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TABLE OF CONTENTS NEW SOLUTIONS HEMP& BAMBOO

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HEMP = OIL, BAMBOO = COAL GOVERNMENT EVIDENCE

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THE HEMP STORY

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THE BAMBOO STORY THE CASE FOR SUCCESS OTHER CROPS?

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THE TRUTH HEMP & BAMBOO BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ECONOMY EFFECTS HEALING EFFECTS SOCIAL EFFECTS PRODUCT BENEFITS

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New Solutions Picture a lego set you played with as a child. Now think about how many wonderful things you could build with that lego set. Buildings, cars, windmills, bridges, roads, space ships, toys, people. The combinations are phenomenal.

As you concentrated with all your might to arrange the pieces into your vision did you ever once stop and think, Can I use something else to build this? No. you merely went on arranging the pieces at a feverish pace eager to see the fruits of your labor.

The same thing happened with stone, coal, oil, wood, during our evolution. We made these wondrous discoveries and then developed ways of making these resources useful. More importantly, we made these creations desirable and someone paid for them, so we made more and more until they became embedded in our culture and irreplaceable.

Here lies the solution. We MUST change that LEGO and build with something else.

In the construction of a Bioeconomy hemp and bamboo are by definition lower cost materials to manufacture with. This fact provides a natural market gravitation to nontoxic product alternatives, once the price point matches fossil fuel based competitive products.

By applying the merits of bamboo/hemp together with tangible efforts to create what the social consumer envisions we can achieve critical mass. The point where eco or social issues are not the driving factor behind the purchase and bamboo/hemp products are priced low enough to appeal to the mainstream market.

By creating organic products of hemp and bamboo a bioeconomy also builds the supply chain to meet the demand. Bioeconomy consumers will be able to fund farms and factories providing the products they love made in the USA or impoverished countries providing life sustaining relief without donations.

Hemp and Bamboo are two commodities that can replace oil & coal. Read on, and you will agree.

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Hemp = Oil Bamboo = Coal Hemp & bamboo pose a threat to fossil fuel companies. They complement each other in every way. Similar in climate tolerance these two plants can be grown literally anywhere. Hemp and bamboo can reverse the effects of climate change, a high unemployment economy, and fossil fuel pollution.

Bamboo and Hemp can grow in over 70% of earth's climate zones. Bamboo and Hemp are low cost crops needing little water or chemicals. The production costs are low, and areas to grow are abundant.

Bamboo and Hemp ARE the next cash crop for America. Both crops have been touted as Billion Dollar Crops featured in Popular Mechanics. Bamboo was featured in 2009 ( see the article) and Industrial Hemp in 1938. (see the article).

Bamboo and Hemp also have over 25,000 uses EACH. The wide range of products and chemicals derived from the plants allow for scalability of the resources. Resistance to drought, and the ability to grow on polluted lands or less than "pristine" farms equals a lower cost to acquire land vs. other crops like corn which need arable land.

Bamboo and hemp are being used in wind turbines, being developed as superconductors for batteries and solar panels, even as bio plastics, and bone implants. These plants are in the infancy of development.

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Government Evidence The United States Congressional Research Services Published two reports on bamboo and hemp. The Congressional Research Service (CRS) works exclusively for the United States Congress, providing policy and legal analysis to committees and Members of both the House and Senate, regardless of party affiliation.

Bamboo: An Overlooked BioMass Resource? Report released in 2000 Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity CRS Report released 2015 Both reports show hemp & bamboo as to competitive commodities and cite lack of development as the reason both are not being used more widely. Many experts claim that because of Government studies on both plants over the years, politicians have oppressed both commodities in favor of fossil fuels. Why? Profits from the sale of fossil fuels paid for many politicians campaigns. Over 112 million dollars was spent on 2016 Presedential elections alone.

Hemp and Bamboo have a long history of study and subsequent moves to keep the commodities from the public and manufacturing as a whole.

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the Hemp Story

The U.S. Department of Agriculture interprets industrial hemp as any part of the cannabis plant, whether growing or not, containing a THC concentration of no more than three tenths of one percent (0.3 percent) on a dry weight basis.

