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20 May 2015

The Difference Between Hemp and Marijuana

The Difference Between Hemp and Marijuana
22 states have legalized industrial hemp farming, under Sec. 7606 of the Farm Bill, and the Industrial Hemp Farming Act which was introduced in the House and the Senate in January 2015, hoping to allow more farmers to grow this sustainable crop.
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Brazilian Government Approves Medical Marijuana, Inc.'s New Partnership …
The Company does grow, sell and distribute hemp-based products and are involved with the federally legal distribution of hemp-based products within certain international markets. Cannabinoids are a natural constituent of hemp oil. CONTACT: For further …
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18 May 2015

LeanHemp Premium Protein Powder is Now Crowdfunding

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LeanHemp Premium Protein Powder is Now Crowdfunding
At its core, LeanHemp is a fitness and nutrition company that is part of a young, fast-growing, tight-knit industrial hemp community. Each member of the LeanHemp team has a strong passion for living a healthy lifestyle, and LeanHemp intends to help …
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Industrial hemp backers say crop has economic benefit
Judy Schwank (D-Berks) and Mike Folmer (R-Lebanon) — the cultivation and processing of industrial hemp would be allowed as part of a research program at a college or university. “It is just an opportunity for our farmers to keep their land and to grow …
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6 May 2015

Letter from Langdon: Right to Farm, Dude

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Letter from Langdon: Right to Farm, Dude
Until now, farmers in Missouri haven't even had the right to grow hemp, the fibrous non-intoxicating cousin of cannabis once used for rope and ships sails, let alone marijuana. That's mostly because law enforcement was afraid it would be used to …
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News briefs from around Kentucky at 1:58 am EDT
We've proven that we can grow it." Kentucky has been at the forefront of efforts across the U.S. to revive hemp, but for now, hemp production is limited to pilot projects. Growing hemp without a federal permit was banned in 1970 due to its …
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5 May 2015

Oaksterdam University Presents Todd McCormicks Grow Medicine to provide marijuana education at the Rhode Island Convention Center in August

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Oakland, CA (PRWEB) June 19, 2014

Oaksterdam University and Todd McCormick are offering three one-day presentations, best taken together. The event will be held in Todd’s hometown, at the Rhode Island Convention Center together August 15, 16 and 17.

Friday, August 15: Part 1 – Personal Cultivation Seminar

From Seed to Sale – An Overview of Cannabis and the Growing Opportunity

Saturday, August 16: Part 2 – Advanced and Commercial Cultivation Seminar

Dutch Method: Secrets of Cannabis Cultivation from Amsterdam to California

Sunday, August 17: Part 3 – Everything Extracts Seminar

Hashish: From Dry Sieve to Modern Gas Extraction & Terpenes

“People are seeking information they can trust from reliable sources with demonstrable backgrounds in the cannabis industry. Participants in professional cannabis education are quickly becoming the leaders in this emerging industry,” explained Todd McCormick, when asked why it was important to attend. Todd started growing marijuana in 1984 to combat the side effects of cancer treatments. Between the ages of two and ten, Todd underwent long-term chemotherapy & radiotherapy treatments, as well as nine major operations in his fight against a rare disease called Histiocytosis X. When his mother feared that he would not survive a new tumour in soft tissue next to his heart, she decided to give him some marijuana medicinally. Todd was nine years old at the time and his mother’s decision saved and changed his life.

Since 1994, Todd has been an activist, publicist and researcher of Cannabis. He collaborated with Jack Herer on the ground-breaking book, “The Emperor Wears No Clothes”. In the mid-90s he lived in Amsterdam, where he became one of the first 10 patients in the Netherlands to receive a prescription for medicinal marijuana. Best-selling author Peter McWilliams brought McCormick back to California in 1997 in order to write his first book: How to Grow Medical Marijuana. That summer, the DEA raided Todd’s Bel Air home and destroyed all the legal plants on the premises; years of work and rare genetics were lost forever. After a three-year long legal battle, Todd would be denied a medical necessity defense in federal court and imprisoned for five years. His only crime was growing and studying the medicine that had saved his life.

