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A little story for you from the manufacturing lands of Canada.
“Let me explain how this all began and where it is today. Approximately 8 years ago I was Mayor of the District of 100 Mile House. As you are no doubt aware the Mountain Pine Beetle went through our forests and created an environmental disaster. Thus we as a community had to start to look outside the box for new economic ventures. As we are a land and resource based economy we looked to many ventures.
An interested and very knowledgeable citizen by the name of Jack Witty contacted me regarding the possibility of investigating industrial hemp.
After being very persistent and convincing myself that this was a possibility, we formed a committee with the approval (but reluctantly) of my council. And thus we started to investigate.
With the help of the Provincial Government and a partnership with our local First Nations Canim Lake Band we accrued staff of the First Nations Provincial Government Agriculture component of government.
A gentleman by the name of Jamie Kumar was designated to help us investigate this project. We carried on…It was a struggle with little steps at a time and very little financial assistance. We had a few growers who stuck with the project and the Canim Lake Band were also growers. As time went on the interest continued to grow and we had many sessions with our agriculture community and possible investors. The hardest part was finding funding.
As a small community we could not use tax payers money to research this project. For two years, the Province assisted us with a small amount of funding but we were fortunate enough to obtain students from the University to work with us to help the research and assist the growers. For approximately 6 years we struggled but refused to give in.
In 2008 the Federal Governments stimulus funding gave us the opportunity to obtain funding to hire a professional in the industrial hemp field and to have funding for one year to assist the growers to get the research done to see whether or not this was going to be a viable industry for them.
In December of 2008 my term as Mayor was finished and I became an MLA for the Provincial Government. The local government has carried on with this project. I have continued to support and do what I can to assist.
The Federal Government is the licensing agent for the growers through Health Canada. It is a very restricted license and we have been working to have some changes made. Our local MP has been very supportive of the project.
As past chair of this project and now an MLA I feel very fortunate to have been a part of this project that I believe over time will become a commodity on the World Market with many opportunities for growth in the agriculture and processing industries in the future.
Time and patience is always a challenge. But nothing ventured, nothing gained. As a local government, we were, and the local government today is the facilitator; and, once the project is on its own, the local government will see the citizens reap the benefits.”
“At present, the agriculture community and the District of 100 Mile House are working together doing research with the University in Manitoba. Much work has been done over the past few years and as the demand for the product grows, over time, the agriculture community will be independent of local government. The District has also been working with investors from different countries and much interest in investing in a processing plant is occurring.”-BC Liberal Member of Legislative Assembly Donna Barnett for Cariboo Chilcotin
Read more at Hemp.org.
Canada: Economic Boom of the Industrial-Hemp Plantation
P.O.S.H.Inks Intergalactic Journey through AHHD (‘ODD’) places.
One of the poorest nation in the EU, Bulgarians are doing what they have to do to survive. They’re growing weed-the useful kind. You know, that thing that can feed you, heal you, and even cloth you….? There are entire villages of farmers that rely on cannabis, but their harvest is sold at a low price to organized crime groups. If in Bulgaria cannabis is replacing tomato then I would hope to be the done right way…but who am I kidding? People in poor countries hardly see or plan far ahead in the future, they have to worry about the present. I know, I come from one.
We (the people of the world) are still fighting what can save us. A crop. Every day hundreds die of malnutrition where cannabis could be planted and its seed consumed. With this plant we have been given the sun, and enough land and rain to take care of ourselves if we are happen to be hungry, hurt or cold. However because of the ‘individual’ greed people live but don’t let live. Until the human race figures out how to shake off its utter selfishness and wants, the journey to legal cannabis will (still) be a longer one than expected.
Source: TokeoftheTown
“Them say it might get you mad. But all this is true! ‘Cause them never make themselves, they don’t know what power, what strength them have…and the more they look ’pon the thing, they get afraid of themselves.” (Bob Marley-Every Little Thing Gonna Be Alright: The Bob Marley Reader)
Jamming…
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Medicinal Genomics published the raw sequence of the cannabis plant widely know as marijuana opening a possibility for new research and into finding a cure for cancer-or does it?
According to Medicinal Genomics founder McKernan “Our plan is to understand genetics of this so that companies that are interested in making drugs from [cannabis] have better info to work with”.
FF to 34 seconds and see how Walter gets inspired.
According to the Netherlands-based company major pharmaceutical companies already have an interest in medicinal marijuana and as we all know Sativex by Bayer is readily available to use in Spain, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, and the UK to treat muscle stiffness, bladder problems, and neuropathic pain from multiple sclerosis. (see Spain, Germany and other countries regulation regarding the Cannabis plant here)
Read more about the Genome of Marijuana sequencing here.
When going up to Northern California you should not miss this absolutely unique place in Oakland called the Unique Boutique Art Gallery. The gallery hosts an array of Cannabis related novelty art pieces such as wonderful paintings, sculptures, paper drawings, high quality posters, books, screen printed t-shirts and so much more! These items are not only original, representing an entire new topic in which art could evolve (or explode!) but also handcrafted one-of-a-kind pieces.
Oaksterdam Unique Boutique - 376 15th Street - Oakland, California 94612
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