In short, cannabis plants that exceed 0.3 percent THC are classified generically as “Marijuana/Marihuana” while cannabis plants that contain less than 0.3 percent THC are classified as industrial hemp. As such, lawmakers have utilized the presence of THC to define two general categories of the cannabis plant: industrial hemp and marijuana.

Hemp (Cannabis Sativa L.) is one of the oldest plants that has been in continuous use by human civilization. A piece of hemp fabric is one of the oldest artifacts found on the planet. It is amazing that it has endured for over 8,000 years. In 1977, Carl Sagan suggested that marijuana may have been the world’s first agriculture crop, leading to the development of civilization itself. The paintings of Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Gainsborough, etc., were primarily painted on hemp canvas, as were practically all canvas paintings.

Hemp sails and ropes carried the European settlers to America for hundreds of years - 1492 to the advent of steamships in the early 1800's. Cannabis hemp was legal tender (money) in most of the Americas from 1631 until the early 1800s. You could pay your taxes with cannabis hemp throughout America for over 200 years.

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America could not have waged its revolution without hemp. For the next 150 years, hemp was the top cash crop in America. Kentucky in 1776 begins to grow hemp. The Declaration of Independence was drafted on hemp paper. Hemp plantations flourished in the Eastern and Southern states.You could even be jailed in America for not growing cannabis during several periods of shortage, e.g., in Virginia between 1763 and 1767.

Hemp was an important crop from Colonial times through World War II, when it was last widely planted across the country for the war effort.

However, things started changing in the early 20th century. Lawmakers started cracking down on marijuana, which impacted the hemp industry. In 1937 the Marijuana Tax Act was passed. This law taxed both marijuana and hemp. The taxes forced several companies that had previously used hemp in their products to change materials in order to save costs.

By the 1940s, hemp was used in civilian and military life. Ropes, backpacks, parachutes, clothes, and much more were made with hemp. In 1957, hemp production was banned, and the last hemp harvest occurred in 1958. In 1970, industrial hemp was classified as marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act and, therefore, became illegal with the rise of synthetic fabrics and fibers.

In recent years the Farm Bill was passed which allowed farmers to grow hemp for industrial purposes. To date, over 30 states have passed legislation related to hemp cultivation. At least 16 have legalized hemp for commercial purposes. A bill that would make the federal growing and processing of hemp legal for all farmers, The Industrial Hemp Farming Act, has been introduced in the Senate but remains stagnant. With the nation’s hemp market valued at $688 million and demand growing “dramatically,” however, there’s renewed support for domestic cultivation and more pressure on lawmakers to pass federal legislation expanding legal hemp farming.

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President Donald Trump on December 20, 2018 legalized hemp by signing the 2018 Farm Bill. The legislation removes hemp from the list of federally controlled substances, including products made with derivative extracts such as cannabinoid, or CBD, oil. The legislation also allows Farmers growing hemp to apply for Federal Crop insurance and other assistance.

Hemp is gaining popularity from what we can now extract from it. Things like hemp and CBD oils. These oils are helping a lot of people out today who need medical assistance from marijuana but cannot receive it due to the state that they live in. CBD can also be extracted from most medical marijuana strains, but the oil extract still could contain THC which is still illegal to ingest in most states.

Since industrial hemp contains mainly CBD and virtually no THC the US government has allowed for extraction of CBD and sale of it all across the country so long as it does not come from any other cannabis plant. This way people still get to enjoy all the benefits of medical marijuana without the high that comes with it.

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the Bamboo Story

Bamboo has a long and interesting history dating back more than 5,000 years. The ancient Chinese used this versatile grass for many projects, including arrow making, construction, weaving, books, and paper. China’s long history with the use of bamboo is not surprising, given that there are more than 400 species of the resilient grass indigenous to the area, and more bamboo grows in China than in any other area of the world. In the 19th century, the Chinese military found a new use for bamboo, shortly after the accidental discovery of gunpowder.

Another ancient but still common use for bamboo is as a medicine. It is used to reduce phlegm and treat epilepsy, fainting, and fever, plus many mental degeneration disorders associated with aging. Tibetan medicine utilizes the natural properties of bamboo in astringents, fever-reducers, antispasmodics, stimulants, tonics, and aphrodisiacs.

