News, Facts, and Information about the Hemp Plant
It seems that there’s yet another hemp-food merchant in the marketplace. Health food manufacturer, Bob’s Red Mill, has announced a new line of hemp-based products. They will be selling hulled hemp seed and hemp protein powder. The website PortlandFoodandDrink.com has the press release: Portland, Ore. – December 9, 2008 – Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods [...]
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The two North Dakota farmers who are suing the DEA so that they can actually use the hemp growing licenses that the state issued them have been granted a renewal on their licenses. As The Dickinson Press reports: Two North Dakota farmers who were granted the nation’s first state licenses to grow industrial hemp a [...]
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Despite that two North Dakota farmers are still in court with the DEA, fighting for the right to grow industrial hemp licenses without being federally prosecuted, the state is continuing to issue licenses to grow industrial hemp. As the Jamestown Sun reports: The North Dakota Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for 2009 industrial hemp [...]
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So to get ready for the holidays, Manitoba Harvest is having is offering a discount on their Hemp Food Starter Pack. You can get $10 off of the normal starter pack and $15 off of the gift starter pack. Here’s what you get. 1 x 12 Fl oz (355 ml) Hemp Seed Oil 1 x [...]
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Okay, well, not exactly. Nevertheless, a US politician who’s known for championing the legalization of industrial hemp in the country has a new book out, and that’s bound to gain the hemp industry some added attention. As the Colorado Independent reports: Lloyd Casey, the oldest first-time elected state senator from Colorado when he entered office [...]
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A construction and architecture conference in London next June is slated to feature a house made of hemp. But it now looks like the hemp house isn’t going to be as architecturally distinct as originally planned. The architecture firm that was initially contracted to build it have been dropped in favor of a more off-the-shelf [...]
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The company Naturally Advanced Technology has been on quite a roll lately. They successfully conducted some bulk commercial hemp trials that have already lead to a partnership with Hanes, and the scientists who made those trials a success then won an award for figuring out how to alter hemp fibers so that they could be [...]
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Hemp’s potential as a biofuel is not exactly a secret, but it’s not common knowledge either. Well, the biomass industry is well aware of it’s potential, and the lawsuit being waged North Dakota farmers seems to have the industry watching hemp closer than usual. A recent article in Biomass Magazine titled US industrial hemp development [...]
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