In addition to being an uncommonly dedicated activist and expert on the Cannabis plant, Todd continues the fight to rehabilitate the image of the hemp plant as the owner of HEMP.xxx, an online magazine and community, and producer of the THC EXPO at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Todd was featured in the award winning Canadian documentary “THE UNION: The Business Behind Getting High” and is an executive producer on the currently in-production follow-up film: “THE CULTURE HIGH”. In 2012, along with Sir Richard Branson, Todd was awarded the Cannabis Culture Award for a lifetime of dedication to Cannabis legalization. His next book, titled “GrowMEDICINE” will be released this summer.

America’s first cannabis college was founded to provide students with the highest quality training. Oaksterdam University became the first institution to address the growing needs of the marijuana movement, from patients to regulators. The faculty is comprised professionals, academics and many of the most recognized names in the cannabis industry. Oaksterdam launched the Prop 19 campaign, the blueprint campaign for legalizing Cannabis for adult consumption. The Oakland campus is located across from the historic FOX Theater in revitalized downtown Oakland, California.

Since 2007,Oaksterdam University has provided quality training about Cannabis and marijuana policy reform for over 17,000 students at several campuses in the United States. “The institution offers the chance to learn about this controversial plant, and creates an interesting blend of individuals and opportunity,” said Dale Sky Jones, Executive Chancellor. “OU welcomes diverse students who are looking to change careers; some simply want to brush up on their horticulture skills. OU also attracts business owners who want to train their staff, folks who want to open their own business, and patients simply trying to understand the law and their rights. More and more baby boomers are discovering they would rather smoke pot than reach for pharmaceuticals.”

The Rhode Island Convention Center (RICC) is one of New England’s premier meeting and exhibition facilities. Located in the heart of downtown Providence, the RICC is within walking distance to restaurants, hotels, shops, art galleries, nightclubs, museums and a superb in-house catering team.

To schedule an interview with Todd McCormick or Dale Sky Jones, please contact (510) 251-1544 or email events(at)oaksterdamuniversity(dot)com.

4 May 2015

ForeverGreen Worldwides June Sales Growth Increases over 300%

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Orem, Utah (PRWEB) July 08, 2014

ForeverGreen Worldwide Corporation (OTCBB: FVRG), a leading provider of nutritional foods and other healthy products, announced today that June 2014 revenue exceeded June 2013 sales by more than 300%.

“During June 2014, we had another record sales month,” said Jack Eldridge, CFO. “We remain on track to meet or exceed our previously announced revenue guidance of $ 13 – $ 15 million. While many companies are experiencing sluggish sales during the summer months, we continue to grow our revenues for the summer and the remainder of 2014. We are very pleased at how our company message is being received in the market place.”

ForeverGreen Worldwide Corporation develops, manufactures and distributes an expansive line of all natural whole foods and products to North America, Australia, Europe, Asia and South America, including their new global offerings, PowerStrips and SolarStrips. They also offer Azul and FrequenSea(TM) whole-food beverages with industry exclusive Marine Phytoplankton, the Versativa line of hemp-based whole-food products, Immune Support, Weight management products, Pulse-8 powdered L-arginine formula, TRUessence(TM) Essential Oils and Apothecary, 24Karat Chocolate(R), and an entire catalog of meals, snacks, household cleaners and personal care products. http://www.forevergreen.org

Forward-Looking Statement

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that certain statements in this release are “forward-looking statements” and involve both known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. Such uncertainties include among others, certain risks associated with the operation of the company described above. The company’s actual results could differ materially from expected results.

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3 May 2015

Cook: Why wouldn't Mead sign hemp extract bill?

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n only be discovered on expelling it by heat or other-wise,—and may be designated as the hygroscopic water ofvegetation. The amount of water contained in either fresh or air-dry vegetable matter is constantly fluctuating with thetemperature and the dryness of the atmosphere. 2. The Cellulose Gbottp, oe the Amyloids.This group comprises Cellulose, Starch, Inulin, Dextrin,Gum, Cane sugar. Fruit sugar, and Grape sugar. These bodies, especially cellulose and starch, form byfar the larger share—perhaps seven-eighths—of all the drymatter of vegetation, and most of them are distributedthroughout all parts of plants. Cellnlose, C,, H,„ 0^„.—Every agricultural plant is anaggregate of microscopic cells, i. e., is made up of minutesacks or closed tubes, ajihering to each other. 56 HOW CROPS GBOW. Fig. 10 represents an extremely thin slice from Iho stem of a cabbage,magnified 330 diameters. Tbe united walls of two cells are seen in sec-tion at o, wliile at b an empty space is noticed.

