From: Institute for Hemp <instforhemp@delphi.com>Newsgroups: alt.hempSubject: **NEWS** Greenleaf News Vol5#5 1/3Date: Tue, 7 Mar 95 19:15:20 -0500Message-ID: <RMw49Fo.instforhemp@delphi.com>The Greenleaf News VOL# 5 ISSUE# 5"For the Past Four Years, Recording the Re-Birth of the NorthAmerican Hemp Industry"***************************Great News For The New Year !!Kentucky to Legalize Hemp Crop?Prestigious Board Named ByGovernor  Jones To Study The Issue!!Will the Governor who Made Hemp Illegal in Kentucky be the One toLegalizethe Cultivation of Hemp for Industrial Uses?***************************- Special Supplement -Ag. Canada'sWeekly Bulletin Vol 7 No. 23Dec 16, 1994Hemp (Cannabis Sativa)*************************** IN THIS ISSUE: HIGH HOPES FOR HEMPcoverJONES NAMES PANELcoverEditorialpage 2Review: Industrial Hemppage 3Toons By Asweganpage 3Pro Hemp in MN 94 Electionpage 6Hemp is Not Legal in All Statespage 7Hemp Advocates Hurt Alt. 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He  hopes  to helpdevelop markets if hemp production is legalized. University  of  Kentucky  agronomists Morris Bitzer and Scott Smithsaid they  are  skeptical  about  whether  hemp could be effectivelyproduced in Kentucky, let alone whether it could replace tobacco. Bitzer  and  Scott  said  there  are other fiber crops that seem tohave greater  potential  and  fewer hurdles to clear before they canbe produced legally. Smith,  the  chairman  of  UK's agronomy department, said he has seenno evidence  to  suggest  there is a market for any hemp productbeyond coarse fiber, or rope. Despite  his skepticism, Smith acknowledges that not much is knownabout hemp or its marketability. "The  real  question  is  one  I can't answer, and that is: TCan itbe a serious  commercial  enterprise?'  "  he said. "There is notanybody around here who claims to know much about it." Smith  and  Bitzer said they are concerned that renewed discussionabout legal hemp production is a cover for something more sinister. "My  suspicion  is that this is a spillover in part from the interestin legalizing marijuana production," Smith said. Advocates of legal hemp production couldn't disagree more. They sayhemp plants   could   be  selectively  bred  to  have  low  levelsof  THC,  or tetrahydrocannabinol, the active drug in marijuana. They  contend  it  could compete with everything from cotton and woodto gasoline  and  plastic,  providing basic needs economicallywithout harming the environment. That  raises  the question of how law enforcement authorities wouldtell the difference between low- and high-THC hemp. The answer, inCanada, Great Britain and other countries where it has been tried, isto have registered, licensed  fields  closely monitored by policethrough a program to test THC levels. How  well  that  works  in practical terms is one of the questionsbeing debated. Bill   Ruzzamenti,   chief  of  public  affairs  for  the  federalDrug Enforcement Administration in Washington, said legalizedproduction of hemp is  a  risky venture. He said all hemp plants havesome THC in them and are therefore narcotics. "We  just  think  it's an idea that hasn't been proven, and it's anidea that  seems  to  have  more  pitfalls than possible advantages,"Ruzzamenti said. The  argument for legalized hemp production has gained credencerecently as  Kentucky's  tobacco  farmers earn less and less fromtheir leading cash crop. From  the  early  1800s until the World War I, Kentucky supplied mostof the  nation's  hemp  Q  despite  the fact that it grows best inareas with cooler temperatures and more frequent rainfall. "For  decades Kentucky led the nation in the production of hemp, andyet her  climate  is  not particularly suited to the crop," wroteUniversity of Kentucky  history  professor James Hopkins in his book(ITAL) "A History of the Hemp Industry in Kentucky." (END) At one time, Hopkins said, hemp was grown on 503 of 844 farms inFayette County. Hemp production became illegal in 1937, although it resumed brieflywhen it was needed for war materials during World War II. In  Canada,  which  had its first government-approved experiment inhemp production in Ontario this year, the number of farms was reducedfrom 12 to two after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said there wastoo much hemp to monitor effectively. Joe  Strobel, the Ontario farmer who is spearheading the hempexperiment in  Canada,  said he was a tobacco farmer until he decidedto try hemp. Now he  is sending hemp to nine companies in the UnitedStates and Canada for a variety  of  experimental  uses,  to  see howit competes economically with other products. Strobel  said  the  results  of  the  first  year were mixed, butadded, "Definitely the potential is there." He  also  said  