Showing posts with label hemp bio-fuel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hemp bio-fuel. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
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Friday, February 24, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Why They Demonized Hemp - The Truth is Make You Free!
I was on the phone with a distributor today and our conversation made me mad! We were talking about hemp and what each of us are finding out about this wonderful plant. It makes me mad that our government has demonized hemp and has instilled into the mind of Americas that hemp is a drug and is only good for getting people high! This simply is not the case. Like ANYTHING else, when abused, it gets bad press. Hemp was never meant to be smoked. It's a plant that is good for food. It was created by God to nourish and heal the body.
Here's the irony...The FDA will let any Tom, Dick, Harry, Jane, Suzy, or Joyce take drugs with side affects that can lead to death! They will let the Pharmaceutical companies poison us all in the name of making you "better." No drug can make you better! The best they can do is mask symptoms. Don't get me wrong, I am not against medicine and all drugs, but I am against the conspiracy behind making hemp illegal under the FALSEHOOD that it is for drug addicts and ex-hippies...thus is not good for society.
Let's talk about marijuana and its distant cousin industrial hemp. Marijuana can get you high if you smoke it. Industrial hemp will probably make you sick if you try smoking it. I am against smoking marijuana for the high. But I am for both marijuana and industrial hemp for their nutritional and healing properties. It has been proven that hemp can heal cancer and many other diseases. Industrial hemp seeds and oil are natures perfect food. If that's all you had to eat, your could live the rest of your life just off this one plant and live long!
Industrial hemp is also responsible for over 30,000 eco-friendly products. Industrial hemp also has earth healing properties. Ask the Russians around Chernobyl.
How about marijuana? It has awesome disease fighting properties, especially the oil! So why the demonization of both these plants? What would the economy look like without cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and the myriad of other killer diseases? There is BIG MONEY is SICKNESS! What would happen to the pink ribbons (more big money), the heart hospitals, the cancer hospitals and clinics? What would happen to all the drug companies?
What if God put the cure for many diseases right before us? It's obvious that He DID! If marijuana and industrial hemp were legalized I am pretty sure disease would go down and a lot of money would be saved.
It is against my policy to mix marijuana and industrial hemp in the same article. This site is for the promotion of industrial hemp. There is a difference between marijuana and industrial hemp and BOTH have their place in our world. I just wish our government would get out of the way so people can get healthy and live!
The more people are awakened to the TRUTH, maybe that will pressure our government to finally do something to legalize hemp. Get educated! Become knowledgeable and make a difference.
To find out more, please go to my Versativa Website and review all the posts on this blog.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Hemp Would be a Boon to Kentucky Agriculture, Lawmakers Say
By Janet Patton — jpatton1@herald-leader.com
Posted: 12:00am on Jan 20, 2012; Modified: 7:33am on Jan 20, 2012
Reposted on this blog 1/21/2012 with full credits going to source and author.
FRANKFORT — Kentucky farmers could be on the forefront of agriculture again with an age-old crop: hemp.
With the support of Agriculture Commissioner James Comer, Kentucky legislators filed a bill Thursday to put Comer at the head of the long-dormant Kentucky Industrial Hemp Commission and renew a push to bring the crop back.
Hemp, otherwise known as Cannabis sativa, is one of the world's oldest crop plants, but it has been outlawed for decades because of its association with marijuana, even though hemp has almost none of the chemical that gives users a high.
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, has filed legislation to lift current federal restrictions that keep farmers from sowing the seeds of the hemp revolution.
Comer said that if House Bill 286 is approved by the General Assembly, he will petition federal authorities for a permit for Kentucky to grow hemp. The state Department of Agriculture would regulate hemp permits, at least in the beginning, he said.
"It's symbolic," Comer said. "But this will send a message to Washington that we're serious about this in Kentucky."
Currently, only Hawaii has a permit, but no hemp is being grown there, said state Sen. Joey Pendleton, D-Hopkinsville.
Pendleton, who has long pushed for legalizing industrial hemp, joined Reps. Richard Henderson, D-Jeffersonville; Keith Hall, D-Phelps; and Ryan Quarles, R-Georgetown, in announcing the legislation Thursday.
Several years ago, the University of Kentucky sought a permit, but the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency wouldn't issue one, Pendleton said. Now, he said, Washington might be more ready to listen.
"The time to act is now," he said.
Comer said he has had positive signals from several Kentucky lawmakers in Washington and has seen no backlash from Kentuckians or law enforcement for his support for hemp.
Pendleton and Phelps said they think farmers and others would line up to apply for state permits if the bill is approved. And they see a big future for hemp products, including ethanol production, fiber, textiles, food, cosmetics and car parts.
Studies have estimated that growing hemp could have a significant economic impact, particularly if processing centers also are built in the state.
"We could talk about the textile mills and the jobs that would be created. We could talk about the paper mills and the jobs that would be created," Henderson said. "We don't have any agenda other than we want to diversify our agricultural economy and create jobs."
Phelps said hemp could be a "gold mine." He said it would be perfect for mountaintop-removal mine reclamation projects, where it could be harvested for fiber or ethanol and would help repair environmental damage.
