What would you do if you knew that the solution to global was illegal? With the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2007, it may not be for long. But until then, we have literally been legislated to death with allowable pollution levels. If we want a chance at living, we've got to radically change the way we interact with the environment.
The solution to global warming is to reduce the excess CO2 gases from the air. It's a cause and effect thing.
I write this with the assumption that folks want to solve the problem of global warming rather than get caught up in a pointless conversation of blame, source and possibility. We’ve run out of time for such silly games.
Hemp is a biomass champion that scrubs the air of the excess greenhouse gas CO2 as it grows. Beginning by growing on only 20% of unused federal land, plus independent growing, could have an impact. Harvesting some of the ice bergs breaking off the poles could provide clean, fresh water for irrigation in baron areas.
As biofuel, hemp burns clean and is four times more efficient than corn. Anything that toxic energy (nuclear, oil, gas, coal, etc.) can do, hemp can do better, cleaner and more efficiently from powering a home to flying a plane.
Since hemp is wind and not bee pollinated it can also assist as a supplemental food source in case the bees don't return.
The solution, hemp, is illegal. Hemp was made that way by the toxic energy and other special interests.
There is no shortage of uses for the hemp crops after they’ve grown. Hemp can help heal our economy with new products and saved energy costs. Hemp reduces the main source of illness, stress. Hemp is a tree saver when used as paper pulp. Hemp is a fantastic fabric and has over 50,000 other constructive uses.
The hempification process will empower the family farmer and all ancillary small businesses by bringing energy production back into the hands of the people. Energy created, from plant to power, in the same community. If we can put hemp growth, processing and wisely projected market needs on Microsoft’s new version of Project Manager, coordinated via the Departments of Agriculture, Energy and others, we can take this step to reduce the excess CO2 levels in the atmosphere now.
For more information I urge you to read the book or see the video posted on Google, Yahoo and YouTube HEMP FOR VICTORY: A GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTION by Richard M. Davis of the USA Hemp Museum. www.hempmuseum.org
My questions are:
1. Davis’s book explains how hemp can help solve the problem of global warming How can we work together to re-establish the World War II program of Hemp For Victory?
2. How can folks better support the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2007, in congressional committee now?
3. To repeat my opening question, what would you do if you knew that the solution to global warming was illegal?
The bees are going. The planet is heating up. The cancer rates are rising. And the band just keeps playing on.
We have literally been legislated to death by toxic energy domination. Only we can save ourselves.
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Vote Hemp Reports Support For Industrial Hemp In CA
Contact: Adam Eidinger, +1-202-744-2671, adam@votehemp.com, or Tom Murphy, +1-207-542-4998, tom@votehemp.com, both of Vote Hemp
SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
Vote Hemp, the nation's leading grassroots organization working to give farmers the right to grow non-psychoactive industrial hemp to be made into everything from food, clothing, paper, body care, bio-fuel and even auto parts, has released a new poll of 801 likely California voters about industrial hemp. The telephone poll has a 3.5% margin of error and sampled likely California voters from February 22 - 26. The survey was conducted by the respected research firm Zogby International on behalf of Vote Hemp and five manufacturers of hemp food products including Alpsnack(TM), French Meadow Bakery(TM), Living Harvest(TM), Nature's Path Organic Foods(TM) and Nutiva(TM).
The poll results released today for the first time confirm there is strong support for reform on the issue of industrial hemp. A total of 71% support changing state law to allow farmers to grow hemp and of those surveyed 46% strongly support and another 25% somewhat support changing state law so California farmers can supply manufacturers with hemp seed, oil and fiber. Presently companies must import hemp from other countries.
