Saturday, September 25, 2010

Asheville firm cuts out toxins in Push for clean, green housing

Asheville firm cuts out toxins in Push for clean, green housing Asheville Citizen-Times The home was constructed mostly with a hemp -based material, a combination of hemp , lime and water called “hemcrete.” The outside walls are all constructed ... and more »

--- Full Story @ http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20100926/NEWS/309260008

Jorge Cervantes at 2010 International Cannabis & Hemp Expo

THE Weed Blog (blog) Jorge Cervantes at 2010 International Cannabis & Hemp Expo THE Weed Blog (blog) Jorge Cervantes, world-renowned expert on cannabis cultivation, is expected to speak during the 2010 International Cannabis & Hemp Expo at 1:30 pm on ... Cannabis Expo Returns to Daly City NBC Bay Area all 2 news articles »

--- Full Story @ http://www.theweedblog.com/jorge-cervantes-at-2010-international-cannabis-hemp-expo/

Friday, September 24, 2010

Michigan Politician Wants to Legalize Hemp

Michigan Politician Wants to Legalize Hemp THE Weed Blog (blog) HB 6480 is an industrial hemp farming bill and HB 6479 is an industrial hemp study bill. Both were introduced by Representative LaMar Lemmons and were ...

--- Full Story @ http://www.theweedblog.com/michigan-politician-wants-to-legalize-hemp/

Cannabis Expo Returns to Daly City

Cannabis Expo Returns to Daly City NBC Bay Area The International Cannabis and Hemp Expo had such great success in April that it's making a return trip, complete with an area for card-carrying medical pot ... and more »

--- Full Story @ http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/Cannabis-Expo-Returns-to-Daly-City-103720134.html

Bath team tests properties of hemp as building material

Bath team tests properties of hemp as building material The Engineer Researchers at Bath University believe that hemp could be used to build environmentally friendly homes of the future. A consortium, led by the BRE Centre ...

--- Full Story @ http://www.theengineer.co.uk/news/bath-team-tests-properties-of-hemp-as-building-material/1005122.article

A biological solution to animal pandemics

A biological solution to animal pandemics EurekAlert (press release) The lowest layer is a densely woven hemp , flax or jute fabric chosen for its toughness, resistance and flexibility, and stitched in hemp or jute fibres. ... and more »

--- Full Story @ http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-09/e-abs092410.php

Court jails farmer 15 years for transporting Indian hemp

Court jails farmer 15 years for transporting Indian hemp Ghana News Agency 24, GNA - A 26- year- old farmer, Issah Ayaba has been sentenced on his own plea to 15 years imprisonment for possessing 98 parcels of Indian hemp weighing ...

--- Full Story @ http://www.ghananewsagency.org/s_humaninterest/r_20778/

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Flowers stand so very tall in Calne

Flowers stand so very tall in Calne North Wiltshire and Kennet Gazette & Herald Grandmother of five Joan Hemp was amazed when old seeds she planted on a whim grew into enormous sunflowers. Mrs Hemp , 77, who tends the communal gardens at ... and more »

--- Full Story @ http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/8410631.Flowers_stand_so_very_tall_in_Calne/

Medical Marijuana Inc Successfully Launches Product Sales With Over 3200 ...

Medical Marijuana Inc Successfully Launches Product Sales With Over 3200 ... MarketWatch (press release) "The public knowledge that is already in place regarding the benefits of Medicinal Mushrooms and Hemp Protein is extremely encouraging. ... and more »

--- Full Story @ http://www.marketwatch.com/story/medical-marijuana-inc-successfully-launches-product-sales-with-over-3200-distributors-in-the-hemp-network-2010-09-23?reflink=MW_news_stmp

Film fest focuses on hemp world

Film fest focuses on hemp world Canada.com The International Hempology 101 Society presents the first annual Gulf Island Cannabis Film Fest Saturday at the Roxy Theatre on Gabriola Island. ...