When the first Europeans set out to explore the New World, they encountered massive canebrakes so dense as to be nearly impenetrable. These natural obstacles had to be navigated around, sometimes for miles on end.

The larger canebrakes were found along most of the larger rivers and streams, as well as the low-lying flood plains at their margins. Once a nuisance to explorers and settlers alike, river cane was quickly identified as a nutritious source of food for livestock and canebrakes as fertile farm land in the making.

As in all early indigenous cultures, plants served many roles within the society. River cane was not only a subsistence crop, but a source of strong, straight and sturdy “wood” used to construct a dizzying array of tools, weapons, basketry, traps, cages, footwear, bedding and even lodging.

Unfortunately, like so many of the abundant natural resources found in the New World, early settlers quickly decimated river cane through over-grazing and farming. That was the beginning of the end of the once massive canebrakes and today, native bamboo occupies less than 2% of its native habitat.

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According to Patrick Malcolm, Golden Bamboo was the first of the Phyllostachys bamboo cultivars to be introduced into the United States, in 1882. In Alabama, where bamboo was to be primarily used as a fast growing windbreak, it was planted by southern tobacco farmers.

In 1880 Thomas Edison used a carbonized bamboo filament in the first light bulb—still burning in the Smithsonian. It has been reported that Edison used literally hundreds of materials for his first filament. Only bamboo met the durability requirements Edison needed.

Bamboo was outlawed in 1918 citing the "Plant Quarantine Act of 1912 by the Secretary of Agriculture. Green bamboo, seeds, Rhizomes, could not be imported into the U.S. except for experimental or scientific purposes.

At the insistence of the timber, and cotton industry lobbyists, all of the USDA programs were "defunded" in the late 60's. In 1979 the last USDA Bamboo Research station was closed. In the 90's bamboo entered in the U.S. market again as flooring, and in the 2000's as organic apparel. The benefits of bamboo were questioned when in 2007, many Chinese manufacturers were processing bamboo in sulfuric acid thereby removing any benefits.

Subsequently manufacturers starting using the term "Bamboo Rayon" thus being compared with Nylons.

Legal battles are raging in the U.S. banning bamboo from being planted. There are over 1200 species of bamboo are separated into two classifications. "Running" Bamboo and "Clumping" Bamboo. Running bamboo is considered to be an invasive plant and is being systematically outlawed.

Today the uses for bamboo are growing. Bamboo is being used in wind turbines, plastics, and even bone implants.

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the Case for Success The evidence in the propensity for success lies in the efforts taken to neutralize any attempt to develop bamboo and hemp in the U. S.. For example, two widely known myths are assumed about hemp and bamboo.

BAMBOO

HEMP

MYTH: ALL BAMBOO IS INVASIVE.

MYTH: ALL CANNABIS CAN GET YOU "HIGH"

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FACT: THERE ARE OVER 1200 TYPES OF BAMBOO BAMBOO ARE SEPARATED IN 2 CLASSES: ○ "RUNNING" (INVADES YOUR YARD) ○ "CLUMPING" (STAYS WHERE YOU PLANT IT) CLUMPING TYPES OF BAMBOO ARE "TREES" THAT ARE USED IN ITEMS LIKE FLOORING & FURNITURE,

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INDUSTRIAL HEMP CANNOT GET A PERSON "HIGH"

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INDUSTRIAL HEMP IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN WEED OR POT.

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THE DIFFERENCE IS THC ○ THERE IS VERY LITTLE (.03%) OF THE EUPHORIC INGREDIENT IN INDUSTRIAL HEMP.

We stand on the precipice of fully enjoying a legalized commodity now supported by GOP politicians current and retired. Bohner now sits on the board of a Cannabis company, while McConnell desperately moves hemp to the forefront of a political debate that isn't there.

The main factor? Not the environment. Not the overall health of Americans. Not even the thousands of petitions filed by millions of constituents. The main factor is MONEY. Boehner stands to gain millions, McConnell looks to replace millions in revenue that the U.S. Soybean Farmer is losing sacrificed in a trade war. With Midterms quickly approaching, a failed ethanol program, and pay NOT to grow programs the GOP betrays the American Farmer while China is buying up farms as fast as they come on the market.

