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 Cannabis Hemp can replace any of the products made from timber. No more forests would be needlessly wasted.  All the paper we make from trees
could be made even better by using Cannabis Hemp. We can produce more paper per acre than trees. Each Cannabis plant grown saves 12 trees. Hemp uses about 1/7 the chemicals used in paper manufacturing. Right now we cut down about 500 million cubic meters of forest every year. Hemp can be used for concrete, particle board, insulation, drywall, cabinets, and furniture. We could build a house from Hemp materials without excess pollution, and without cutting down a single tree. In addition, hemp products include: clothing, food, furniture, medical uses, cars, fuel and much more! Logging our trees is not necessary. There is no need to waste our land when Hemp could easily replace our timber. This destruction reaches into the pockets of every taxpayer, and destroys our environment.
Now it is time to turn to the future.
Hemp is our solution.
Editor’s Letter
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reeting to you fellow Hemp’sters and progressive minded friends, welcome to another inspiring issue of Hemp Nation Magazine. We are a little past the half-year mark and the Cannabis world is going off-the-charts on so many levels. Even though it seems a bit out-of-control, it is important to stand our ground and bring back ‘the plant’, collectively!
Yes, the Cannabis movement has many reasons for its re-emergence… one of the greatest being, our “Human Rights.” It is our right to grow, ingest, wear, build and create a sustainable Cannabis world for all people to naturally enjoy and participate in. (I would like to add, not all Cannabis is the same. If you do not care for it recreationally, this does not mean the 25,000+ ways you can use hemp would be off limits.) Cannabis truly has something for everyone; it has been around for over 10,000+ years (recorded years) and can be used in a multitude of ways, as you will see in this issue. Speaking of this issue HEMP INDEPENDENCE, participation is the name of the game. If you can get involved, we highly encourage it. Everyone is needed to bring our lives and country back to its natural sustainability… and we ‘can do’ this as we unite for the cause! People and organizations continue to forge ahead with this movement while making impact on our Laws and the ability for our farmers to grow HEMP in this country.
These Game Changers are a major factor in the revolution of the Hemp Industry.
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• National Hemp Association – Zev Paiss - Passing the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015 (click here to sign the petition) http://nhafederalcampaign.org/ • Vote Hemp - “What Can I Do To Help?” http://votehemp.com/what_can_i_do.html • Hemp Industries Association - Since 1994 https://www.thehia.org/# • HempHistoryWeek – Campaign across America http://hemphistoryweek.com/ • International Hemp Building – Since 1997 http://internationalhempbuilding.org/ • Jack Herer – The Emperor Wears no Cloths http://www.hampapartiet.se/25.pdf • Micke Lewis – www.GrowingWarriors.org (Article in this Issue) • Doug Fine - Pioneer/Game changer in the Hemp world - DougFine.com • Courtney N. Moran, LL.M. (Article this issue) • Sean Murphy – Hemp Business Journal–(Article this issue) • Ryan Loflin -1,000 acres of Hemp Growing- http://rockymountainhempinc.com/ advocacy.htm
The above information is a perfect place to begin; they have great information & connections! As the publisher I do need to make one more important comment. We at HNM’s are aware of the allegations directed at HNM’s parent company, Hemp, Inc. HNM, is the media arm for the Hemp World, with NO affiliation to these allegations, nor do we, or did we have any knowledge of this. Hemp, Inc. has been AWESOME to assist HNM along the way as we build the Hemp World with an advertiser & subscriber supported news media source. At the same time, HNM is a stand alone, trusted brand business and I, as the Publisher, stand for the integrity of this news media and everyone on our team! I would like to say, remember what happened in 1937 when the first decorticator was about to lunch a multi-Billion Dollar industry, Cannabis suddenly became a schedule 1 drug! Could it be possible history is repeating itself with Hemp Inc’s Spring Hope Plant about to launch its decorticator? Possible? We’ll see… in the mean time, may the Hemp be with us! …have a great summer and join in the collaboration of creating Hemp Independence. Become a part of the solution with the Hemp Revolution at HempNationMagazine.com. Real-time Video interviews, coming soon! Download Your FREE E-Book; “Hemp, Americas Game Changer!” To our Hemp & Human Rights, Independence! With the Coolest of Regards, Darlene Mea Publisher/Editor 4
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What’s Inside a green wave of opportunity is sweeping america By Hemp Biz Journal
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FEATURE Story
hemp hero spotlight
22 why can’t us farmers
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grow hemp in america?
By thomas ivory, jr.
10 can you trust your cbd
remove industrial hemp from us drug schedules
supplier?
By Scott Holden
By andy kerr, czar
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How to Hemp
Environment 22 Why can’t US farmers grow hemp in America?
Economics 30 A Green Wave of Opportunity is Sweeping America
Veterans 42 Hemp Hero Spotlight State of Affairs 46 Remove Industrial Hemp from US Drug Schedules
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Wellness
Can you
TRUST your CBD SUPPLIER? By Scott Holden
A Business Buying Guide for CBD Product Manufacturers
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onsidering that many consumers of CBD are fighting serious illnesses, it is morally incumbent that product manufacturers source the cleanest and most responsibly manufactured CBD available. It takes experience and knowledge
to circumvent the hype and questionable business practices that exist around any industry that is growing as fast as today’s medical cannabinoid market.
