Vote for local nutritional hemp

[Guest guest]

Many raw foodists use hemp products for food, such as hemp oil and

hemp seeds (as well as for clothing and other materials). As it is not

legal for US farmers to grow industrial hemp, the basic products must

be purchased from growers in other countries. The crops then end up in

a variety of products in this country, including raw nutrition bars

made with hemp seeds. (Personally, I have a variety of hemp clothing,

including shorts, socks, shoes, belt, and maybe even some shirts!)

When US farmers could use more (and a variety of) income, it is a

shame that they are not allowed to grow the crops. In an age of

society gaining understanding of the impact of long distance

transportation of products and the importance of increasing local

production and trade, I find this ban of (non-THC) industrial hemp

ridiculous. Below is a link for anyone interested to send your

congressperson an email (you could also opt to copy and paste to a

document for snail mail). Type in your zip code and it lists your

congressperson and auto-fills email text, which you can edit.

 

http://capwiz.com/votehemp/issues/alert/?alertid=13165651

 

For anyone interested, Seattle's Hempfest is August 15-16

(http://hempfest.org/drupal/

), While the event seems to focus on the other hemp, there is still

information on industrial hemp. I usually look for hemp clothing. A

couple years ago, someone was selling hemp ice cream (though not raw).

There is other food there, but I don't recall any raw foods.)

 

Jeff

[Guest guest]

> For anyone interested, Seattle's Hempfest is August 15-16

(http://hempfest.org/drupal/

> ), While the event seems to focus on the other hemp, there is still

> information on industrial hemp. I usually look for hemp clothing. A

> couple years ago, someone was selling hemp ice cream (though not raw).

> There is other food there, but I don't recall any raw foods.)

>

 

Re. Seattle Hempfest, I feel compelled to post a secondhand smoke alert for

anyone who has never attended. The Hempfest, as I've discovered from firsthand

experience and from a friend who attends annually, is full of secondhand smoke,

both cannabis and tobacco. Waaay more smoke than walking down a busy Seattle

street. I found it impossible to walk from booth to booth without getting a

whif of someone's secondhand smoke. While I support industrial hemp and medical

marijuana, I consider Hempfest to be hazardous to one's health, and did not

attend a second time.

 

The year I was there, they sold smoothies made in a bicycle-powered blender, but

I'm not sure if they they had a non-raw base such as soymilk.