News, Facts, and Information about the Hemp Plant
It looks like the Californian Senate has brought hemp farming that much closer to a reality in the Golden State. Senate Bill SB 676 still has a few hurdles to clear, but so far, things are looking up. As the lobby group Vote Hemp just announced in a newsletter: On May 18th the California Senate [...]
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Came across this interesting article on Hemp vs Cotton. It’s just another reminder of how the plant is not only extrememly versatile, but can how, once again, it’s an extremely eco-friendlier alternative to a very environmentally damaging crop. Here were some key points: It takes about 1,400 gallons of water to produce just 1 pound [...]
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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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Today has been a slow day in terms of hemp related news, so I thought I’d post this video on one man’s effort to replace cotton farms in Whales with industrial hemp farms. Hemp has a number of advantages over cotton: it can produce 250% the amount of fibre it requires little to no pesticides [...]
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