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Wellness The human endocannabinoid system produces cannabinoids naturally to stimulate the millions of cannabinoid receptors in the human body. CBD stimulates the release of these natural cannabinoids returning the body to homeostasis. In a balanced state, inflammation decreases, muscles relax, cerebral blood flow increases, over-stimulated nerves are calmed and the body is able to heal itself. The importance of purity for consumers who may be struggling with a compromised immune system puts a deep level of responsibility on product manufactures to follow safety standards that mirror the best practices of other high-compliance industries. This is especially important, particularly when operating in a space that has no regulatory board for the purpose of monitoring, validating and certifying the practices of hemp product manufacturers. This monitoring should extend to the quality, safety and transparency of the ingredients these companies source to develop their products.
Many would say it’s pretty easy, likely, without lending much thought into what they are buying and where it really comes from. The true differentiating question becomes…do they care? Time has proven that rock bottom pricing is priority #1 for most companies who are willing to overlook a product’s lack of documentation in order to save on costs. Costs that sometimes vary by just 1/10th of a cent per/mg. $0.001 may be the difference of thousands of dollars when purchasing multiple Kg of activated CBD, however very few companies are truly operating at this production level.
If so few companies are operating at a scale that would make fractions of cents per/mg a major issue, what’s really going on? Why is price still the primary buying driver?
Who’s protecting the consumer? How do patients know what safety and transparency practices are in place to insure the CBD company is doing what they say and the ability to prove it!
The answer is that CBD is typically bought and resold several times over before it ever gets into the hands of actual product manufacturers. The price needs to start low when multiple resellers are marking it up a few points between every exchange.
As things stand, hemp businesses must proactively take the responsibility of ensuring consumer safety upon themselves. Any organization’s ability and willingness to do this, especially when not required, may be a good indicator of their long-term viability when safety standards are eventually imposed.
Upon an initial search, there appear to be numerous wholesalers of CBD in the marketplace. In reality, the majority of these businesses are reselling another distributor’s product. They initially request special reduced bulk pricing to bring their cost down. They then sell in smaller size increments at higher prices, but just under the cost of the manufacturer’s own pricing for the same quantity. This allows them to fund their own CBD needs while making margin on the remaining over-purchased product. An unfortunate result of this behavior is that it
So how does a company go about finding a reliable and safe supplier of high quality CBD that is consistent and standardized?
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Wellness creates a false perception that there are more manufacturers than really exist. It additionally provides inaccurate numbers to investors who are interested in the CBD market as they are not looking at revenue models built on consumer buying trends, but those of wholesalers.
out prices, we end up in a situation where business are pressured to make buying decisions that weigh economic vs. ethical risks and rewards. This is a poor environment for medicine that is in high demand from patients with serious illness and compromised immune systems.
Retailers end up believing they have multiple product supply options available to choose from. When in fact, they are typically speaking to different companies who are selling the exact same product that has been split and re-sold several times over. However, this also makes it possible for inferior product to easily be slipped into the mix.
I hold the belief that there are some things in life one should never buy the cheapest versions of, particularly at the expense of quality; underwear, toilet paper, running shoes, parachutes and rock climbing gear. Perhaps we should add to this list, medicine and healthcare.
In a matter of 18 months the industry has watched the price of CBD plummet roughly 500% from $0.10/mg to $0.025/mg. Again, this is not driven by buying behaviors of consumers, as retail prices remain around a 1,000% markup floating around $0.25/mg in competitive products.
So now what? How does one navigate the space to source CBD responsibly and economically? •
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Know the players
US CBD inventories are primarily supplied by two geographies; Europe and China. A very small contribution is made by US domestic farms. US domestic supplies currently suffer from two other challenges. The first is lack of adequate inventory to meet demand forcing them to often backfill orders with foreign product. The second, and more important issue, is that US supplies often contain amounts of regulated THC above the legal limits of 0.3% by weight, rendering the product entirely illegal. Any company found to be
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Wellness involved with this product is just a sitting duck, buying time before the DEA raids their facilities. This is gamble high-compliance businesses can’t afford to take. Be sure you are testing each batch you buy. An issue with Chinese product is that China has no environmental laws. Their CBD oils are notorious for containing pesticides, heavy metals, microbials and residual solvents upon importation. Some product has even tested hot for small amounts of radioactivity. There is one Chinese company that has gone as far as to incorporate a satellite office in Europe prior to exporting to the United States in order to mask its true origin.
• Choose a strategic partnership based on more than price. Work with companies who bring value-add-services to your business and not someone who just “knows a CBD guy”. There are several companies who do compounding and formulation services that deserve modest markups on ingredients for the value and convenience they bring to their customers.
• Develop strong relationships that value shared beliefs of safety, quality and transparency. • Ask questions and request documentation! How the CBD you’re buying was grown, extracted and processed all requires close scrutiny. Insistence on soil-up transparency documentation of the entire chain of custody process, and third party lab testing, are the best ways to ensure that you are sourcing truly pure CBD.
Purity protects the consumer, enables trust in your brand and grows your market share.