he  has  never  smoked  marijuana and has no interestin legalizing it. "I'm  65  years  old," he said. "I was way past my foolish age whenthat came along." Nathan Boone, a graduate student who has been doing research on hempfor the  Community  Farm  Alliance, said there was enough evidence toshow that hemp "needs to be looked into more in-depth." "We  don't  know  if  it's legitimate until we put a serious effortinto seeing if it's legitimate," he said. Meet hemp's alternative: kenaf Call it hemp without the headaches. It  is  kenaf,  a hemp-like fibrous plant that so closely resembleshemp that  a  stand  at the University of Kentucky's Spindletopresearch station was nearly destroyed by police not long ago. UK  agronomist  Morris Bitzer says kenaf is far more practical thanhemp as  a source of paper, wood products and other material. Infact, he says a California  firm  is seriously considering a site inCentral Kentucky for a paper-making plant. "I think kenaf has more potential here than hemp," Bitzer said. There   is  no  tetrahydrocannabinol,  the  psychoactive  ingredientin marijuana,  in  kenaf.  And  Bitzer says research he has done atSpindletop proves  that  kenaf  can be grown without the fingerlikeleaves of the hemp plant. That would help eliminate the possibility of mistaking it formarijuana, he said. If  a  paper plant did locate here, Bitzer said, it could meanthousands of  dollars  in new farm income for Central Kentuckyfarmers Q possibly as much as $55 a ton, according to one analysis. An acre of kenaf produced an average of 10.9 tons in one experiment,he said. Bitzer  said  the  California  company  that is considering Kentuckywas talking about between 200,000 and 250,000 acres a year in kenafproduction.         Obstacles to legal production of hemp in Kentucky include: 1) Political: Possession  of  any  part  of  the  hemp  plant  is currently illegalin Kentucky.  So  legalizing its use for other purposes would requirea change in  the law. Given the controversy surrounding marijuana,this surely would be a difficult political proposition. 2) Legal:cont next part.......=============================================================================From: Institute for Hemp <instforhemp@delphi.com>Newsgroups: alt.hempSubject: **NEWS** Greenleaf News Vol5#5  2/3Date: Tue, 7 Mar 95 19:16:08 -0500Message-ID: <Ru4619o.instforhemp@delphi.com>If  the  state did legalize the growing of hemp for uses other thanas a narcotic,  that  could  create  problems for people whose job isto enforce drug  laws.  Physically  there  is  very little differencebetween hemp for marijuana and hemp for other purposes, although theygenerally are grown in different  ways. Drug enforcement officialssay that even closely monitored hemp  production  could  causeconfusion  or  tempt  growers  to  disguise marijuana as hemp. 3) Mechanical: It  has been so long since hemp production was legal that thetechnology used  in  growing  and  processing  it is badly outdated.Research has been discontinued  because possession of hemp in anyform has been discontinued. How long would it take to bring theprocessing of hemp up to date? 4) Economic: If  laws  are  changed and legal hurdles are cleared, would hemp bemore economical  than products competing with it? For example, is itbetter than trees  as  a  source of wood and paper? Is it better thancotton for fiber? There  has  been no legal hemp production for solong that no one knows the answers  to  those  questions.  And  since few if any existing markets for products made with hemp, those wouldall have to be developed from scratch. Uses for Hemp: Cannabis  sativa,  or  hemp, is grown in many countries for a varietyof non-narcotic uses. They include:         Q ropes and other cordage products.        Q paper.   Q sails, mats, and sacks.        Q clothing.        Q caulking material.        Q plastic.        Q bedding for horses.        Q paints and varnishes.        Q oil for salad dressing and other food products.        Q soap. Jones might form hemp task force "There  has  been  so  much  discussion  about hemp as a viable cashcrop in Kentucky  that  Gov.  Brereton  Jones  appears serious aboutforming a task force to study whether hemp and other fiber cropsmight succeed here. Jones's  office  wouldn't  discuss  the  plan,  but  two agronomistsat the University  of  Kentucky  agronomist  said  they  had  beentold  that the governor's  office  was  seriously considering a taskforce to examine hemp and other fiber crops. When  Franklin  Jelsma,  Jones'  chief  of  staff, was asked aboutthe plan recently,  he  declined  to  discuss  it,  saying  it was"too sensitive a topic." "I  really  don't  have  a whole lot to say about that right now,"Jelsma said. reprinted with the permission of Lexington Herald-Leader )1994--@zend*********************JONES NAMES PANEL TO STUDY HEMP, WHETHER CROP CAN MAKE COMEBACKLexington Herald-Leader (LH) - THURSDAY, November 24, 1994By: TODD PACK HERALD-LEADER BUSINESS WRITER FRANKFORT  Q        Kentucky farmers are looking for a crop to supplement burley, sothe state is looking to the past to find one: cannabis sativa.         