Comer said hemp could help replace the income lost in Eastern Kentucky as tobacco production moved west. "There's a void in many family farms," he said. "I believe that industrial hemp is a viable option for family farmers in Kentucky."
Craig Lee of the Green Coal Coalition has lobbied for hemp legalization since the early 1990s. He said he thinks the tide is finally turning.
"What's different now is the economy's in the tank," Lee said. Hemp provides the perfect opportunity for farmers, for job creation and for carbon-neutral energy creation all in one package, he said. "You can't truly be green without hemp."
Ironically, the recent death of Kentucky political figure Gatewood Galbraith, who campaigned for the legalization of marijuana and hemp, has given new life to the issue.
"I think it raised awareness of issues that were close to his heart," said Jonathan Miller, the former secretary of state who recently endorsed legalizing marijuana. Miller said he was a late convert to the cause but that Galbraith helped convince him.
"I realized Gatewood was right," Miller said. "If his death has helped get the debate started again, I'm sure he's smiling down on this from above."
Reach Janet Patton at (859) 231-3264 or 1-800-950-6397, Ext. 3264.
Posted: 12:00am on Jan 20, 2012; Modified: 7:33am on Jan 20, 2012
Reposted on this blog 1/21/2012 with full credits going to source and author.
FRANKFORT — Kentucky farmers could be on the forefront of agriculture again with an age-old crop: hemp.
With the support of Agriculture Commissioner James Comer, Kentucky legislators filed a bill Thursday to put Comer at the head of the long-dormant Kentucky Industrial Hemp Commission and renew a push to bring the crop back.
Hemp, otherwise known as Cannabis sativa, is one of the world's oldest crop plants, but it has been outlawed for decades because of its association with marijuana, even though hemp has almost none of the chemical that gives users a high.
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, has filed legislation to lift current federal restrictions that keep farmers from sowing the seeds of the hemp revolution.
Comer said that if House Bill 286 is approved by the General Assembly, he will petition federal authorities for a permit for Kentucky to grow hemp. The state Department of Agriculture would regulate hemp permits, at least in the beginning, he said.
"It's symbolic," Comer said. "But this will send a message to Washington that we're serious about this in Kentucky."
Currently, only Hawaii has a permit, but no hemp is being grown there, said state Sen. Joey Pendleton, D-Hopkinsville.
Pendleton, who has long pushed for legalizing industrial hemp, joined Reps. Richard Henderson, D-Jeffersonville; Keith Hall, D-Phelps; and Ryan Quarles, R-Georgetown, in announcing the legislation Thursday.
Several years ago, the University of Kentucky sought a permit, but the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency wouldn't issue one, Pendleton said. Now, he said, Washington might be more ready to listen.
"The time to act is now," he said.
Comer said he has had positive signals from several Kentucky lawmakers in Washington and has seen no backlash from Kentuckians or law enforcement for his support for hemp.
Pendleton and Phelps said they think farmers and others would line up to apply for state permits if the bill is approved. And they see a big future for hemp products, including ethanol production, fiber, textiles, food, cosmetics and car parts.
Studies have estimated that growing hemp could have a significant economic impact, particularly if processing centers also are built in the state.
"We could talk about the textile mills and the jobs that would be created. We could talk about the paper mills and the jobs that would be created," Henderson said. "We don't have any agenda other than we want to diversify our agricultural economy and create jobs."
Phelps said hemp could be a "gold mine." He said it would be perfect for mountaintop-removal mine reclamation projects, where it could be harvested for fiber or ethanol and would help repair environmental damage.
Comer said hemp could help replace the income lost in Eastern Kentucky as tobacco production moved west. "There's a void in many family farms," he said. "I believe that industrial hemp is a viable option for family farmers in Kentucky."
Craig Lee of the Green Coal Coalition has lobbied for hemp legalization since the early 1990s. He said he thinks the tide is finally turning.
"What's different now is the economy's in the tank," Lee said. Hemp provides the perfect opportunity for farmers, for job creation and for carbon-neutral energy creation all in one package, he said. "You can't truly be green without hemp."
Ironically, the recent death of Kentucky political figure Gatewood Galbraith, who campaigned for the legalization of marijuana and hemp, has given new life to the issue.
"I think it raised awareness of issues that were close to his heart," said Jonathan Miller, the former secretary of state who recently endorsed legalizing marijuana. Miller said he was a late convert to the cause but that Galbraith helped convince him.
"I realized Gatewood was right," Miller said. "If his death has helped get the debate started again, I'm sure he's smiling down on this from above."
Reach Janet Patton at (859) 231-3264 or 1-800-950-6397, Ext. 3264.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
You Too Can Build a Hemp Business
Saturday, November 19, 2011
The Hemp Revolution is Spreading!
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THE HEMP REVOLUTION, SERVE MANKIND WITH AWESOME HEMP PRODUCTS AND MAKE AN INCOME DOING IT, GO TO MY VERSATIVA HEMPSITE TO FIND OUT MORE.
Monday, October 17, 2011
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