Here’s a checklist of the documentation you should be asking your supplier for each time you purchase:
• Certificate of Origin (COO) - shows where the product is exported from. • Farming Certification - shows where the product is grown (Organic farms are much harder to find but do exist). • If the product has a COO, but no farm certificates, it is possible the product was gown in one region and shipped to another prior to importing to the United States (this is the current modality for all product derived from China). • Certificates of Analysis (COAs) – testing for Potency, Pesticides, Heavy Metals and Residual Solvents. • Some companies may go even further and provide an MSDS sheet or cGMP standard facility certifications. When looking for organic farms, consider nuances of marketing. For example Organic Practices do not mean a farm is actually Certified Organic. An EU organic certification reflects a far more stringent set of guidelines than that of the US. The US and the EU do have what is called the US-EU organic Equivalency Arrangement, which was established to standardize organic definitions and certification requirements. However, the agreement falls short in its actual enforcement, where EU regulatory
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Wellness agencies are managed by consumer protection boards and the US is largely made up of agricultural and pharmaceutical special interest conglomerates.
Up and coming in popularity is water soluble CBD powder and oils. CBD can be rendered water soluble through several processes including dry-spray microencapsulation, emulsification agents, lipid profile augmentation and nano particle liposomes agents. Water solubility increases the bioavailability Quality – Know of CBD in the human body by up to 40-50%. This means that products such as medicine and edibles Your Oils require 40-50% less CBD for any given dose to have CBD product ranges in form from dark and pasty the same physiological effect. first phase extraction hemp tars, to beautifully cleaned and refined amber colored oil that is We hope this article is helpful in assisting your fluid and translucent. Dark tar is the lowest company to make both economical and responsible quality product in the market. Further refining buying decisions. You are in a pioneering space and cleans out the chlorophyll and biomass, waxy the future of your business may depend on it. lipids and other unwanted constituents. Even further refined product can be made into a final By Scott Holden, CEO of CBD Global. With hemp 99% pure crystal isolate powder, though trace farms in the Czech Republic, and the strictest purity amounts of dangerous solvents can be found in standards in the industry, CBD Global is committhese when tested. Organic CBD powder tends to ted to consumer safety. CBD Global manufactures have a slight amber hue and the smell of hemp cGMP and EU certified organic CBD in oil, isolate to it. Some synthetics have a chemical odor. and water soluble forms. For more information, contact info@cbdge.com. •
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A single serving of hemp seeds, about two heaping tablespoons, provides 10 grams of protein and 10 grams of omegas. Hemp also packs in all nine essential amino acids, which we need to get through our diet since our bodies don’t produce them naturally.
Buying Tips
Hemp is rich in omega fatty acids, which are prone to spoiling. When buying a bag of hemp seeds you want to look for a solid package that doesn’t have a window for you to look through and see the seeds. A window allows the contents of the bag to be exposed to light, which means the omegas will spoil quicker and go rancid. Also look for a “packaged on” or “best before” date on the bag and buy the newest product you can find. This will help prolong the freshness of your hemp seeds.
Hemp seed oil, which is the oil derived from pressed hemp seeds, contains the most essential fatty acids of any nut or seed oil. Of the three main hemp products on the market—seeds, oil, and protein powder—hemp seeds will provide the broadest spectrum of nutritional benefits per serving.
How to Store
Once you open the package of Hemp seeds, put the package / seeds in to an airtight container and refrigerate or freeze, this will extend the shelf life. Once opened, you can expect a bag of hemp seeds to last for about a year in the refrigerator or freezer. If you keep a package in your pantry, however, that shelf life will be more like 3 to 4 months. If you give your bag of seeds a sniff and they smell rancid, toss them. (source: BonApetit.com)
Eat Healthy with Hemp Seeds
It’s amazing how much nutrition one tiny seed can contain. All seeds are some of the most powerful foods one can eat containing amino acids (protein), iron, B vitamins, and magnesium. Hemp seeds are one of the most popular types of seeds and highest sources of plant-based protein. They’re seamless to digest and contain roughly 13 grams of protein in just 3 tablespoons. Hemp seed protein powder has even more with 13-15 grams depending on the type and brand. Hemp seeds, like other seeds, can also be used anywhere making them incredibly versatile in a variety of recipes. Their mild, slightly nutty flavor can be paired with savory or sweet ingredients, and they even have the ability to cream up nicely as a great replacement to dairy-based dishes. (source: onegreenplanet.com) 16
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Environment
WHY CAN’T
US Farmers Grow Hemp in America
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There are many truths on why farmers can’t grow hemp in America. Throughout the 20th Century, and now into the 21st, two reasons may be:
Hemp is easy to grow and hemp is sustainable. Anyone can grow hemp with minimal knowledge and skill. Anyone can yield a fine harvest with only a few acres. Anyone can benefit from the abundance of the plant. Anyone can do it again year after year with little environmental impact.
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ounds contradictory, especially since with its ability to absorb toxins, it is likely to be hemp is what helped Americans gain around long after we are gone. independence from the British by 1776 Here then, in the human desire to control and conand helped win World War II in 1945.
quer nature and ourselves, we may find the true reason why farmers cannot grow hemp in America today: to grow hemp does not require herbicides and pesticides. Simply put, hemp does not need human intervention to grow wild and free.