Hemp.         It's the same plant some still grow in Kentucky, but illegally: Marijuana. Gov.  Brereton  Jones  yesterday  set up a task force to studywhether a drug-free strain of hemp can again be a viable crop inKentucky. Fibers  from  the  plant  stalk  could  be  used  in  paper  andfabric production, he said. Jones  said he does not want to legalize it for smoking, nor does hesee hemp as a substitute for tobacco, the state's most profitablelegal crop. He  said: "If there are crops which can be grown legally for a profitin Kentucky,  which  we are currently not growing, then we as publicofficials have  a  duty to examine these crops and provide answersfor the farmers of Kentucky." The  17-member  task  force  will  study  potential  markets  andlegal barriers, Jones said in a news conference. When the task force makes its recommendations by Oct. 30, 1995, "wewill know whether Kentucky can produce a drug-free hemp." Hemp  has first raised legally in Kentucky in the mid-1700s, and usedto make  sailcloth and rope. The market waned in the 1860s with thepopularity of  superior,  imported  fibers.  Kentucky had a secondhemp boomlet during World War II as imported fibers became scarce. Illegal  hemp  has  flourished  since the mid-1970s, particularly inthe hills  of  Eastern  Kentucky. Marijuana income is thought to addgreatly to the economy of some parts of rural Kentucky. Jones  took  a pre-emptive strike at potential critics, chastisingthose who might misrepresent his intentions. While  he supports the idea of legalizing hemp production, "I amopposed to the legalization of marijuana" he said. Billy  Joe  Miles, an Owensboro farmer and businessman who will headthe task  force,  said  it  seems likely a non-narcotic strain ofhemp could be created by genetic engineering. These  plants  could be genetically altered so that they would beeasily distinguishable from illegal plants, he said. Kentucky  State  Police  Commissioner Jerry Lovitt, who sits on thetask force,  said  he  is open to the idea of legalizing hemp forindustrial use but acknowledged it could create problems for police. Industrial  hemp  is  grown  in Europe and Canada, and might make agood supplemental crop for burley, said task force member HalHamilton, director of the Community Farm Alliance. No  one  knows  exactly  how  much  an  acre of hemp would be worth,but Hamilton guessed $200-$500 an acre. Burley is worth about $3,000an acre. The  task  force  also  includes  Agriculture  Commissioner  EdLogsdon, Kentucky  Farm  Bureau President Bill Sprague andagriculture professors or department heads from six of the state'seight public universities. Gatewood   Galbraith,  a  Democratic  gubernatorial  candidate  whohas advocated  legalizing marijuana and resurrecting the state's hempindustry, was not named to the task force. Jones  said  including  him  would have made the task force a"political committee." Jerry Hammond, Galbraith's running mate, attended the news conferencein the Capitol. He  said  he  was  disappointed  that Galbraith wasn't named to thetask force, but commended Jones for creating the task force. "Thesefellows will come up with the truth," Hammond said. Task force members named by Jones        FRANKFORTQ Here is a list of those named to Gov. Brereton Jones'hemptask force:        Harold Benson, Kentucky State University        Danny Britt, Eastern Kentucky University        Ted Broida, Kentucky Economic Development Corp.        Jim Claycomb, governor's office        Lane Cowsert, Morehead State University        Rep. Mark Farrow, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee        Gale Glenn, Winchester        Jake Graves, Lexington        Hal Hamilton, Community Farm Alliance        Eldon Heathcott, Murray State University        Luther Hughes Jr., Western Kentucky University        Oran Little, University of Kentucky        Ed Logsdon, Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner        Jerry Lovitt, Kentucky State Police commissioner        Billy Joe Miles, Owensboro        Bill Sprague, Kentucky Farm Bureau        Joe Wright, Kentucky Burley Tobacco Growers CooperativeAssociationQ HERALD-LEADER STAFF REPORTreprinted with the permission of Lexington Herald-Leader )1994--@zend*************************From the Editor Well Back on Schedule, hope that everyone had a wonderful holidayseason and survived the New Year intact. Looking Back, 1994 seems to have been a banner year for The Institutefor Hemp and the Greenleaf News.  