omega-3 chains found in fish (see: http://www.metabolismadvice.com/omega_3_fish_oil/). But I'm not sure if this really matters, surely it must do you good anyway. Does anyone know what the difference is?

Jeff