HEMP PRODUCTION in the Pacific Northwest, a PICTURE-POEMS resource page

"This video is about a father's search to find the healthiest building materials that leads him to the completion of the nation's first hemp house. Hemp with lime is a non-toxic, energy efficient, mildew, fire and pest resistant building material. The drawback — industrial hemp is currently illegal to farm in the U.S.A. Industrial hemp is a non-psychoactive plant, grown in 31 other countries that makes 1,000's of sustainable products and offers solutions for global warming, nutrition, poverty and deforestation. Here in the U.S., hemp could be a money-making crop for farmers and create jobs. But why can't we grow it here? BRINGING IT HOME tells the story of hemp: past, present and future and a global industry that includes textiles, building materials, food products, bio-plastics, auto parts and more."

NEW ENERGY FARMING, revolutionizing
the philosophy of agriculture, a talk
by CLIFF CREGO | download [77.4Mb] mp3
or stream below |

THE HEMP REVOLUTION [1995]

Already twenty years old, this is the classic documentary on the great potential of hemp production world-wide, with a special focus on North America.

The Emperor Wears No Clothes

"Another classic, based on the book of the same title, by Jack Herer. | download an ebook of "The Emperor Wears No Clothes," pdf [42.6Mb]

THE UNION: The Business
Behind Getting High

"Follow filmmaker Adam Scorgie as he demystifies the underground market and brings to light how an industry can function while remaining illegal. Through growers, police officers, criminologists, economists, doctors, politicians and pop culture icons, Scorgie examines the cause and effect nature of the business - an industry that may be profiting more by being illegal." [2008]

The Botany of Desire - Cannabis

DIABOLUS IN CANNABIS

Demonizing a wholly native plant, gift of the gods,
Of 1000 uses, of 10,000 years of practiced, universal
Cultivation, is hard work, requiring a meanness of spirit
Beyond mere torture, drawing on the darkest of energies,

Like those censorious pilgrims of Cape Cod, pilloring maidens
Free enough to go fishing on Sundays, in the name
Of their one and only lord, all the while thinking, "Bitch.
Get a bonnet!" Demonizing the smoke of the hale, whole,

Healthy, is hell...Yes, the work of crazed Generalissimos and war
Presidents! Sieg Heil. Spray. Eradicate. Lock 'em up. But
Beware: Sightings of Lennon have been reported speeding

Cross-country in Reagan's black cadillac, sowing seeds
From coast to coast, a self-fulfilling prophecy? Weed?
Yes, there it is, amigo, growing free and wild again, healer of all.

| download mp3 DIABOLUS IN CANNIBIS [3.8 Mb]
The music of the second part is NIGHTWIND, from my PHAROS,
written for, and played by the ASKO ENSEMBLE,
me conducting.

The above documentary is featured
in my little book, THEATER OF THE NEW
Please preview . . .

Industrial Hemp production basics for Ontario

The History of Decriminalizing Marijuana in Holland

The #Cannabis Republic of Uruguay

Cannabis Research - Marijuana Documentary [2014]

The Future of Weed: HIGH COUNTRY [Motherboard]

Swaziland: Gold Mine of Marijuana [VICE]

Harvesting fiber hemp using a converted Claas Xerion 4000 VC from DunAgro of Oude Pekela, The Netherlands. This machine separates the protein rich leaves form the fiber rich stems in one pass. The leaves go to be processed and dried and can be used as supplementary cattle feed. The stems are left on the ground and after a process of rotting, the stems are baled and processed and can be used in the textile industrie or for composite materials in the car industry.

THE SCIENTIST A wonderful, beautifully produced
film on Raphael Mechoulam,
first to unravel the mystery of #THC
http://bit.ly/2ytVxPc

HEMP GROWING METHODS
Hemp production has been legal in CANADA
since 1998. Here's a harvest of their experience.
http://bit.ly/2xJQ1Uq

TEDxGreensboro:
Industrial Hemp:
transformation for NC agriculture?,
w/ Jack Whitley http://bit.ly/2x0zVWR

OREGON HEMP HARVEST [2016]
http://bit.ly/2iezciq

(1) READING: Some Background on Industrial #Hemp in a Western #Oregon Context, by Russ Karow et al pdf [253k] http://bit.ly/1G0Oqdy

(2) Oregon Dep. of Agriculture / Programs / Market Access / Market Access Certification & Inspection / Industrial #Hemp http://1.usa.gov/1N3vJpH

(3) Industrial #HEMP Application form for growers, handlers, & seed dealers #OREGON pdf http://1.usa.gov/1EBCWIW

(4) READING: #HEMP entry at WIKIPEDIA http://bit.ly/1FrA8DM

(5) LISTENING: Time 4 #Hemp 2013 Global Summit @Time4Hemp on #SoundCloud http://bit.ly/1N3OsBA

(6) The #Cannabis Republic of Uruguay: Krishna Andavolu smokes Weed w/ the President of Uruguay, José Mujica http://bit.ly/18RYcle

(7) #CANNABIS A wonderful, beautifully produced
film on Raphael Mechoulam,
first to unravel the mystery of #THC
http://bit.ly/2fsG9IG

(8) INDUSTRIAL HEMP PRODUCTION pdf
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE
OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD & ENVIRONMENT
http://bit.ly/2yso0o3

(9) READ: Oregon Hemp Growers Cash
in on CBD [2016] http://bit.ly/2wZDSv5

(10) WEBSITE: Hemp Genetics International (HGI) http://bit.ly/2yrT5GH
HEMP FARMING BASICS http://bit.ly/2wZCoAJ

(10) READ: Following CANADA, COLORADO certifies 6 varieties of low-THC, high-altitude, seed http://dpo.st/2iiGRvV

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