This treatment would apply where their sale or importation is in accordance with the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act or is excluded from the application of that Act. Between the numbers of farmers who have contacted me over the past year, looking to sell their surplus tonnage, and the challenging market picture, the prospects for fast farm growth of this industry are not good. That was back in 1890, when the U.S. government actively supported rather than opposed growing industrial hemp. Related Story New Zealand Herald New Zealand government is likely to give a green light for planting industrial hemp in response to growing support for its reintroduction - and growing evidence of the economic benefits offered by industrial hemp. The new site remains under construction but already lists a number of products and sources.
Companies can register their products for listing on the site.
Both farmers and consumers will benefit. California Strom-Martin bill proposes symbolic measure despite federal prohibition. Yet, federal law makes it illegal to grow hemp. Frankly, I was opposed to the legalization of hemp for years because I had been of the opinion that hemp was marijuana. I was shortsighted in my thinking . . .