Subscriptions are up, although nowhere near the number we give away each year, sales of products areup, again although no where near the amount needed to fully fund TheInstitute's operations, but much closer to the mark than manyprevious years.  I had a return engagement at the Beloit College onDec 7th and am looking forward to an article in the local newspaperthere.  Did extensive traveling, I estimate in excess of 4,000 milesall done in a van towing a trailer full of Hemp stuff.  Provided infoat the request of thousands of Individuals and organizations, CNN,TBS, CBC (Canadian TV), ABC (Australian TV), The Kentucky HempAdvisory Board, Pioneer Press, Star Tribune, Beloit Daily News,KSTP-TV, 60-Minutes, Montel Williams, and far to many more than canbe listed here.  We also received referrals and much valuedassistance from many noted groups and individuals like The IndustrialFabrics Association, Many State Legislative Members, Members ofCongress,  U.S. Department of Agriculture, many State Department's ofAgriculture and again far to many other exceptional individuals andorganizations than can be properly given credit in this short space.To all these people I wish to say I hope the information we providedwas useful and thanks. What is the forward look for 1995.  I see several things that willshake out in 1995.  First will be a great deal of turnover in thecompanies that are doing business in hemp products.  Part of thiswill be due to the general rate of business failures in the US.  Thefacts are that 75% of all first year companies fail.  Of theremaining 25%, 70-80% will never see five years. So out of 100Companies only 25 are remaining after year one and by year five only6 of the hundred will remain.  With what we could call rebirth of theIndustry really only 2-4 years old we will see a greater turnover asinitial operating capital begins to dwindle. This is not to say thatthere aren't some very well financed companies out there, but manyhave made some costly mistakes.  Since The Institute for Hemp hasbeen around now for 5 years and is one of the oldest Hemp Companiesin operation I feel a special sort of success in just still beinghere.  Those that have been here even a year you too should take aspecial pride as you beat the odds, so far, the next step is beatingthe next set of odds. There will be at least one problem for the companies using Hemp Seedthat will need to be overcome in 1995.  That problem the reduction ofthe importation of Hemp seed and the reluctance of Hemp SeedImporters to do business with Non-Bird Food Companies.  In the pastmonth I have been bombarded with requests from people all overlooking for hemp seed.  At first I forwarded them to my supplierKnight Seed Co then I decided to call Tim and ask him for his inputon prospects for seed in 1995.  He explained that Knight had noprospect to import Hemp in 1995 and hadn't imported any in 1994.  Iasked him for a referral and called Specialty Commodity.   SpecialtyCommodity stated simply that they had no Hemp Seed weren't expectingany in 95 and would not like to be referred any Hemp Seed businessand that they are only doing business with Bird Feed Manufacturers.There is the additional problem that much of the Hemp Seed importedinto the US is not considered Human Food Grade, but is rather AnimalFood Grade since it is primarily imported as a bird and small mammalfeeds and as such doesn't need to be kept to the same specificationsas Human Food Products.  I am not sure just what the FDA would thinkof the use of Hemp Seed in human food products.  This is part of thereason why hemp seed oil is usually sold as a "Massage Oil" ratherthan Cooking Oil. cont next part......=============================================================================From: Institute for Hemp <instforhemp@delphi.com>Newsgroups: alt.hempSubject: **NEWS** Greenleaf News Vol5#5  3/3Date: Tue, 7 Mar 95 19:16:59 -0500Message-ID: <ZM47F3r.instforhemp@delphi.com>The Institute for Hemp is also going through some changes of our ownhere in the first part of 1995.  I am in the process of filing thepapers to make The Institute for Hemp* a tax-deductible Non-ProfitCorporation.  The Institute for Hemp will open up for membership andfocus on the development educational materials, research, publicationand dissemination of scientifically verified information.  The maindifference will be in the catalog where we intend to make it morejust informational products like books, videos, stickers and otheractivist products and information. At the same time I am going to spin off a Company that focuses on theImportation, Manufacture & Distribution of Hemp Products bothWholesale and Retail, Consultation work for Hemp Companies that needhelp in marketing or distributing their products and anything else wecan think of. I also have hopes of forming HEMPPAC* another Non-Profit corporationwhose purpose will be to lobby and raise funds for politicalcampaigns.  