24 Mar 2015

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Cannibis chocolates on sale at the Lindtt chocolate factory in Cologne, Germany!

Hemp (from Old English hænep) is the common name for plants of the entire family of Cannabis, although the term is often used to refer only to Cannabis strains cultivated for industrial non-drug use.

Hemp seeds are highly nutritious and contain beneficial omega fatty acids, amino acids, and minerals. The seeds can be eaten raw, ground into a meal, sprouted, made into "milk", prepared as tea, and used in baking

Odd fact: In 1916, USDA Bulletin No. 404, reported that one acre of cannabis hemp, in annual rotation over a 20-year period, would produce as much pulp for paper as 4.1 acres of trees being cut down over the same 20-year period.

New Mexico's Industrial Hemp Farming Act Passes Senate 33 to 8
SB94 would allow for the New Mexico Department of Agriculture to provide for the growing of industrial hemp for research and development purposes. And, upon passage of the legalization of hemp, the provision will permit growing of industrial hemp by …
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TN agriculture dept. seeks industrial hemp farmers
JOHNSON CITY (WJHL) -The Tennessee Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications from farmers interested in working with the state to grow industrial hemp. Last year, the General Assembly passed legislation to grow industrial hemp as part of …
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13 Mar 2015

Industrial hemp harvest

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Industrial hemp harvest

Hemp fibers with a length up to 80 cm.
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Pecha Kucha Louisville - Moseley Putney -

PechaKucha Night is a worldwide event intended for young designers, artists, and others to meet, network, and show their work in public. PechaKucha employs a 20×20 format that allows each presenter to show a sequence of 20 images for 20 seconds each. In this installment of a recent Louisville event, Moseley Putney proposes the positive impact of the introduction of an industrial hemp market in Kentucky.
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10 Mar 2015

Harvesting fiber hemp | Claas Xerion 4000 | Vezelhennep oogst | DunAgro

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Vezelhennep oogsten met een aangepaste Claas Xerion 4000 VC van DunAgro uit Oude Pekela. Dun Agro bouwde in 2014 twee Claas Xerion trekkers om tot een maai- strippercombinatie voor vezelhennep. De machine, scheidt het eiwit rijke loof van de stengel en verzameld het in een bunker achter op de machine. Dit wordt gebruikt als veevoer. De vezel rijke stengels blijven op het land achter om te rotten waarna ze worden in pakken worden geperst om vervolgens te worden verwerkt tot composietmaterialen zoals deurpanelen in auto’s of isolatiemateriaal.

Harvesting fiber hemp using a converted Claas Xerion 4000 VC from DunAgro of Oude Pekela, The Netherlands. This machine separates the protein rich leaves form the fiber rich stems in one pass. The leaves go to be processed and dried and can be used as supplementary cattle feed. The stems are left on the ground and after a process of rotting, the stems are baled and processed and can be used in the textile industrie or for composite materials in the car industry.

Industrie Hanf ernten mit eine umgebauten Claas Xerion 4000 von DunAgro aus Oude Pekela, Die Niederlande.

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A standard rotary swather in a combination with a front-mounted loader is used for winter harvest of industrial hemp on the research station Lönnstorp that belongs to the Department of Agrosystems, Swedish University of Agrocultural Sciences (SLU), Alnarp. [http://www.slu.se/agrosystems].
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8 Mar 2015

Congressman Blumenauer’s Industrial Hemp Forum: Errol Schweizer, Whole Foods Markets

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Errol Schweizer, Whole Foods Markets, discusses the development of hemp products within Whole Foods Markets at the University of Oregon White Stag Building in Portland, Oregon on November 9, 2013.

This video is the Business section to an Industrial Hemp panel which featured Eric Steenstra (Hemp Industries Association), Lindsay Eng (Oregon Dept of Agriculture), Rick Rutherford (Oregon Farmer), Errol Schweizer (Whole Foods Markets) and Russ Karow (Oregon State University).

Footage: Campaign for the Restoration and Regulation of Hemp (CRRH)
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5 Mar 2015

The Real Reason why Marijuana is Illegal & Ron Paul’s Industrial Hemp Bill – Daily DOOOOOM 020

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A new bill was presented to congress by Ron Paul… to make industrial hemp legal. This is a no brainer. There are so many uses for industrial hemp. This is the reason it is illegal, not because you can smoke it. I fully support medicinal marijuana but I support industrial hemp, moreso.

Maybe this episode should have been #420, but that’s a long time from now.
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Statement Introducing the Industrial Hemp Farming Act, HR 1831

http://paul.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1863&Itemid=60

Seven Great Uses for Hemp
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/04/perfect-plant-7-great-uses-industrial-hemp.php

Why is Marijuana Illegal?

Why is Marijuana Illegal?

Harry J Anslinger
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_J._Anslinger

Obama’s Sudden, Senseless Assault on Medical Marijuana
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-morgan/obama-medical-marijuana_b_857852.html

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