Over the past several years the California Legislature has passed resolutions and bills to permit farmers to grow industrial hemp. AB 684, the California Industrial Hemp Farming Act, is authored by Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) and Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (R-Irvine) and will be heard in the Assembly Public Safety Committee on Tuesday, March 27, 2007. If passed and signed into law, AB 684 would regulate commercial industrial hemp farming in California. Today more than 30 industrialized nations grow industrial hemp and export to the US. It is the only crop that is both illegal to grow and legal for Americans to import. Sales of hemp food and body care products have grown rapidly in recent years fueling an expansion of hemp farming in Canada which topped 48,000 acres in 2006.
Poll questions and results regarding industrial hemp farming policy and consumer attitudes on hemp products and nutrition can be viewed online at http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/usnw/pl_usnw/storytext/poll_shows_strong_voter_support_for_industrial_hemp_farming_in_california/22322592/SIG=114ergpur/*http://www.votehemp.com/polls.html. There is evidence of strong support among men and women and self-identified liberal and conservative voters on the issue. Among California Republicans, 60% support changing state law on hemp while 74% of Democrats are in support. Support was also steady among all age groups, ranging from 54% of 18 to 29 year olds to 82% of 30 to 49 year olds, 74% of 50 to 64 years olds and 60% of those over 65 years old.
Assemblyman Mark Leno, who introduced AB 684 in February said, "The Zogby poll underscores that California voters of all political persuasions support changing the senseless policy of importing industrial hemp while prohibiting our own farmers from growing it."
More information about hemp legislation and the crop's many uses can be found at http://www.VoteHemp.com.
SOURCE Vote Hemp
SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
Vote Hemp, the nation's leading grassroots organization working to give farmers the right to grow non-psychoactive industrial hemp to be made into everything from food, clothing, paper, body care, bio-fuel and even auto parts, has released a new poll of 801 likely California voters about industrial hemp. The telephone poll has a 3.5% margin of error and sampled likely California voters from February 22 - 26. The survey was conducted by the respected research firm Zogby International on behalf of Vote Hemp and five manufacturers of hemp food products including Alpsnack(TM), French Meadow Bakery(TM), Living Harvest(TM), Nature's Path Organic Foods(TM) and Nutiva(TM).
The poll results released today for the first time confirm there is strong support for reform on the issue of industrial hemp. A total of 71% support changing state law to allow farmers to grow hemp and of those surveyed 46% strongly support and another 25% somewhat support changing state law so California farmers can supply manufacturers with hemp seed, oil and fiber. Presently companies must import hemp from other countries.
Over the past several years the California Legislature has passed resolutions and bills to permit farmers to grow industrial hemp. AB 684, the California Industrial Hemp Farming Act, is authored by Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) and Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (R-Irvine) and will be heard in the Assembly Public Safety Committee on Tuesday, March 27, 2007. If passed and signed into law, AB 684 would regulate commercial industrial hemp farming in California. Today more than 30 industrialized nations grow industrial hemp and export to the US. It is the only crop that is both illegal to grow and legal for Americans to import. Sales of hemp food and body care products have grown rapidly in recent years fueling an expansion of hemp farming in Canada which topped 48,000 acres in 2006.
Poll questions and results regarding industrial hemp farming policy and consumer attitudes on hemp products and nutrition can be viewed online at http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/usnw/pl_usnw/storytext/poll_shows_strong_voter_support_for_industrial_hemp_farming_in_california/22322592/SIG=114ergpur/*http://www.votehemp.com/polls.html. There is evidence of strong support among men and women and self-identified liberal and conservative voters on the issue. Among California Republicans, 60% support changing state law on hemp while 74% of Democrats are in support. Support was also steady among all age groups, ranging from 54% of 18 to 29 year olds to 82% of 30 to 49 year olds, 74% of 50 to 64 years olds and 60% of those over 65 years old.
Assemblyman Mark Leno, who introduced AB 684 in February said, "The Zogby poll underscores that California voters of all political persuasions support changing the senseless policy of importing industrial hemp while prohibiting our own farmers from growing it."
More information about hemp legislation and the crop's many uses can be found at http://www.VoteHemp.com.
SOURCE Vote Hemp
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