It seems that the Canadian capital of the hemp industry is about to get to added support from the provincial government. The current administration is investing $4 million into a hemp production facility. Just this past weekend, the Winnipeg Sun reported:
The NDP government yesterday announced $4 million in provincial loans and grants will kick-start the development of a “world-class” hemp production plant in Dauphin.
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Funding will enable the $20-million enterprise to transform 23,500 metric tonnes of hemp straw into home insulation and animal bedding each year.
This kind of forward thinking comes as little of a surprise in Manitoba. The province is already the second largest producer of hemp in Canada, and its capital city will also host the 2008 Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance National Hemp Conference in November. The government’s website also features a number of pages dedicated to industrial hemp.
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