Growing Hemp in the United States

This Kid Wants to be a Hemp Farmer...Let Him!

Industrial Hemp Will Bring in $$$$$ for Farmers, But it's Outlawed!

Hemp: Make Money with This Illegal Crop

Industrial Hemp - The Plant of Life

It's amazing the one plant can do so much. Actually, over 25,000 products can be produced by hemp.



Join the movement to legalize industrial hemp in the United State. Industrial hemp is not marijuana.

Hemp for Victory - What Our Government Doesn't Want You To See

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The Hemp Revival - Bring It Home Movie Trailer

This is a great movie trailer. I hope this along with other posts on this site will help you understand the importance of hemp to the U.S. economy and our health!



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Hemp Business Opportunity - Join a FAST Growing Movement!

Hemp Verses Cotton

Hemp in the Heartland! Why Legalize Hemp in the U.S.

A House of Hemp! A Real Eco-friendly Home in Asheville, N.C.

Not only is hemp good for you, you can even build a house out of it!

Legalize Industrial Hemp - H.R. 1831 Introduced by Ron Paul

Just an update: The status of this Bill is that it is in committee and so far, voters who have weighed in are 99% in favor of growing Industrial Hemp in the United States.

HR 1831 IH

112th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1831

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marihuana, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 11, 2011

Mr. PAUL (for himself, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. CLAY, Mr. COHEN, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. FARR, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. MORAN, Mr. NADLER, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. POLIS, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. STARK, Ms. WOOLSEY, and Mr. KUCINICH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marihuana, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2011’.
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP FROM DEFINITION OF MARIHUANA.

Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802) is amended--

(1) in paragraph (16)--

(A) by striking ‘(16) The’ and inserting ‘(16)(A) The’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘(B) The term ‘marihuana’ does not include industrial hemp.’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘(57) The term ‘industrial hemp’ means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of such plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.’.

SEC. 3. INDUSTRIAL HEMP DETERMINATION.

Section 201 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 811) is amended by adding at the end the following:

‘(i) Industrial Hemp Determination- If a person grows or processes Cannabis sativa L. for purposes of making industrial hemp in accordance with State law, the Cannabis sativa L. shall be deemed to meet the concentration limitation under section 102(57).’.

Industrial Hemp - Modern Uses

Taking Hemp to a Whole New Level: Versativa Inspirin - Clue #2

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Reasons for Legalizing Industrial Hemp

It's high-time we legalize Industrial Hemp....



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Grow Your Own House with HEMP!

Awesome video how building material can be made from Hemp. You can actually grow your own house!



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Hemp - An Alternative to Other Crops

I found this video and thought you might like it as well. At The Hemp Resource, our job is to find good information and pass it on to educate the American public about Industrial Hemp.



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Hemp: Reasons Why it Should be Legalized in the United States

This is a great video to reinforce what I have been posting on this blog. We as a nation must be educated about this wonderful plant. It's good for YOU. It's good for the planet. It's good for the economy. Enjoy the video...



Here is another good resource with an abundance of information: The Hemp Resource.

California is Getting Even Closer to Legalizing the Farming of Industrial Hemp!

Here is a letter I just received from Vote Hemp:

We are very happy to report that SB 676, the industrial hemp farming bill, passed out of the Assembly Committee on Agriculture on a 6 to 0 vote! We have been able to attend each of the hearings in the Senate and Assembly and do some lobbying, too. Your support for our work has paid off very nicely. Thank you!

Left to Right: Patrick Goggin, David Bronner,
Bob McFarland, Senator Mark Leno and David Piller

There is one more committee hearing yet to come and we are very optimistic that SB 676 will pass the full Assembly and go to the Governor's desk for his signature.

We have been able to do this thanks to your generous support, but we need your help to reach the finish line. Please like us on Facebook and share our posts with your friends and follow us on Twitter and retweet our posts.

You can also help us by forwarding this email to your friends and family so they can follow our progress and consider making a donation, too. Thank you in advance for all that you do for the cause.

Regards,

Eric Steenstra
President
Vote Hemp

Hemp Beer? Hemp is Getting Attention Everywhere!

This article was taken from The Mansfield New Journal.

It's not often a beer makes me want a salad, but this new one did. The beer is Hemp Hop Rye, from O'Fallon Brewery. It was introduced in bottles this spring. I hadn't tried many O'Fallon beers, and the unusual ingredients caught my eye when I saw it on the shelf. So, I took a chance.

I've never seen a beer brewed with hemp seeds before, but it actually was the rye that made me pick this one up. Not long ago I tried Red's Rye PA from Founder's Brewing. I liked the dryness of the rye malts, the hint of whiskey flavors and the heavy levels of hops in that Founder's ale. I figured another rye beer might be a good thing.

And it was good, but on a completely different level.

O'Fallon bills this one as a "smooth and flavorful everyday beer that isn't overwhelming."

That sums it up accurately in my book. There is very little bitterness, and not much hoppiness. Cascade and Hallertau hops are used, but not at an intense level.

If you want a beer that goes all kung fu on your taste buds, this isn't it.

If you want a beer that tickles your taste buds, however, this might do it.

Let's start with the aroma. If you've ever been to an outdoor music festival or a rock concert, you know what marijuana smells like. I half expected the aroma of this brew to have some of that character, but it did not. It's a lightly scented beer that smells like beer, although perhaps a bit nutty.

I detected nothing in the flavor of this beer to remind me of that marijuana scent, either. The rye character was not as strong as I expected, but that left room for the hemp seeds to assert themselves. It ends up being a refreshing, subtle beer that would pair well with a light afternoon lunch, perhaps involving a fresh crisp salad with a lot of cucumber and some shrimp. The toasted hemp seeds add a pleasant, nutty flavor to this beer.

Hemp Hop Rye could be an everyday beer for some, although my everyday beers tend to be higher up on the boldness ladder. A drinker who likes a steady diet of smooth amber ales might find this one to be a nice change of pace.

About those hemp seeds: The connection with marijuana means O'Fallon brews this under close scrutiny. THC -- tetrahydrocannabinol --is the chemical in pot that makes smokers high. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that O'Fallon must submit samples of seeds to the federal government every time a new shipment comes in, to make sure there is no THC in the beer.

I certainly did not feel high after drinking mine, and at 5.5 percent alcohol by volume I didn't feel particularly buzzed, either. I did get a bit of the munchies, though -- if suddenly thinking, "This beer would be awesome with a fresh salad" counts as munchies.

Steve Goble is a copy editor and a beer snob. You can discuss beer on his blog at MansfieldNewsJournal.com/beer, or by following him on Twitter at Twitter.com/brewologist.