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Fig. 10. The outer coating, or wall, of the cell is cellulose. Thissubstance is accordingly the skeleton or framework of theplant, and the material that gives tough-ness and solidity to its parts. Next towater it is the most abundant body inthe vegetable world. All plants and all parts of all plantscontain cellulose, but it is relatively mostabundant in their stems and leaves. Inseeds it forms a large portion of the husk,shell, or other outer coating, but in theinterior of the seed it exists in smallquantity. The fibers of cotton, (Fig. 11, a,) hemp,and flax, (Fig. 11,6,) and white cloth andunsized paper made from these materials,are nearly pure cellulose. Tlie fibers of cotton, liemp, and flax, are simply „.^ „ long and tljioli-walled cells, the appearance of ° which, when highly magnified, is shown in fig. 11, where a represents the thinner, more soft, and collapsed cotton fiber, and b the thicker and more durable fiber of linen.

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Cook: Why wouldn't Mead sign hemp extract bill?
Colorado farmers started growing hemp in 2012; today, a handful of Colorado entrepreneurs manufacture the life-enhancing CBD — which, incidentally, is also effective in the treatment of migraine headaches, nausea from cancer treatment and many other …
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3 May 2015

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Fig. 10. The outer coating, or wall, of the cell is cellulose. Thissubstance is accordingly the skeleton or framework of theplant, and the material that gives tough-ness and solidity to its parts. Next towater it is the most abundant body inthe vegetable world. All plants and all parts of all plantscontain cellulose, but it is relatively mostabundant in their stems and leaves. Inseeds it forms a large portion of the husk,shell, or other outer coating, but in theinterior of the seed it exists in smallquantity. The fibers of cotton, (Fig. 11, a,) hemp,and flax, (Fig. 11,6,) and white cloth andunsized paper made from these materials,are nearly pure cellulose. Tlie fibers of cotton, liemp, and flax, are simply „.^ „ long and tljioli-walled cells, the appearance of ° which, when highly magnified, is shown in fig. 11, where a represents the thinner, more soft, and collapsed cotton fiber, and b the thicker and more durable fiber of linen.

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THE VOLATILE PART OP PLANTS. 57 Wood, or woody fiber, consists of long and slender cellsof various forms and dimensions, see p. 271,) which are deli-cate when young, (in the sap wood,) but as they becomeolder fill up interiorly by the deposition of repeated layersof cellulose, which is intergron-n with a substance, (or sub-stances,) called lignin.* The hard shells of nuts andstone fruits contain a basis of cellulose, wijich is impreg-nated with ligneous matter. When quite pure, cellulose is a white, often silky orspongy, and translucent body, its appearance varying some-what according to the source whence it is obtained. Inthe air-dry state, it usually contains about 10° |„ of hygro-scopic water. It has, in common with animal membranes,the character of swelling up when immersed in water, fromimbibing this liquid; on drying again, it shrinks in hulk.It is tough and elastic. Cellulose difiers remarkably from the other bodies of this group, in the fact of its slight solubility in dilu

The people who march for marijuana: Scenes from the 2015 Global Cannabis …
Who gets to grow it? How much can they grow? Where can it be sold? Do we need medical dispensaries and recreational shops? Should the government tax it? How much? What about home grows? Can local municipalities issue moratoriums in their towns? Can …
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A New Paradigm For Industrial Hemp Farming On Tribal Lands
With use dating back to the Neolithic Age in China, hemp is one of the earliest known domesticated plants.[1] Its history in North America predates European settlement, as noted by Jamestown, Virginia's Captain Gabriel Archer, who observed it being …
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Questa residents fight to survive after mine's closure
Ceilidh Creech holds up two bottles of beer brewed with hops from her property in Amalia outside Questa. With the craft beer industry flourishing, Creech and others say there's good potential for Questa to capitalize on both if the community can …
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1 May 2015

Oaksterdam University to Host Grow Medicine Marijuana Training Featuring Rhode Island Native, Medical Marijuana Expert and Activist Todd McCormick on August 15 to 17

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Providence, Rhode Island (PRWEB) August 13, 2014

Rhode Island’s amended medical marijuana law takes effect September 1, 2014, opening up opportunities for caregivers new to the industry needing legal and medicinal quality marijuana education. To help fill the information gap for existing and prospective medical marijuana caregivers, Oaksterdam University (OU) is hosting a three-day seminar led by medical marijuana and industrial hemp expert, respected activist, and Rhode Island native Todd McCormick.