The clock started at 4:20 and is now ticking again. Cannabis supporters and all those against Fossil Fuels are now in a race that is leading to an auction. The Power of the Consumer Dollar has spoken, and politicians are now hearing bids due to the U.S. Consumer demand and subsequent profit from sales of the product.

We must find more diverse uses for Cannabis other than medical and recreational. The Sativa strain with less than 1% THC is the crop that founded this country as an industrial material used in paper, ropes, ships' sails, and clothing. Hemp was a commodity to fund large caches of arms for Revolutionary War soldiers.

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Cannabis is a 100% use plant separated only by rule of law pertaining to the amount of THC contained in the various varieties. This rule is about to be abolished. We must work to make hemp a competitive commodity to the growing petrochemical industry derived from fossil fuels. The Petrochemical industry has enjoyed billions in investment in the Gulf region resulting in new refineries.

To continue to develop Cannabis based products such as textiles, paper, composites, plastics, oils, and health products will lead to greater revenues given to a bio based economy. Greater revenues for a bio based economy costs companies making money selling oil and coal derivatives. The pharmaceutical industry is losing billions in opioid sales and this is just the start.

What does this mean to the average citizen? The consumer has caused a shift in profits that will be used by companies to lobby for pro Cannabis legislation and fund elections for candidates that support legislation. Pharmaceutical companies are now in a bidding war with Cannabis companies for political support.

Develop hemp for use in paper, plastic, textile, food, and health industries. Fossil fuel industries will lose sales in Petrochemicals, subsequently losing their financial ability to lobby. Even better news, the Fossil Fuels industry will lose its ability to fight toxic lawsuits, brought on by millions of poisoned citizens, leading to judgments awarded and the seizure of assets.

The result will be American farms growing American crops, used in American factories, sold globally. Growing hemp and other crops can lead to the largest shift of wealth and power since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. - #AmandaandEric

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Other Crops?

Capitalists have gone to great lengths to keep Cannabis from the American public. Efforts starting in the early 1900’s beginning with legislation brought about by the newly formed pharmaceutical industry. As competitive products were developed such as Nylon, gasoline, and plastics, consumer dollars funded outlawing the plant completely by 1970.

There is another crop that suffered the same fate limited cannabis supporters know about. Bamboo.

Technically a grass with over 1200 different species ranging from grass to trees, Bamboo was added to the Plant Quarantine List in 1918. It is illegal to import Bamboo seeds, parts of the plant, or whole plants. Bamboo USDA Agricultural Stations were defunded in the late 1960’s as Hemp was being added to Schedule 1.

Bamboo is both complementary and equal to Cannabis. There are over 25,000 uses for the plant including medicines, fuel, paper, composites, plastics and consumer goods. Bamboo is just as sustainable, sequesters carbon, filters soil, and uses no pesticides and fertilizers. Popular Mechanics featured an article on bamboo equally in 2009 as the next U.S. crop.

So how do we build a new economy on two plants? It is a matter of awareness. As in the case of Cannabis, the merits of both plants will prove the economic viability of new industries.

Think back to the reasons you first considered using cannabis. The same reasoning will act as market drivers for the expansion of Cannabis in other industries and open the door for bamboo. What motivated you?

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the Truth

Bamboo & Hemp have served the needs of humanity since 12,000 B.C. Hemp & bamboo can support the same manufacturing boom as the development of fossil fuels derived products like nylon, plastics, and other chemicals caused in the 1950's and 1960's. The competitive advantages are numerous: ●

Lower cost resources.

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Local supply chains lower transportation costs.

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Sustainable resources that won't run out.

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Market motivated to buy non-toxic alternatives.

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Non-Toxic chemicals that will not harm U.S. workers.

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Opportunities for US businesses to develop bio based replacements for PRODUCTS SOLD TODAY.

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Reuse of abandoned farms and factories.

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Business secrets are safer when manufacturing domestically vs. overseas where products are copied.

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Resource independence.

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Creation of a circular economy where nothing is waste, thus solving the landfill problems.

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Lower cost healthcare as pollution lowers, and exposure via product use stops.

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Hemp & Bamboo Benefits Environment al Benefit s

Economy Eff ect s

Healing Eff ect s

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Social Eff ect s

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