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Manitoba Harvest Unphased By Recession

by Kristoffer James on November 11, 2008

While companies like General Motors, Nortel, and Sun Microsystems cut staff in hopes of weathering this recession, hemp food maker Manitoba Harvest seems relatively certain that they’ll not just be fine, but enjoy continued growth. In the process of moving their operations into a larger, more technologically advanced facility, the company has just hired a [...]

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Hemp Milk on ABC

by Kristoffer James on November 3, 2008

The local LA ABC channel, KABC, recently compared some mil alternatives, and one of those featured alternative was Hemp Bliss hemp milk. Being a televised segment, it was hosted by Lori Corbin, “The Food Coach.” You can also watch the video coverage here. Of interest, however, are a couple notes from the show notes: Finally, [...]

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Hemp Seeds in Lotion

by Kristoffer James on October 30, 2008

Hemp seeds offer a number of health benefits, and healthy people often make for better looking people. It’s no surprise, then, that hemp seeds are also used in skin lotions. As the Lotion Source Blog recently explained, the hemp seed’s unique balance of essential fatty acids makes it an excellent thing to use both within [...]

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Hemp for Hounds

by Kristoffer James on October 27, 2008

It’s been a pretty slow day in the world of hemp news, but I never thoughts it’d be a dog’s day. In my surfing around the world wide interwebs, the only <i>hemps-up</i> I’ve been able to find was one mention of a hemp-based dog bed, and another of hemp-based dog toys. First, one North Shore [...]

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Payless Using Hemp for Shoes

by Kristoffer James on October 14, 2008

The environment is such a hot topic right now that marketers everywhere seem to be trying to find a way to cash in on this new, higher level of consumer awareness. Provided they don’t cheat on their claims to be “green” or “eco,” this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. After all, if the greed of [...]

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Hemp Links 10/10/2008

by Kristoffer James on October 10, 2008

This week I thought I feature links to a number of products I’ve come across. I haven’t tried any of them, so I don’t endorse any of them, but you might still want to check them out for yourself. Hempz Hydro-Balanced Facial Moisturiser is packed with hemp seed extracts. Hemp… and Eco-Friendly Soap Base is [...]

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Hemp Seed Butter

by Kristoffer James on October 6, 2008

Hemp seeds have a number of

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Hemp Milk Benefits and Recipe

by Kristoffer James on October 6, 2008

The Global Healing Center has a great piece by Dr. Edward Group on the The Benefits of Organic Hemp Milk. The article starts out dispelling some of the myths behind hemp food products, covers how growing hemp in the US is still illegal, offers an overview of the specific nutritional benefits of hemp milk, and [...]

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