The event, called Grow Medicine, will be held at the Rhode Island Convention Center on August 15, 16 and 17 going from 10 am to 6 pm each day, and will cover everything from seed to sale in three one-day presentations. Topics covered include an overview of cannabis sativa, advanced and commercial cultivation with a focus on the Dutch Method, and hashish extracts.

In response to why OU is hosting GrowMedicine, Executive Chancellor Dale Sky Jones said, “OU offers students the chance to learn about this controversial plant, and creates an interesting blend of individuals and opportunity. We welcome diverse students who want to change careers or simply brush up on their horticulture skills. OU also attracts business owners who want to train their staff, folks who want to open their own business, and patients trying to understand the law and their rights.”

About Todd McCormick: McCormick spent most of his young life in the children’s ward of Rhode Island Hospital battling Histiocytosis X, a rare form of cancer. He experienced multiple rounds of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. When he was nine, his mother chose to give him cannabis as anti-nausea to help with side-effect of his treatment, which had amazing results for him.

McCormick began cultivating his own medicine in 1984, which was the beginning of a new career in cannabis—-one that has taken him around the world advocating for its benefits. His first book, How to Grow Medical Marijuana was released in 1998. He was also the editor of the 12th edition of The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer and produced the book PROTESTIVAL: A 20 Year Retrospective of Seattle Hempfest. He co-produced fundraisers for the Marijuana Policy Project at the Playboy Mansion in 2007, 2008 and 2009; then in 2009 he produced the THC EXPO at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

McCormick also appeared in the documentary, THE UNION: the business behind getting high and is executive producer of the follow-up documentary titled, THE CULTURE HIGH, which will be released this summer. His next book GrowMEDICINE will also be published this year. He maintains a community website called HEMP.xxx.

About Oaksterdam University: Since 2007, Oaksterdam University has provided quality training about cannabis and marijuana policy reform for over 18,000 students at several campuses in the United States. OU is America’s first cannabis college, a forerunner in providing the highest quality training to people interested in a career in the cannabis industry, and the first institution to address the growing needs of the marijuana movement, from patients to regulators. OU’s faculty is comprised of professionals, academics and many of the most recognized names in the cannabis industry.

To schedule an interview with Todd McCormick or Dale Sky Jones, please call (510) 251-1544 or email events(at)oaksterdamuniversity(dot)com. Onsite interviews in Rhode Island on the day before and the first day of the seminar are available.

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29 Apr 2015

HOW TO GROW SPROUTS

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Also check out my How to Grow MUNG and ADZUKI Bean Sprouts at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OLQyiYLeZA&list=TLWkcfPxfBNDDWpHP8oQF8Pr3cxPaCKQJY AND HOW TO GROW SUNFLOWER MICROGREENS at; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmAfM965W8c Very easy to grow and very good for your health! I get my organic seed and jars at handypantry.com (its the same as wheatgrasskits.com) and the hemp sprouting bag I got at sproutman.com to grow the larger mung beans, adzuki beans and lentil sprouts. I personally don’t like pea sprouts, but adore them as little tiny plants or shoots(microgreens) in salads, along with sunflower shoots. Mung beans like dark so the hemp bag provides that darkness while growing. just think….It can be cold out in middle of Winter and you can still grow something healthy and green with very little effort! have fun!!!
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WASHINGTON, DC — Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), along with Representatives Jared Polis (D-CO), Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduced an amendment to H.R. 1947, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, the FARM Bill that would allow colleges and universities to grow and cultivate industrial hemp in states where it is already legal without fear of federal interference. The amendment passed today by a vote of 225-200.

“Because of outdated federal drug laws, our farmers can’t grow industrial hemp and take advantage of a more than 0 million dollar market. We rely solely on imports to sustain consumer demand. It makes no sense,” said Blumenauer. “Our fear of industrial hemp is misplaced — it is not a drug. By allowing colleges and universities to cultivate hemp for research, Congress sends a signal that we are ready to examine hemp in a different and more appropriate context.”

Nineteen states have passed pro-industrial hemp legislation. The following nine states have removed barriers to its production: Colorado, Kentucky, Maine, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia.