As more and more people now are seeking healthier and more sustainable alternatives in a rapid humanpopulation increasing generation, hemp is again sparking interest. And questions are arising of why a beneficial plant like industrial hemp had ever left Unlike cotton that requires a lot of chemicals to American agriculture in the first place. grow abundantly, and unlike corn that requires Perhaps the reason why hemp is so conflicting a lot of water to survive, cannabis is more selfis because it is not dependent upon humans to reliant. The wide fan leaves of the cannabis survive. Industrial hemp is a weed. The plant is plant canopies over weeds, preventing others adaptable, vigorous, and strong. It grows abundantly the opportunity for growth. While also, the sharp and competitively in any barren soil (ditches, dirt- taste of the plant’s leaves and resins are disagreeable to bugs, rodents, and wildlife. The roads, trash dumps, etc.). It will bully other weeds deep tap-root finds water far from its source, out of space and is more drought resistant than and the plant does well and seeks lots of sun. most plants. The cannabis plant has been around since before humans started cultivating it, and h e m p n at i o n m a g a z i n e . c o m • j u ly 2 0 1 6
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Environment In February 1938, Popular Mechanics Magazine published an article, “New Billion-Dollar Crop,” about industrial hemp and modern technology being applied to hemp production. Up until this time, hemp was trailing other agriculture crops in industrial crop processing. Processing industrial hemp, particularly separating hemp fibers, can be difficult and challenging due to the fibers renowned strength.
1937 Marijuana Tax Act Unfortunately, the magazine’s article publication was released just after the 1937 introduction of the Marijuana Tax Act, a bill drafted by the U.S. Treasury Department to criminalize the production and use of cannabis – the single act that eliminated industrial hemp from American farmlands. During Herbert Hoover’s 1929-1933 Presidential term, Andrew Mellon of the Mellon Bank of Pittsburgh, was the U.S. Treasury Secretary. During the late 1920s and 1930s, Mellon Bank did banking for DuPont (a company that produces chemicals to grow cotton and to make timberpaper, among many Anslinger spread rumors; other chemicals). C oincidently, Mexican migrant workers Mellon Bank also and black jazz musicians did banking for William R. Hearst, who smoked the hemp an American newsflowers became violent paper publisher towards white men and and timber and mill raped white women. owner. 24
Hearst’s publication, the New York Journal, was in competition with Joseph Pulitzer’s publication, the New York World. The two competing newspapers’ business tactics and influencing articles are known for the creation of yellow journalism. Yellow journalism – bias and opinion representing fact – helped spread misleading thoughts about cannabis as not a useful medicine, textile, and industry, but as a plant known to be quiet dangerous. Special interests began to dominate the media, influence politics and law, while at the same time stifle scientific truth and research about the cannabis plant. Bigotry, fear, and government/corporate dependence had led the American people and US farmers toward giving up their personal rights and privacy in exchange for “security.”
Prior to 1931, A. Mellon’s niece married Harry Anslinger, a man who was Assistant U.S. Commissioner for Prohibition. After alcohol prohibition ended in 1933, Anslinger was hand-picked by his uncle-in-law to head the new Federal Bureau of Narcotics – an agency of the U.S. Treasury Department. To add importance to his new position, Anslinger spread rumors; Mexican migrant workers and black jazz musicians who smoked the hemp flowers (the Spanish slang term: marijuana) became violent towards white men and raped white women. “Marijuana” then became known as a narcotic (with no medical value and highly addictive) and criminalized, making cannabis and industrial hemp illegal.
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Environment This was the beginning of the Drug War, a war (like held more importance than individual rights the War on Terrorism) is abstract and lacks distinct and environmental Special interest and enemies. health.
government control held more importance than individual rights and environmental health.
A thing to remember is: the medical cannabis people use today in the year 2016 is significantly different than what was used even in the 1960’s and 70’s. Over the years, geneticists have been able to naturally select and encourage plant characteristics from certain cannabis plants to produce higher THC percentages – these days reaching 30% THC in flowers and 100% in concentrates. Over 100 years ago, 10% THC was a high percentage, and a slight buzz was mostly the result from ingesting.
Misinformation and misdirection can only cover-up for so long. People started demanding for a better life of happiness, health, and freedom. Today in America, more and more State legislation are demanding the re-understanding of cannabis and drug regulation. U.S. House and Senate representatives are beginning to voice the demands of their constituents.
Everything bad seemed to happen at once to encourage this hiccup absence of industrial hemp in American agriculture. Steam powered ships lessened the demand for sail ships – ships heavily loaded with hemp ropes, rigging, and sails. Plastics and synthetic fibers (particularly steel cables) created a new interest and understanding in fiber strength. And other forms of fuel, like fossil fuels, seemed to be more abundant and cheaper to retrieve and use.
Special interests will always have an influence on the economic market. The irony of criminalizing cannabis and the bringing of the market underground is that the industry became a culture. And that cannabis culture has ingenuity, rebellious, and pro-active behavior that a black market environment encourages. Today, more individuals have access to “do-it-yourself” knowledge and technology than ever before.
As with most consumables, the United States imports more hemp products than any other nation in the world. Yet American farmers are not federally allowed to grow the plant. Reintroducing the hemp cash-crop back into American farmlands will create jobs, strengthen the American economy, and balance the world free-trade.
All this began happening before the late 1930s, just when industrial hemp processing was on the verge of improving. The chemical, petroleum, timber, cotton, and pharmaceutical industries began to feel threatened. (If you can grow your own medicine, why would you visit the pharmacy?) At this time, special interest and government control
Currently, every State is independent on their stance with the cannabis plant. Some States have legalized it, others are in the legislative process to legalize it, while few are still holding on to old biases to keep cannabis illegal. In Colorado, the State Department of Agriculture will introduce certified industrial hemp seed for farmers within the next few years.
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Environment Still, why cannot all farmers grow hemp in America? Because growing hemp establishes independence, freedom, and revolution from big corporations and government. In a capitalistic democracy, it is the quality in the products and the voice of the people that create true change.
