Ancient fabrics weave hope for the poor - Manila Times

Ancient fabrics weave hope for the poor
Manila Times, Philippines - 8 hours ago
Almost half of the world’s industrial hemp is grown in China, followed by Chile, France, North Korea and Spain. Jute, the strong threads made from jute

High time for new cash crop - Seattle Post Intelligencer

High time for new cash crop
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 21 hours ago
Industrial hemp products and smokable cannabis are scientifically different and are cultivated in very different ways. Hemp was the crop that produced the

Ont company to lead commercializing hemp in NA - Ecolog.com (subscription)

Ont company to lead commercializing hemp in NA
Ecolog.com (subscription), Canada - Jan 29, 2009
Industrial hemp can also be used to produce Hemcrete, an environmentally friendly limestone building material, like concrete. The company plans to build its

Sound Science and The War on Drugs - Huffington Post

Sound Science and The War on Drugs
Huffington Post, NY - Jan 29, 2009
There are a myriad of other areas that would feel a ripple effect from all this, especially when it comes to industrial hemp, which has no intoxicating

This President’s Day remember that George Washington raised hemp … - Columbus Free Press

This President’s Day remember that George Washington raised hemp
Columbus Free Press, OH - Jan 28, 2009
As for industrial hemp, growing it has actually been mandatory at various times in our history. Most recently Kansas was virtually carpeted with it as part

Quinte West hemp company gets $2 million to open plant - Trentonian

Quinte West hemp company gets $2 million to open plant
Trentonian, Canada - Jan 27, 2009
He's now taken a giant step toward producing industrial hemp for the global marketplace. The founder and president of Stonehedge Bio- Resources Inc. was in
Ontario company to build commercial-scale hemp plant Biomass Magazine
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Naturally Advanced Technologies Reports Granting Incentive Stock … - HazMat Management Magazine (subscription)

Naturally Advanced Technologies Reports Granting Incentive Stock
HazMat Management Magazine (subscription), Canada - Jan 21, 2009
a pioneer in commercializing the use of bast fibers including industrial hemp for use in casual apparel, performance yarns, industrial filters and

Ontario company secures funds to produce industrial hemp - The Canadian Press

Ontario company secures funds to produce industrial hemp
The Canadian Press,  Ont. - Jan 21, 2009
STIRLING, Ont. — An Ontario company says it has secured $2 million from investors to open the first North American bio-processing plant for industrial hemp.
Ontario Grows New Market from Industrial Hemp Canada NewsWire (press release)
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Obama Has the Chance to Be Another FDR — He Can End the … - AlterNet

Obama Has the Chance to Be Another FDR — He Can End the
AlterNet, CA - Jan 16, 2009
The current ban on industrial hemp costs the US billiions of dollars in lost production and revenue from a plant that can produce superior paper, clothing,

Cannabis Hemp - The New Oil Fields? - PR CannaZine (press release)

Cannabis Hemp - The New Oil Fields?
PR CannaZine (press release), UK - Jan 8, 2009
A spokesman for the Cannabis Lobby said "Once upon a time, the stories regarding the multitudes of benefits and uses associated with industrial hemp were