Hemp Horticulture to be Sprouting in Colorado
Bulletproof coat made from plant bedazzles state’s lawmakers By Joe Hanel Herald staff writer DENVER – Voter approval of legalized marijuana last November caused a national celebration among pot...
View ArticleBMW i3 Saves Weight Using Hemp Fibers
via evworld.com i3 electric car reportedly not the first BMW automobile to make use of hemp fiber, in its case it’s used in door panels to save 10% in weight. The car also uses kenaf fiber. The BMW i3,...
View ArticleGrowers Turn to Hemp in Colorado
By JACK HEALY SPRINGFIELD, Colo. — Along the plains of eastern Colorado, on a patch of soil where his father once raised alfalfa, Ryan Loflin is growing a leafy green challenge to the nation’s drug...
View ArticleLegal Production of Hemp in Mexico?
By Emilio Godoy “Cannabis presents possibilities for large-scale agricultural production, as it grows everywhere, and its current and potential uses represent an undeniable opportunity that is very...
View ArticleVermont Law Nullifies Federal Hemp Ban
by TAC Daily Updates MONTPELIER, Vt. – In June, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin signed Senate Bill 157 (S157) into law legalizing hemp cultivation, nullifying the federal prohibition on growing the crop....
View ArticleIndustrial Hemp is Legal in California
by Reed Nelson After being stuck in legislative limbo for 14 years, industrial hemp is now a sanctioned agricultural crop in the state of California. The California Industrial Hemp Farming Act (SB 566)...
View ArticleHemp Seed Offers Pure Nutrition
by Chandra Balusu Hemp seed or nuts contain all the essential amino acids and fatty acids necessary to maintain healthy human life. No other plant source has such an easily digestible form and perfect...
View ArticleAmerica’s First Hemp Crop Harvest In Almost 60 Years Begins In Colorado
via The Huffington Post | By Matt Ferner In the 1700s, American farmers were required by law to grow hemp in Virginia and the other colonies. It was a widely used crop for hundreds of years in the...
View ArticleHemp growers cooperatives’ report touts crop’s benefits to coal
BY JANET PATTON, Hemp plus coal could equal economic prosperity for Appalachia, according to a new white paper released Wednesday by the Kentucky and West Virginia hemp growers cooperatives. “It’s...
View ArticleU.S. Farmers Call for End to Hemp Ban
BY JANET PATTON, The American Farm Bureau Federation has approved a new policy resolution that urges the repeal of the classification of industrial hemp as a controlled substance. The effort, led by...
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