SUPPORT FARMING & FARMERS RIGHT TO GROW HEMP If the American people want farmers to grow industrial hemp in American soil, they should let their State representatives know to support the Industrial Hemp Farming Acts, H.R. 525 and S. 134, and federally decriminalize industrial hemp. American farmer and the American people will then have one more way to take back control of their own lives. Article Written by: Thomas Ivory, Jr. The globe-trotting freelance journalist, poet, essayist, and cannabis advocate, Thomas Ivory Jr. spreads awareness about positive drug culture and exposes self-interested governments, corporations, and individuals. Co-founder of the Beyond Academia Free Skool and the LoveShovel Review, Ivory believes in nothing but the Truth and all her forms. His current chapbook, the Back Pocket Poems, 2015, is published by BoarHogPress in Nederland, Colorado. Visit his website for more information: loveshovelranch.com. •
“Growing hemp establishes independence, freedom, and revolution from big corporations and government. In a capitalistic democracy, it is the quality in the products and the voice of the people that create true change.”
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Hemp fights staph infections
A Colorado company is using hemp to fight the spread of staph infections in hospitals. The plan is to offer antibacterial hemp fabric as a replacement for traditional cotton and polyester fabrics, where bacteria are known to survive for up to months at a time. Various chemicals found in both hemp and cannabis have been shown to possess antibacterial and anti-fungal properties. EnviroTextile’s hemp fabric is still in development, but has already shown promise in early lab tests. (source PRWeb).
Hemp eats radiation
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and cleans toxic metals from soil. In addition to a myriad of industrial products such as paper, construction material, clothing, food and fuel, hemp is also known to draw out toxic substances from the soil. Not only does hemp provide humans with innumerable products, it also helps to clean the environment of the mistakes we have made in the past. It has already been discovered that hemp may be extremely useful in the removal of cadmium from the soil and other toxic metals, as well as radiation.
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And it shows no sign of stopping! “The U.S. hemp industry will grow from a niche industry filled with activists and startups to a nationally recognized market expected to reach $1.8 billion in sales in 2020. In all, the U.S. hemp market will be a catalyst for innovation and spur growth across the broader global market.” Economics of the U.S. Hemp Industry: This article is re-printed from the State of Hemp market report with permission from Hemp Biz Journal. 30
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Hemp Biz Journal estimates that the U.S. hemp industry reached $593 million in sales in 2015 and project it to reach $1.8 billion by 2020. Hemp industry insiders say they’ve seen this coming for the better part of a decade. With hemp growing legally in 26 countries, the U.S. has lagged the global hemp market, embroiled in a prohibition dating back to the 1930s. Spurred by legislative changes and a more tolerant political climate for cannabis, states like Colorado, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina are starting to see
their memories of hemp prohibition fade away.
Now the young U.S. hemp market is experiencing a new set of problems: growing pains With these growing pains comes the opportunity for entrepreneurship, investment and innovation for hemp cultivation, hemp manufacturers and the US economy at large. Driven by a competitive American culture, a good old-fashioned work ethic, and a strong agricultural backbone, the U.S. hemp industry is poised to deliver on a century of promises to become a billion-dollar industry. This means more jobs and opportunities across the entire hemp value chain. With full federal legal commercial cultivation and processing all but imminent for the U.S. hemp industry, the dialogue among hemp CEOs and thought leaders has shifted from how we legalize hemp to how we nurture this young industry and use it as a stabilizing force for the U.S. economy.
According to the Hemp Industries Association, the industrial product sector was led by automotive composites with nearly $100 million in sales. Hemp Biz Journal estimates that by 2020, industrial products including automotive, green building, oil well liners, and non woven or technical fibers will storm the market and contribute 32% of overall hemp consumer sales, up from 20% in 2015. The U.S. hemp industry will grow from a niche industry filled with activists ď ˝
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and startups to a nationally recognized market expected to reach $1.8 billion in sales in 2020. In all, the U.S. hemp market will be a catalyst for innovation and spur growth across the broader global market. Truly, these are exciting times filled with potential and opportunity. Now that the seeds are planted, it’s on all of us to grow the industry we’ve imagined.
the emerging U.S. hemp industry is reaching a tipping point. The federal government now allows farmers to partner with state agriculture departments and institutions of higher learning to plant “pilot project” test crops on U.S. soil. Over the last decade, a small hemp market has developed in the U.S. that has relied on imported hemp —both finished goods and raw materials.
HBJ showed sales of hemp based products like automotive parts, oil well linings, insulation, fiberglass, biofuels, bio-plastics and animal bedding and feed accounted for about $116 million in sales in 2015, and is projected to skyrocket to approximately $575 million by 2020. This growth will be highly dependent upon increased domestic hemp production and the addition of the appropriate processing facilities located stateside.
