North American Industrial Hemp Council
Industrial Hemp: A New Beginning
NAIHC.org - In a report prepared for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, the North American Industrial Hemp Council offers detailed recommendations designed to:
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give American farmers an environmentally friendly non-food crop which can improve crop rotations and rural economic development,
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give American businesses a domestic fiber for environmentally friendly uses ranging from car interior panels and building materials to food products and biofuels.
Building Industrial Hemp Houses
NAIHC.org - A North Carolina company is using industrial hemp to build highly livable homes which slash both construction costs and energy use while providing a wide range of other economic and environmental benefits.
For a CNN “Hemp Homes” video and links to information on building with Tradical® Hemcrete®, visit the Hemp Technologies site.
iHemp – Industrial Hemp Facts & Figures
NAIHC.org - Did you know that: “Hemp is the miracle plant of our time, breathing in 4x the carbon dioxide (CO2) of trees during its quick 12-14 week growing cycle. Trees take 20 years to mature vs 4 months for Industrial Hemp! Our forests are being cut down 3x faster than they can grow! One acre of hemp produces as much cellulose fiber pulp as 4.1 acres of trees.” Those facts were reported by Dewey & Merrill in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Bulletin #404 . . . all the way back in 1916. Is it time to wake up finally and listen to what USDA pointed out more 95 years ago? For more about iHemp's benefits & breakthroughs, please visit the Hemp Technologies site.
NAIHC GROWING PROTOCOL FOR INDUSTRIAL HEMP
NAIHC GROWING PROTOCOL FOR INDUSTRIAL HEMP
Protocol Facilitated by USDA through Farm Service Offices
(formerly known as County Extension Agencies)
1) Government approved certified seed planted on GPS designated fields.
2) Government inspection of designated fields at any time.
3) Certified seed issued to qualified farmers only after end-buyers are under contract.
New Poster & Website for Industrial Hemp Information
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.
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