--- Full Story @ http://www.canada.com/Film+fest+focuses+hemp+world/3567268/story.html

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Solar Powered, Hemp Bodied Electric Car

Energy Matters Solar Powered, Hemp Bodied Electric Car - Now That's Green Energy Matters One has gone so far as using a different sort of green in the body of an electric car - hemp - and it's stirring up quite a buzz. Recently unveiled at the ... Hemp Bodied EV For Driving, Not Smoking EarthTechling Hemp -based body panels among Eve's green plans Metro Canada - Edmonton all 8 news articles »

--- Full Story @ http://www.energymatters.com.au/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=1075

RAB seize 18-kg hemp from Comilla

RAB seize 18-kg hemp from Comilla The New Nation A team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested one person and seized 18-kg of hemp from Nazirabazar area under Adarsha Sadar upazila of the district in the ...

--- Full Story @ http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2010/09/23/news0000.htm

Smoke from Indian hemp ejects residents of Tarkwa

Myjoyonline.com Smoke from Indian hemp ejects residents of Tarkwa Myjoyonline.com Residents of Tarkwa have expressed their dissatisfaction at the burning of a large quantity of Indian hemp at the Tarkwa Circuit court premises on September ...

--- Full Story @ http://news.myjoyonline.com/news/201009/52629.asp

Hemp Bodied EV For Driving, Not Smoking

EarthTechling Hemp Bodied EV For Driving, Not Smoking EarthTechling There's already a hemp car, but this isn't like that. The new vehicle creating a buzz isn't powered by the plant. ... Hemp -based body panels among Eve's green plans Metro Canada - Edmonton all 7 news articles »

--- Full Story @ http://www.earthtechling.com/2010/09/canadian-company-bets-on-hemp-bodied-ev/

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Experts talk cotton at MU summit

Experts talk cotton at MU summit Columbia Daily Tribune Hemp has been grown for at least 12000 years for fiber (textiles and paper) and seed (food and fuel). It has been effectively prohibited in the United ... and more »

--- Full Story @ http://www.columbiatribune.com/comments/cr/73/57228/

Flax For Victory? Super Seed Bumps Hemp

Fast Company Flax For Victory? Super Seed Bumps Hemp Fast Company The patented process called CRAiLAR was previously used on hemp , but its primary benefits are now being seen with flax. NAT bathes the flax in an enzyme ... and more »

--- Full Story @ http://www.fastcompany.com/1690295/flax-bumps-hemp-for-new-spotlight-in-sustainable-industries

Festival to promote hemp

Festival to promote hemp Daily Utah Chronicle "Hempfest is dedicated to promoting the sustainability and versatility of hemp and marijuana," said Valerie Douroux, director of SSDP at the U and a film ...

--- Full Story @ http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/news/festival-to-promote-hemp-1.2336916

Motive Industries reveals hemp electric car plan

News & Observer Motive Industries reveals hemp electric car plan Business Green Hemp -based cars are not new. Henry Ford built one in 1941 and in 2008 Lotus unveiled the Eco Elise, a hemp -based version of its sport model with solar ... Motive's Cannabis-Composite Kestrel Electric Car Revealed Gas 2.0 Revealed: Canada's cannabis-composite electric car concept, the Kestrel Autoblog (blog) all 5 news articles »

--- Full Story @ http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2270107/motive-takes-wraps-hemp-car

Reintroducing Industrial Hemp

Reintroducing Industrial Hemp Business Lexington Lexington, KY - The Hemp Revolution, a documentary film about the multi-faceted hemp plant, will be shown at 6:45 pm on Monday, ...