“Industrial hemp is an important agricultural commodity, not a drug,” said Rep. Polis. “My bipartisan, common-sense amendment, which I’ve introduced with Representatives Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), would allow colleges and universities to grow and cultivate industrial hemp for academic and agricultural research purposes in states where industrial hemp growth and cultivation is already legal. Many states, including Colorado, have demonstrated that they are fully capable of regulating industrial hemp. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew hemp. The first American flag was made of hemp. And today, U.S. retailers sell over 0 million worth of goods containing hemp—but all of that hemp is imported, since farmers can’t grow it here. The federal government should clarify that states should have the ability to regulate academic and agriculture research of industrial hemp without fear of federal interference. Hemp is not marijuana, and at the very least, we should allow our universities—the greatest in the world—to research the potential benefits and downsides of this important agricultural commodity.”

“Industrial hemp is used for hundreds of products including paper, clothing, rope, and can be converted into renewable bio-fuels more efficiently than corn or switch grass,” said Rep. Massie. “It’s our goal that the research this amendment enables would further broadcast the economic benefits of the sustainable and job-creating crop. I look forward to working with Rep. Polis and Rep. Blumenauer on this issue.”

“Vote Hemp applauds this new bi-partisan amendment and we are mobilizing all the support we can. This brilliant initiative would allow colleges and universities the opportunity to grow and cultivate hemp for academic and agricultural research purposes,” says Eric Steenstra, President of Vote Hemp. “It would only apply to states where industrial hemp growth and cultivation is already legal in order for those states to showcase just how much industrial hemp could benefit the environment and economy in those regions,” continues Steenstra.

“Federal law has denied American farmers the opportunity to cultivate industrial hemp and reap the economic rewards from this versatile crop for far too long,” said Grant Smith, policy manager with the Drug Policy Alliance. “Congress should lift the prohibition on the domestic cultivation of industrial hemp as soon as possible. Allowing academic research is an important first step towards returning industrial hemp cultivation to American farms.”

In addition to the co-sponsors of this amendment, Ranking Member Colin Peterson (D-MN) and Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) also spoke in support of this amendment.

24 Apr 2015

Andrew DeAngelo Headlines Marijuana Entrepreneur Training Event

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Portland, OR (PRWEB) September 08, 2014

In addition to learning how to start and run a successful legal marijuana business, attendees of the Marijuana Entrepreneur Training Event and Expo on September 30 will have the rare opportunity of asking Andrew DeAngelo questions during the question-and-answer segment of the program as well as network with him and the other speakers at the cocktail party following the event.

While in graduate school in 1991, Andrew DeAngelo helped collect signatures for Proposition P, which legalized medical cannabis in the City of San Francisco, the first such law passed by any jurisdiction in the United States. Building on this momentum, Andrew then helped organize for Proposition 215, which legalized medical cannabis in the State of California in 1996, the first state to do so. Shortly after he graduated, Andrew was diagnosed with glaucoma and moved back to Washington D.C to be closer to his family.

Andrew and his brother Steve continued their pursuit of changing medical cannabis laws by raising funds, collecting signatures, and eventually passing Initiative 59, a medical cannabis legalization law in the City of Washington, D.C., in November 1998. He and his brother also established Ecolution Inc., a hemp clothing company in the 1990s, and helped Ecolution grow to over $ 1 Million in annual revenue. They sold it when they decided to return to California.

Now he is Vice President of Harborside Health Center in Oakland, California, which was the first medical cannabis dispensary in the world to lab test all their medicine, put their infused products into child-proof packaging, and develop inventory control and security protocols that are the industry standard today. Harborside Health Center has been featured in numerous media outlets including the New York Times, Fortune Magazine, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal.

Things are changing fast in the cannabis industry. Medical Marijuana is now legal in 23 states, and additional states have pending legislation. Cannabis Learning Institute knows this is an outstanding ground-floor opportunity for entrepreneurs. Therefore they have created a series of Marijuana Entrepreneur Training Event and Expos throughout the country which show exactly how to start and run a successful legal marijuana business.

These events teach what’s legal and what’s not; what the startup business requirements are in each state; and how to safely manage and market the new business.

Go to the Cannabis Learning Institute’s website at CannabisLearningInstitute.com to see the fall schedule of locations and dates for the Marijuana Entrepreneur Training Event and Expo, and how to sign up for the Portland event to learn from Andrew DeAngelo and an exciting line-up of speakers.

Those who are interested in additional information about these events can also contact Rocky Narain by e-mail or call him at 954-296-1004.

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