Ganja Guru shares his lesson plan for Hemp 101

 Cultivation, Government, Hemp, Pot-pourri
Feb 152010
 

I just stumbled across this post from the Ganja Guru, who also posts helpful “Links ‘N Shit.” While it’s a stretch to suggest hemp as an antidote to terrorism, the writing is good and the blog gets an instant bookmark in my book. Check it out. ============= Recently, President Barack Obama delivered his first State of the Union Address. In his speech, he emphasized clean energy and economic growth as our nation’s primary goals for this year. In light of his Obama’s speech, it seems high time to renew the debate about allowing the cultivation [...]

Canadians dig their ‘biofibre’

 Hemp
Nov 012009
 

Workers near Alberta, Canada, recently harvesed three-metre-tall hemp plants grown for industrial fiber. “The Alberta Research Council (ARC) is working to help hemp find its way into everything from homes to cars to clothes,” reports Troy Media Corp., an independent Canadian content provider. “It’s part of a campaign to see our agriculture and forestry industries compete in the global push for sustainable products.” “ARC is evaluating hemp as a fibre crop for mature, large-scale industries looking for green products,” ARC crop and plant physiologist, Jan Slaski was quoted as saying in the article. “Alberta’s soil [...]

Mr. Hemp goes to China?

 Hemp
Nov 012009
 

Those who advocate the use of hemp for industrial fiber will take heart with this press release from China about a new industrial refining process. The Beijing company says the refined fiber “can be blended with cotton, wool, silk, cashmere and chemical fiber, etc.” and “greatly widen widen application fields of hemp fiber.” No word on whether the Chinese government would be open to hemp imports from California, much less whether the feds would play ball.

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