It is long overdue for the Hemp industry to have a singlepurpose Political Action Campaign that can raise funds for Hempfriendly candidates and organizations. While it won't betax-deductible and could be difficult to get up and running, it couldprove to be a very valuable tool for the future health of the Hempindustry. So in 1995 the prospects are looking brighter, first we have a Boardformed in Kentucky of very prestigious individuals who can not belabeled as "PRO-DOPE" charged with the duty of Analyzing Hemp as acash crop for that state. The Institute for Hemp will be goingthrough some changes which I hope will make The Institute a muchstronger and even more recognized source of accurate informationabout Cannabis Hemp.  I hope this encourages everyone to redoubletheir efforts and write additional letters to their Governors askingthem to take another look at Hemp and form advisory boards like theone in Kentucky. Hemp IS Victory,john*************************Hemp is Not Legal in All Fifty States By John Birrenbach,The Institute for Hemp I have just completed some research that will suprize many.  Hemp(the parts defined legally as not being Marijuana) is not legal inall fifty states. Of course everyone is familiar with the change in the definition ofthe word marijuana that Kentucky made a few years ago.  This howeveris not the only state that has made it illegal to possess CannabisProducts no matter their form. In my research I found that Florida changed its law back in the late70's, in response to the court decisions that made if necessary, forpurposes of charging with a crime, to separate stalks and seeds thatare incapable of germination from quantities of marijuana. Other states include Mississippi, and Georgia.  In the case ofGeorgia they have made it clear, in their definition, that ALLproducts made from Cannabis is considered marijuana. While it is not likely that a person in possession of a Hemp productis going to be charged with possession of Marijuana, it does howeverleave open the possibility that a person could be charged with aControlled Substance Violation.  Depending on the weight and whetheror not sales are involved the violation could be charged as amisdemeanor or as a felony.  In the states that have a "mixture" lawa shirt made from 55% Hemp 45% Cotton the whole shirt is Marijuana.         Hemp is not as legal as everyone would have you believe. @ZEND***********************PRO-HEMP in MN 94 Election Results In the state for Minnesota Pro-Hemp Candidates reaped big in the votegetting in the 1994 Elections.  Following is a listing of the ProHemp Candidates and what they got for votes.  An asterisk indicatesthat the Candidate won the election for that office.  It also needsto be noted that had all the Pro-Hemp Votes gone to One US Senatorthat candidate would have beat Rep. Rod Grahms. Results Courtesy ofQ House Public Information Office,  LegislativeReference Library         Race             Candidate      Party   Votes CastMN CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS        Gov.    Marty/Larson    DFL     589,344                Shetterly/Davis         GRP             20,785        Auditor         S. Anderson     GRP     80,811        Treasurer       C. Bonniwell    GRP     84,486        Sec. of State   D. Wilkinson    GRP     54,009        Att. Gen.       D. Amundson     GRP     69,776MN LEGISLATURE        *65A    A. Dawkins      DFL      5,735        *65B    C. Mariani      DFL     5,628        *66B    A. Hausman      DFL     7,285                        TOTAL VOTES             899,391US CONGRESSIONAL SEATS        U.S. Senator                D. Barkley              IND     95,400                C. Sjostrom             GRP     15,920                A. Wynia                DFL     781,860        Congress  Dist. 4                D. Vacek        GRP     6,211         TOTAL US Races Votes Cast for Pro Hemp Candidates       917,859.        TOTAL Votes Cast for Pro Hemp Candidates                1,817,250.--@Zend****************BOOK REVIEW:Industrial HempPublished By: HempTechEdited By John Roulac47 Pages, Illustrated, $4.95 RetailBook Review By John Birrenbach First there was "The Emperor Wears No Clothes", then there was "Hemp:Lifeline to the Future" and "Hemp Today", now there is a new booklettitled "Industrial Hemp" "Industrial Hemp" is a NEW book about the industrial usage ofCannabis Hemp published by HempTech.  