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Hemp crop for California

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 

Archives of early Quack Reporting

Early on, as I began my Blogging career in 2003, I posted at a different site.  That site is still alive and well and quite colorful I must say.  I would like you to have a look at that site as there are some exceptional articles, resources and information that are not out dated.  I invite you to explore.  I plan on doing the same and eliminate non essential material.  Enjoy your journey as much as I did in writing, posting and coloring my ideas.  It is all about patterns, colors and how we live our lives. 

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Foul Play at the FDA

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SCIENTIFIC FOUL PLAY AT THE FDA
The Union of Concerned Scientists has released a survey of scientists who work for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The survey reveals that one-fifth of FDA scientists "have been asked, for non-scientific reasons, to inappropriately exclude or alter technical information or their conclusions in a FDA scientific document." The study strongly suggests that the FDA is not adequately regulating products that significantly impact public health, including food, drugs, vaccines, and medical devices. The survey also indicates that 61 percent of the respondents knew of cases where FDA political appointees have "inappropriately injected themselves into FDA determinations or actions." Eighty one percent of FDA scientists in the survey agreed that the "public would be better served if the independence and authority of FDA post-market safety systems were strengthened."