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North American Industrial Hemp Council

New Poster & Website for Industrial Hemp Information

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Saturday, 19 December 2009 14:36

To view a poster showing “Industrial Hemp Composite & Energy Applications,” go to: www.fibrealternatives.com which provides a link to order copies. Click on the poster at that site for more information about the poster’s author David Seber and his Fibre Alternatives company. For copies of the paper “Bast Fiber Applications For Composites” by Erwin H. Lloyd and David Seber, go here. 
To watch three video clips of David Seber’s March 26, 2009 testimony in Oregon State Senate hearings on the Industrial Hemp Bill, SB 676, go to: What is Industrial Hemp, Why Industrial Hemp, & David Seber Testimony.

 

New NAIHC Brochure for You to Print

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Saturday, 19 December 2009 13:31

New NAIHC brochure for you to print.

 

Vermont Joins North Dakota in Voting for Industrial Hemp

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Saturday, 19 December 2009 13:30

Vermont’s Governor Jim Douglas made no announcement on his web site. But on May 29, Douglas decided against a veto. So Vermont’s “Hemp for Vermont” bill which won overwhelming support in the legislature is now law. (The bill passed in the state House 126 to 9 and 25 to 1 in the Senate). This means Vermont joins North Dakota as states endorsing industrial hemp – a crop still outlawed under federal rules. For the full story, Click Here.

   

Wausau Daily Herald OpEd Praises Industrial Hemp

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Saturday, 19 December 2009 13:29

An opinion piece by Jim Maas of the Libertarian Party of Wisconsin blasts current federal subsidies for farmers but singles industrial hemp out for praise. Maas writes that “Hemp has thousands of uses. Besides fibers for paper and textiles, it can be used for biodegradable plastics, health food and fuel. Hemp requires little to no pesticides, replenishes soil with nutrients and nitrogen, controls erosion of the topsoil and produces a lot of oxygen. The downside? Our government prohibits its use.” Click Here for the complete Wausau Daily Herald article.

 

Canadian Video on Industrial Hemp

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Saturday, 19 December 2009 13:23

Industrial hemp organizations have put together an excellent summary of centuries of hemp history: "Hemp - The Environmentally Sustainable Alternative (Part 1)."

Read more: Canadian Video on Industrial Hemp

   

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