These hemp-based goods have largely consisted of personal care products, foods and textiles, which currently account for almost two-thirds of the U.S. hemp industry’s total sales, or $340 million in consumer sales in 2015. HBJ estimates that hempbased food product sales accounted for 15 percent of hemp consumer sales in the U.S. in 2015. Sales reached $90M in 2015, with hemp seeds and hemp milk being among the most popular categories. While the hemp food market has grown tremendously over the last few years, nearly doubling since 2012, it is still a small segment of the natural foods industry. According to Nutrition Business Journal, total sales of natural and organic foods in the U.S. reached $70 billion in 2015, which equates to an
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ascent penetration of about one-tenth of a percent for hemp foods. This penetration is highest in the snack food category, where the popularity of hemp seeds has allowed close to a 1 percent penetration. The natural and specialty retail channel, including chains such as Whole Foods Market and Sprouts Farmers Market as well as thousands of small health food stores, is currently the most popular place to purchase hemp food products, with HBJ estimating that this channel contributed approximately 70 percent of sales this year. Because food is one of the more established segments in the hemp market, HBJ projects average annual growth of hemp foods to be 16 percent for 2015-2020, which is slower than many of the emerging hemp industry segments but slightly above the natural and organic food market as a whole. A wide array of personal care products with hemp on the ingredient panel are currently in the market, from hair care to lotions, bath soap to deodorant. Because of hemp’s antibacterial properties, soaps with hemp are the most popular personal care category. The quantity of hemp may not always be very large in these products, but they reflect growing interest in the benefits of hemp in personal care products. Hemp Biz Journal estimates that hemp personal care product sales nearly reached $150 million in sales on 10% growth. This is relative to the entire natural and organic personal care market, which is estimated by Nutrition Business Journal to be $12.5 billion.
Beyond food, personal care and textiles, hempbased supplements are also gaining popularity with consumers. Dietary supplements that include hemp (but are not CBD concentrates) posted $47 million in consumer sales in 2015 on 6 percent growth. The majority of these products are either hemp oils or meal supplement products that include hemp protein powder. The rising popularity of hemp protein is tied closely to the rising popularity of healthier, vegan protein offerings in sports nutrition and meal supplement products. The hemp supplement market is currently very small compared to the overall supplement market, which according to Nutrition Business Journal will reach $38.6 billion in 2015 on 5 percent growth. Other consumer products that contain hemp include pet food and supplements, household cleaners, cigarette paper, traditional paper products and jewelry and craft items such as twine. These other products contributed between $10 million and $15 million to the hemp industry in 2015 and remain the smallest product niches. HBJ predicts sales of hemp based industrial, composites and CBD products will post the strongest growth over the next five years. ď ˝
The hemp consumer textiles industry, including apparel items and household products like purses and backpacks, is projected to contribute close to $100 million in consumer sales to the hemp market in 2015. By contrast, the Organic Trade Association estimated that all U.S. consumer organic textile sales reached $1.1 billion in 2014. h e m p n at i o n m a g a z i n e . c o m • j u ly 2 0 1 6
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Economics Interest in CBD extracted from hemp is on the rise, thanks in large part to the fast paced growth of the legalized adult use cannabis industry. Hemp experts see the market for industrial hemp as potentially greater than that for consumer adult use cannabis sales driven by the DEA rescheduling from Schedule I to Schedule II. This rescheduling will have an enormous impact on the hemp industry, and healthcare industry at large. The Hemp Biz Journal estimates the size of the Hemp CBD market alone to have risen from a market that didn’t exist a few short years ago to an $85 million market in 2015. We expect growth in sales of these products will be one of the primary drivers of the broader hemp industry, with a compound annual growth rate of 33 percent forecast for 2015-2020.
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“Today is 4/20. This is like national pot day. And people celebrate all over the world. Although, I must say, the Senate did not celebrate this by smoking joints, for two reasons. One, it would be against protocol. And two, it would mean passing something.” –Bill Maher
Sarah Palin has revealed she has tried marijuana, but she did not like it. You know, it’s amazing: 200 million Americans have smoked marijuana. The only ones who don’t like it seem to be elected officials. Ever notice that?” –Jay Leno
“Yesterday, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed an amendment that officially legalized marijuana in the state. Stoners took a moment to thank Governor Hickenlooper — then they spent a few hours just saying the word ‘Hickenlooper.’” –Jimmy Fallon
Obama was heckled by someone who said, ‘Don’t forget about medical marijuana.’ The Secret Service has narrowed the suspects down to everyone in L.A.” –Conan O’Brien
A hydroponic marijuana store is being opened in California and is being called ‘The Wal-Mart of Weed.’ It’s like a regular Wal-Mart except the greeter says, “Dude, have you seen Greg?” –Conan O’Brien
“The AMA is urging the Federal Government not to classify marijuana as a dangerous drug and do more research. That’s what they said. It’s a big story, yeah. Yeah, that request came not only from the AMA but also from KFC.” –Conan O’Brien
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ounded in 2012 on a farm in rural Kentucky, Growing Warriors takes its name quite literally. Mike Lewis, founder of Growing Warriors, began the journey teaching veterans to grow their own food. Lewis knew after 6 of the first 14 veterans went on to continue farming that he had found a great way to help veterans adjust to civilian life.
In 2013 Growing Warriors expanded to help 65 veterans grow over 18,000 pounds of organic food with 10 different farms across the state of Kentucky. The opportunity to learn to feed their families, earn income, and heal in nature proved quite popular! With the passage of the 2014 farm bill and subsequent state bills in The Appalachia area, Lewis expanded the program to begin growing and processing hemp with veterans.
But let’s take a brief step back… Two touching stories need to be heard to understand the roots of Growing Warriors and their vision. Lewis tells Yahoo News that the initial mission was to teach veterans to grow food came from the fact that in 2013, more vets applied for food stamps then ever before. And then Mike Lewis’ brother was returned from serving his country with a severe brain injury. Fred Lewis was home, but only physically. Mike knew he had to do something. So he started with his roots in agriculture, and founded Growing Warriors.