--- Full Story @ http://www.bizlex.com/Articles-c-2010-09-21-95140.113117_Reintroducing_Industrial_Hemp.html

Motive Industries takes wraps off hemp car

News & Observer Motive Industries takes wraps off hemp car Business Green Hemp -based cars are not new. Henry Ford built one in 1941, and in 2008 Lotus unveiled the Eco Elise, a hemp -based version of its sport model, ... Motive's Cannabis-Composite Kestrel Electric Car Revealed Gas 2.0 Revealed: Canada's cannabis-composite electric car concept, the Kestrel Autoblog (blog) all 4 news articles »

--- Full Story @ http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2270107/motive-takes-wraps-hemp-car

Monday, September 20, 2010

Calif. marijuana initiative irks Washington

Calif. marijuana initiative irks Washington Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) It is simply time we stopped turning casual hemp users into criminals. It is time that we stopped footing the bill to arrest, convict and pay for ... and more »

--- Full Story @ http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/2010/09/20/calif-marijuana-initiative-irks-washington/?cxntfid=blogs_bob_barr_blog

NAT creates sustainable, commercially viable complement to cotton

NAT creates sustainable, commercially viable complement to cotton Trading Markets (press release) After transforming hemp fibers into yarns and fabrics with the desirable qualities of cotton, NAT stated it is now engaged in a strategic shift to use flax ... NAT looks to flax for next Crailar phase Ecotextile News all 14 news articles »

--- Full Story @ http://www.tradingmarkets.com/news/stock-alert/nadvf_nat-creates-sustainable-commercially-viable-complement-to-cotton-1179229.html

NATURALLY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES THE FIRST SUSTAINABLE, COMMERCIALLY ...

NATURALLY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES THE FIRST SUSTAINABLE, COMMERCIALLY ... PR Newswire (press release) After successfully transforming hemp fibers into yarns and fabrics with the desirable qualities of cotton, NAT stated it is now engaged in a strategic shift ... and more »

--- Full Story @ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/naturally-advanced-technologies-announces-the-first-sustainable-commercially-viable-complement-to-cotton-103266964.html

Onyx Performing Live At The Hemp Fest In Boston

Onyx Performing Live At The Hemp Fest In Boston BallerStatus.com ... and other things individually, they have time to do some spot dates here and there ... and that's what fans saw at last month's Hemp Fest in Boston. ...

--- Full Story @ http://www.ballerstatus.com/2010/09/20/onyx-performing-live-at-the-hemp-fest-in-boston/

First hemp fair opens in Prague

First hemp fair opens in Prague Prague Daily Monitor Prague, Sept 17 (CTK) - The first Cannabizz 2010 international hemp fair in the Czech Republic, closely watched by the police, was opened in Prague-Karlin ... and more »

--- Full Story @ http://www.praguemonitor.com/2010/09/20/first-hemp-fair-opens-prague

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Fashion Flies The Eco Flag in London

Telegraph.co.uk Fashion Flies The Eco Flag in London Women's Wear Daily GREEN GODDESSES: “Everyone has this obsession with hemp ! Sustainable fashion is no longer about hemp !” Laura Bailey enthused Friday as a crowd gathered in ... Eco Fashion Show Hosted by Prince Charles Tiny Green Bubble all 4 news articles »

--- Full Story @ http://www.wwd.com/fashion-week/spring-ready-to-wear-2011/fashion-scoops/fashion-flies-the-eco-flag-in-london-3285094?city=london

Stein campaign blows smoke

Stein campaign blows smoke Examiner.com It should surprise no one that Jill Stein was the only gubernatorial candidate attending Saturday's annual Hemp Fest rally on Boston Common. ... Stein at pot rally: Create a Cannabis Reform Commission Belmont Citizen-Herald (blog) all 3 news articles »

--- Full Story @ http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-boston/stein-campaign-blows-smoke

Stein at pot rally: Create a Cannabis Reform Commission

Stein at pot rally: Create a Cannabis Reform Commission Belmont Citizen-Herald (blog) At Saturday's annual Hemp Fest on the Boston Common, Green-Rainbow gubernatorial candidate Jill Stein came out in favor of marijuana ... and more »

--- Full Story @ http://blogs.wickedlocal.com/masspolitics/2010/09/19/stein-at-pot-rally-create-a-cannabis-reform-commission/

Hemp, car parts and poo power

Hemp , car parts and poo power Edmonton Journal Scientists Jan Slaski, left, and John Wolodko use industrial hemp mixed with plastic to make ...

--- Full Story @ http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Hemp+parts+power/3546633/story.html