The following is good news for Farmers in California. Hemp is a crop with many uses and is a farm and people friendly crop. It is time we in the USA begin to grow it again. Maybe it can replace some of the GMO crops and restore our country side. It is used for paper so it will save some trees too. www.Nativa.com makes some wonderful hemp seed bars, protien power and shakes. Check them out.
This is a partial report I received from www.VoteHemp.com
We are pleased to report that AB 1147, the California Industrial Hemp Farming Act, passed in the Senate today with a bi-partisan vote of 26-13. The bill now heads to the Assembly for a final concurrence vote and will then to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for his signature.
Since passing out of the Assembly in January of this year, AB 1147 gained momentum as legislators learned that
California businesses spend millions of dollars each year importing hemp from
Canada,
China
and
Europe
. Demand for hemp products such as clothing, food, body care, paper and auto parts has been growing rapidly in recent years with the U.S. hemp market now exceeding $270 million in estimated annual retail sales. The new law would give farmers the ability to legally supply
U.S. manufacturers with hemp seed, oil and fiber and would not weaken anti-drug laws.
Bill would allow hemp farming in California
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