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We are so proud to be part of “Harvesting Liberty,” a 12-minute documentary addressing industrial hemp legalization in the U.S. Presented by Patagonia and released on 05/23/2016, this short film documents not only our vision at Growing Warriors, but also our friend Rebecca Burgess of Fibershed.
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Veterans And after those first two years of success, Growing Warriors has expanded its vision and mission. Taking full advantage of the hemp laws in the region gives Growing Warriors the ability to offer much more than food and farming income. Now - little by little - communities and industries can be built around hemp and our vets. Not only can they grow food, connect with the land, make a living, or start a small business; but they can practice individual and community creative expression through all the different things hemp can be used for.
Perhaps nothing shows the healing power of connecting and creating more than Growing Warrior’s most recent project; a Hemp Documentary called ‘Harvesting Liberty’ produced in partnership with Patagonia. We all know the history of hemp, and the opportunities it can provide. The magic in this video is the collective creation of our symbol of freedom, our flag. From a seed in the ground to a flag in the breeze, this specific flag represents the many blank canvases of expression that hemp can provide. The many healing paths it can offer. •
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Did you KNOW? 1. Quality paints and varnishes were made from hemp seed oil until 1937. 58,000 tons of hemp seeds were used in America for paint products in 1935. (Sherman Williams Paint Co. testimony before the U.S. Congress against the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act.) 2. Henry Ford’s first Model-T was built to run on hemp gasoline and the car itself was constructed from hemp! On his large estate, Ford was photographed among his hemp fields. The car, ‘grown from the soil,’ had hemp plastic panels whose impact strength was 10 times stronger than steel. (Popular Mechanics, 1941.) 3. 80% of all textiles, fabrics, clothes, linen, drapes, bed sheets, etc., were made from hemp until the 1820s, with the introduction of the cotton gin. All schoolbooks were made from hemp or flax paper until the 1880s. 4. The first crop grown in many states was hemp. 1850 was a peak year for Kentucky producing 40,000 tons. Hemp was the largest cash crop until the 20th century. 5. Not only is hemp a more sustainable raw material, but the final product is also carbon-negative. That means it has the ability to absorb more greenhouse gases over its lifetime than emitted during the production process.
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State of Affairs By Andy Kerr, Czar industrial hemp with its distant cousin marijuana. While both are in the Cannabis genus, marijuana intoxicates and industrial hemp does not. “It is a misallocation of law enforcement resources to continue to pretend that industrial hemp is a drug,” said Barry Grissom, the former United States Attorney for the “An answer of ‘no’ to our District of Kansas. Marijuana is because it has large petition by DEA would be intoxicating amounts of THC (∆9-tetrahydroarbitrary and capricious, cannabinol). Industrial hemp has low amounts of THC and have no rational basis and very very high amounts of CBD (canwould not be based on sub- nabidiol), which counteracts the effects of THC.
WASHINGTON—A coalition of farmers, state legislators, a former U.S. Attorney, scientists, merchants, entrepreneurs, and environmentalists filed an official rule making petition to the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to remove industrial hemp from the federal drug schedules.
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“Marijuana users seeking a “high” want a Cannabis plant with lots of THC and as little CBD as possible,” said Andy Kerr, a founding board member of the lead petitioner, North American Industrial Hemp Council, and coauthor of the petition. “Industrial hemp users want a Cannabis plant for its oil and fiber, and the best strains have lots of CBD and very little THC.” The petition asks DEA to define industrial hemp as any part of a plant in the Cannabis genus that has no more than 1% THC, the definition adopted by the State of West Virginia. Petitioners also request an additional safety standard requiring industrial hemp to have a THC:CBD ratio of <1. If a Cannabis plant has more CBD than THC—no matter the amount of THC—intoxication will not occur. Other states have adopted an industrial hemp definition of no more than 0.3% THC in a Cannabis plant, which unnecessarily constrains the number of Cannabis varieties that may be bred and cultivated for specific attributes useful in the manufacturing of various products. “My friend across the Canadian border in Manitoba is making money raising
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• Ben Droz of Washington, DC is a professional photographer and congressional advocate.
By law, DEA must answer the petition within a reasonable amount of time. “An answer of ‘no’ to our petition by DEA would be arbitrary and capricious, have no rational basis and would not be based on substantial evidence—all of which are in violation of federal law,” said Courtney N. Moran, a Portland, Oregon attorney and coauthor of the petition. The petition is complimentary to pending legislation in Congress to remove industrial hemp from the drug schedules, but that legislation is not progressing.
• Jeff Gain of Hardin, IL previously served as chief executive officer of the National Corn Growers and executive director of the American Soybean Association.
In the 2014 Farm Bill, Congress authorized the growing of industrial hemp in states that have legalized it, if overseen by an academic or state institution and only for the limited purposes of research. The rule-making petition does not address changing the scheduling of marijuana.
The complete petition may be downloaded here. A summary (the first 15 pages) may be downloaded here.
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North American Industrial Hemp Council.
• Ray Berard of Portsmouth, RI is retired from Interface Research Corporation, where he severed as Senior Vice President of Technology.
• Tyler Frank of Solvang, CA is the owner of a firm specializing in apparel made from industrial hemp.
