News, Facts, and Information about the Hemp Plant
Meet Zack DiLiberto, co-author of the new book, Hemp the Novel. It’s a historic novel that tells the story about how hemp came to be criminalized in the US when big oil and petrochemical realized hemp was a threat to the demand for their products: With [...] breakthroughs in hemp-processing, and rumors of Henry Ford’s [...]
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So Manitoba Harvest is having a special for the month of July where shoppers can get a free 5lbs container of certified organic hemp seeds if they spend $250 or more — a $75 value! Now, I know, $250 seems like a lot, but so is 5lbs of hemp seeds. As their newsletter explains, all [...]
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Global commodity prices rise are on the rise, driving up the price of all staples, from food to coffee to cotton. These increases have been severe enough that they even have some G20 leaders worried about food security. On the cotton front, hemp fibers could help consumers save on their clothing purchases. But if hemp [...]
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If you don’t know about Manitoba Harvest, they’re a Canadian based hemp-food manufacturer that sells everything from hemp seeds and hemp milk, to hemp butter and hemp protein powder. Well, they’ve just announced a new recipe for their organic hemp milk. As the press release explains: Winnipeg, Manitoba (March 31, 2010) – Manitoba Harvest Hemp [...]
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As a renewable resources that requires little water and no pesticides, hemp is an opportune raw material for manufacturing sustainable textiles. Well, it seems that it eligibility as a material is spilling over from the world of rope and bags, and into the realm of household decor. As the North Shore News reports: Hemp shower [...]
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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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Ah, there nothing like hemp for the holidays. Well, there’s more the holiday hemp than just wrapping paper and gift cards, and Yoga Journal has the scoop. In a recent article about how stitched and knitted fabrics are connected to yoga, author Victoria Everman offers up a heads up on some hemp-based ones: Stock up [...]
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We often touch upon how much potential hemp has to help with the environment: it’s preferable to cotton because it’s much easier on the soil and requires much less water; it has a great potential as biofuel; it can actually remove heavy metals form the soil; it can be used to treat sewage; and the [...]
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