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Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) Monday introduced an amendment to the omnibus farm bill to allow farmers to grow industrial hemp, the Huffington Post reported.

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As the nation prepares to re-embrace the cannabis plant, few among us know the American history of this ancient friend of humanity.  Hemp was integral to the early history of America.  The plant itself was exchanged as money because the plant was used by all peoples in all places.   This practice continued until the early 1800′s.  In these days it was a rare farm that did not give at least one cultivated field over to the hemp plant.

 
By 1721 British colonists received subsidies from the Crown in exchange for growing hemp. This fed the enormous appetite of the British navy for hemp with which to make rope and sails. There were periods of time when the colonial government made the cultivation of hemp mandatory. in 1733 South Carolina spent money promoting an interest in growing hemp and flax to its citizens. Georgia provided free seed and instructions to its’ farmers in 1767. North Carolina provided warehouse and inspection services for exports of hemp. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson both grew hemp. In 1810 John Quincy Adams traveled to Russia to study hemp growing in that country.

Hemp went west with the nation. Conestoga wagons were covered with canvas hemp. But in time cheaper alternatives to hemp fiber were developed. Machines to make processing of other fibers, like cotton, were developed. Hemp still got processed by hand. Hemp fiber had advantages but was becoming costly.

New uses for hemp, especially for the pulp of the plant, called “hurds,” were on the horizon. Industries as diverse as paper, plastics and explosives can use the cellulose rich hurds. USDA Bulletin 404, published in 1916, stated that, “without a doubt, hemp will continue to be one of the staple agricultural crops of the United States.” 1n the 1930′s Ford Motors had plans for a car built from hemp. That same car could be fueled by hemp, as the base for bio-diesel.

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By Steve Elliott
Hemp News

Colorado's first industrial hemp crop in almost 60 years is now growing.

Ryan Loftin, a farmer in Springfield, Colorado, on Monday began planting 60 acres of industrial hemp in fields previously used for alfalfa, according to the Denver Post.

He and business partner Chris Thompson are installing a seed press to produce hemp seed oil, reports Patricia Collier of The Associated Press.

Hemp, like marijuana, comes is a form of the cannabis plant. Industrial hemp typically contains little or no THC, the main psychoactive substance in marijuana, but it has dozens of uses in food, fuel, clothing and industrial materials.

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Our farmers need this valuable crop to be returned as an option for commercial agriculture

By D. Paul Stanford, Hemp News Director

Hemp is the ultimate cash crop, producing more fiber, food and oil than any other plant on the planet. According to the Notre Dame University publication, The Midlands Naturalist, from a 1975 article called, "Feral Hemp in Southern Illinois," about the wild hemp fields that annual efforts from law enforcement eradication teams cannot wipe out, an acre of hemp produces:

1. 8,000 pounds of hemp seed per acre.

* When cold-pressed, the 8,000 pounds of hemp seed yield over 300 gallons of hemp seed oil and a byproduct of
* 6,000 pounds of high protein hemp flour.

These seed oils are both a food and a biodiesel fuel. Currently, the most productive seed oil crops are soybeans, sunflower seeds and rape seed or canola. Each of these three seed oil crops produce between 100 to 120 gallons of oil per acre. Hemp seed produces three times more oil per acre than the next most productive seed oil crops, or over 300 gallons per acre, with a byproduct of 3 tons of food per acre. Hemp seed oil is also far more nutritious and beneficial for our health than any other seed oil crop.

In addition to the food and oil produced, there are several other byproducts and benefits to the cultivation of hemp.

2. Six to ten tons per acre of hemp bast fiber. Bast fiber makes canvas, rope, lace, linen, and ultra-thin specialty papers like cigarette and bible papers.

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Although hemp (and of course, its THC-friendly sibling, marijuana) are still illegal at the federal level, Colorado's Amendment 64 has paved the way for new legislation allowing farmers to regist...

Ryan Loflin, seen above storing his hemp seeds in a bag, planted the largest hemp crop in Colorado in 60 years. Loflin is planting 60 acres of hemp on land that was used for alfalfa. The crop has already gained much attention from media and a documentary film crew.

Loflin and his business partner, Chris Thompson, will also be installing a seed press to produce hemp oil.

Collaborators in the documentary include the Colorado-based advocacy group Hemp Cleans and hemp-products company Hemp Inc.

“This is monumental for our industry,” said Bruce Perlowin, chief executive of Hemp Inc. “It will unlock a clean industrial revolution that will be good for the economy, good for jobs and good for the environment.”

 

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