• Gale Glenn of Durham, NC used to raise tobacco in Kentucky. • Barry Grissom of Kansas City, KS is a former U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas • Anndrea Hermann, from Joplin, MO and now of Kleefeld, Manitoba, is an expert in industrial hemp agronomy, field trials, sampling, product quality standards, testing, sales, marketing, product development, regulatory affairs, certifications and licensing. • William Holmberg long of the Washington, DC area and now in Palm City, FL, enlisted in the Marines during World War II and retired as Colonel and then work for sustainable agriculture and energy technologies. • Colleen Sauvé Keahey is the founder of the Tennessee Hemp Industries Association and the National Outreach Coordinator for Vote Hemp and would like to grow industrial hemp on the family farm in middle Tennessee. • Andy Kerr of Ashland, OR and Washington, DC advocates for the conservation and restoration of America’s forests, public lands, watersheds and wildlife.
• David Bush of Wheat Ridge, CO has been a Peace Corps Volunteer, a municipal prosecutor and has long practiced law and now specializes in the practice of industrial hemp.
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State of Affairs • Alan Kimbell of Indianapolis, IN is a marketing consultant, who served on the city council for two terms, was with the Indiana Department of Commerce is involved with the local baseball club. • Ed Lehrburger of Fort Lupton, CO is president and CEO of Pure Vision Technology, which is commercializing the refining of industrial hemp into many products. • Joy Beckerman Maher of Everett, WA has consulted on industrial hemp for over two decades.
• Gerry Shapiro manufactures organic hemp oil-based cosmetics as well as other hemp oil-based medicinal skin care products. • Erwin A. (“Bud”) Sholts of Oregon, WI is a farmer and retired from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture. • Rep. Cynthia Thielen of Kailua, HI has served in the Hawai’i House of Representatives since 1990. She is a Republican. • Rep. Carl Wilson of Grants Pass, OR has served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1998 to 2002 and from 2015. He is a Republican.
• Paul Mahlberg of Baileys Harbor, WI is Professor Emeritus of Biology (plant biology) and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Indiana University. Andy Kerr, Czar The Larch Company • Rep. David Monson of Osnabrock, NA is a Offices in Ashland, Oregon and farmer who has served in the North Dakota House Washington, DC, of Representatives since 1992, where he has 503.701.6298 held many positions, including Speaker. He is a cell/textandykerr@andykerr.net Republican. www.andykerr.net • Courtney N. Moran of Portland, OR specializes in industrial hemp law and advocacy through Dedicated to the conservation and restoration EARTH Law, LLC. of nature, The Larch Company is a non-membership for-profit organization that represents • George Obernagel of Waterloo, IL farms species that cannot talk and humans not yet 14,000 acres in Nebraska, Arkansas and Illinois, born. A deciduous conifer, the western larch is part owner of seven John Deere dealerships. has a contrary nature. • Eric Pollitt of Peoria, IL has been selling products based on industrial hemp since 1993 Courtney N. Moran, LL.M. EARTH Law, and would like to do more with domestically culti- LLC Environmental Advocate vated industrial hemp. Representing True Hemp Cannabis Counselor and Attorney at Law • Sen. Floyd Prozanski of Eugene, OR has Admitted to Practice in Oregon, served in the Oregon Legislature since 1995 Wisconsin and Minnesota and works as a municipal prosecutor. He is a 541-632-HEMP (4367) Democrat. P.O. Box 28575 • Dave Seber of Eugene, OR is founder and Portland, Oregon 97228 • CEO of Fiber Alternatives and produces Hemp Shield Wood Finisher and Deck Sealer. h e m p n at i o n m a g a z i n e . c o m • j u ly 2 0 1 6
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Industrial hemp was briefly brought back into large-scale production during World War II. In 1943, U.S. industrial hemp production reached more than 150 million pounds on 146,200 acres. This compared to pre-war production levels of about 1 million pounds. By 1948, production had dropped back to 3 million pounds on 2,800 harvested acres, with no recorded production after the late 1950s.
27 U.S. states have changed their laws, distinguishing industrial hemp from marijuana. Canada, the European Union, Australia, New Zealand, among others, are nations that distinguish industrial hemp from marijuana.
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In the 1890s, industrial hemp was handled in the same way as any other farm commodity, in that USDA compiled statistics and published crop reports, and provided assistance to farmers promoting production and distribution. In the early 1900s, industrial hemp continued to be grown and researchers at USDA continued to publish information related to industrial hemp production and also reported on industrial hemp’s potential for use in textiles and in paper manufacturing.
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Industrial hemp cultivation and use has environmental benefits (e.g. less pesticide use, alternative to clear-cutting forests, etc.) as well as economic benefits to farmers (a profitable rotation crop, crop diversification, etc.) and manufacturers (e.g. technically superior and more environmentally friendly feedstock, etc.)
The U.S.S. Constitution, the world’s oldest commissioned naval vessel afloat, first set sail in 1797 rigged with 60 tons of canvas and rope made from industrial hemp.
In 1970, Congress enacted the Controlled Substances Act, which statutorily defined “marihuana” as all Cannabis sativa. In that same law, Congress directed and authorized DEA to make changes to the drug schedules as new information developed. Today, science is clear as to what distinguishes marijuana and industrial hemp.
The 1937 Marihuana Tax Act defined industrial hemp as a narcotic drug, requiring that farmers growing industrial hemp hold a federal registration and special tax stamp, effectively limiting further production expansion.
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