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December 27th, 2010 - 7:13 PM § in Ag Hemp, Farmers, Hemp Fashion, Hemp History, Hemp Politics, Industrial Hemp

3 Videos — Hemp Fashion, Markets, & Politics

Check latest videos for entertaining, enlightening perspectives. From the fashion runway… hemp marketplace… and armchair conspiracy theorist.[...]

January 6th, 2010 - 3:57 PM § in Ag Hemp, Farmers, Hemp Politics

Thirty Nations Grow Industrial Hemp

“Hemp. It’s marijuana’s non-psychoactive sister,” writes Ed Rosenthal. “You couldn’t get a buzz if you smoked a bale of hemp, but it’s still illegal to grow it in the United States.” Industrial hemp is legally grown in over thirty countries. For thousands of years, people grew hemp a[...]

December 31st, 2009 - 12:43 AM § in Ag Hemp, Farmers, Hemp Politics

Top Video

Republican state legislator, David Monson of North Dakota, is also a wheat farmer. He discusses industrial hemp as a viable rotational cash crop. [FACT:   The Declaration of Independence was drafted on paper containing hemp fiber.][...]

December 10th, 2009 - 5:21 PM § in Ag Hemp, Farmers, Industrial Hemp

Hemp Fiber – Uses and Qualities

Hemp production is easy to achieve organically. Therefore many of the ecological problems in chemical farming of other fibers are obviated. Hemp quickly grows up to 5 meters in height with dense foliage which blocks weed growth. This means herbicides are not needed and the field is weed free for the[...]

November 30th, 2009 - 4:55 PM § in Ag Hemp, Farmers

News from Vote Hemp

In the past few days, H.R. 1866, the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2009, has picked up two more co-sponsors: Rep. Sam Farr from California’s 17th district and Rep. Janice Schakowsky from Illinois’ 9th district. The bill now has eighteen co-sponsors, plus the bill sponsor Rep. Ron Paul[...]