Victory for Hemp: North Carolina Study Bill Signed!

Victory for Hemp in North Carolina!
September 27, 2006

North Carolina
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is the top
tobacco-producing state,
ranks in the
top three for seven other agricultural products, and,
with
more than 450,000 member families, has one of the
largest
Farm Bureau memberships of any state. Now, North
Carolina is one of the
most important agricultural states to pass pro-hemp
legislation.



Thanks in part to the hundreds of you who used our
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to
send letters to NC state
legislators, "The Beneficial Uses of Industrial Hemp
Act" was
signed into
law by Governor Michael F. Easley on August 16, as
part
of "The
Studies Act of 2006
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The act creates a commission to study "the uses of
industrial
hemp oil as an alternative fuel and motor oil; the uses
of
omega-3 rich industrial hemp seed and industrial
hemp oil in
snack foods, body care products, and food
supplements; the
uses of industrial hemp fibers as raw materials for
construction
and paper products and for fabric; and the uses of
industrial
hemp in the manufacture of recyclable car parts."

The commission will be comprised of 15 members,
including delegates
of the Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the
Secretary of Commerce, House and Senate leaders,
Agriculture Committee chairs, the President of the NC
Farm
Bureau, and the deans of the Kenan-Flagler Business
School at
UNC-Chapel Hill, the Fuqua School of Business at
Duke, the
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at NCSU and
the
School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at
NC A&T.

The commission will report its findings and
recommendations to the 2007 General Assembly and
the
Environmental Review Commission by December 1,
2006.

North Carolina's positive step is especially
encouraging as
we await action on industrial hemp in other parts of
the
country. We should know by the end of the week
whether
Governor Schwarzengger will sign the California
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Industrial
Hemp Farming Act. Meanwhile, North Dakota
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is
finalizing rules
for licensing farmers to grow hemp under its 1999 law.

I look forward to sharing the latest news with you as
soon as it breaks.

Sincerely,



Eric Steenstra


President

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Today's Featured Stories
* The Highway to Hemp
* Hemp Hemp Hurray?

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The Highway to Hemp

By Kelly Stone

AGWEEK

September 25, 2006

WINNIPEG, Manitoba ? A handful of lush, green
Manitoba fields
are producing crops for a small but thriving business
tucked
inside a Winnipeg industrial park. It's a lucrative
scenario that
may provide a glimpse into North Dakota's future.

The crop is industrial hemp. The Canadian company,
Manitoba
Harvest/Hemp Food & Oils, was formed in 1998, the
year
Manitoba started issuing licenses for hemp production.
This month, North Dakota moved one step closer to
that
milestone, and it is possible that hemp crops will be
on the
horizon in the spring.

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Hemp Hemp Hurray?

By Hena Cuevas

Life & Times, KCET

September 19, 2006

SUMMARY:

It looks just like marijuana, only you can't get high.
It's hemp,
and it may soon be legal for farmers to grow in
California. A
bill that passed in Sacramento is now on the
governor's desk. Is it a
cash crop? Or a burden on police? Hena Cuevas has
our story.

REPORTER'S NOTES:

Legalizing industrial hemp seems like a simple
proposition. But
there are concerns about possible abuse, especially if
it's used
as a way to grow [hide] marijuana. I noticed that in
this case, how
you feel about the legalization of hemp is closely tied
to what
you think about marijuana as a drug.

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