Senior Editor John Roulac hastaken much of the information about the industrial use of Hemp andproduced a concise 47 page booklet that explains what hemp can do forindustry. Starting with "Hemps Historical Role in Commerce" the bookletexplains some of hemps long and vast history in industry.  Thebooklet continues with "Bioresource Hemp" which explains how hemp canbe a Environmentally Friendly Resource for many of the products wecurrently use. The booklet continues with chapters on hemp's "25,000 Products","Today's Hemp Industry", and "Job's and Business Opportunities". One of the best thing that I like about the book is that it doesn't,like previous books, cloud the issue of Hemp with the issue ofMarijuana.  It also provides information that may upset some of theMarijuana Legalization advocates and some of the Hemp Counter-Culturewhich thinks that hemp is an end all, save all to our environmentalproblems. Industrial Hemp is a short, inexpensive booklet that will be bettersuited to Mainstream America.  It is also the first book in Americaabout Hemp that's printed on Hemp Paper (there are other booksprinted on hemp paper but none that deal with Hemp). Industrial Hemp is likely to become a mainstay for the IndustrialHemp Advocate.@ZEND***********************Hemp Advocates Hurt Alt. FibersVision Paper A Div of KP ProductsPO Box 20399,Albuquerque, NM 87154505-294-0293TO: The Institute for HempJan 3, 1995Dear John, Prolific misinformation on the subjectof hemp as an agricultural cropand a raw material for paper making is causing confusion and a lossof credibility within mainstream markets for alternative fibers.This overpromotion of hemp is tribializing the concept and slowingthe rate at which the shift from trees to plant fibers occurs in theU.S. Paper industry. The problem of global deforestation is imminent, and can be partiallysolved by tree-free paper.  Time is too short to promote hemp as thebest alternative for paper at the expense of legitimate non-woodfibers.  The precious environmentalist energy available should bedirected into areas where immediate relief can be realized.  Numerousplants and agricultural wastes can provide fibers and oils that canbe used to replace trees or petrochemicals in manufacturingprocesses. The legaization of hemp is a social/political issue, not anenvironmental issue.  When the laws are changed to allow theproduction of hemp in the U.S., then the real work of discovery willbegin regarding hemps viability as a raw material for paper.  Thebest agricultural practices and crop economics can be determined indifferent geographic regions, and raw fiber processing costs andefficiencies can better be defined.  If hemp can compete economicallywith other fiber crops fro paper, it will be grown to satisfy thedemand.  Meanwhile, years will pass.  The motives of industrial hempproponents are unclear.  If helping the environment is the priorityit should be, it makes more sense to promote legitimate non-woodfibers for paper because they can have an immediate effect on ourconsumption of forest resources. Kenaf, which has a strong U.S. government endor-sement and possessessuperior agricultural economics and paper making qualities whencompared to hemp, is currently struggling to make inroads into theU.S. paper industry. If kenaf, and other agricultural fibers, beginto achieve mainstream acceptance in the paper industry, a demand forplant fibers and agricultural wastes in general will emerge.  Thisdemand will most likely provide the opportunity for the serious studyand possible legalization of industrial hemp. Specific examples of the overpromotion of and inaccurate informationon hemp are detailed in the enclosed critique of The Institute forHemps' "Special Report B: The Use of Cannabis Hemp as a Source of RawMaterials in the production of Paper Products."  In fairness to theInstitute for Hemp, it is noted that most of the hemp reports andpublications available contain inaccuracies equal to or greater thanthose contained in the Institutes' report.  The critique will be mostbeneficial to the reader if they have a copy of Special report B,which can be obtained from the Institute for Hemp. I appreciate your taking the time to examine the issues, and yourdesire to put forth factual and professionally presented materials Yours Truly,Thomas Rymsza,Founder & President -KP Products Incdba Vision Paper.PO Box 20399Albuquerque, NM  87154 EDITOR NOTE: In the next issue we will publish the critique of ourreport.***********************Hemp For VictoryThe MovieThe Classic Department of Agriculture film on how to grow hemp.Shown to midwest farmers durring the early 1940's this film gives alittle history and the reasons why hemp was need for the war effort.You'll see footage of Hemp being grown, harvested and processed intofiber products.See A Decorticator In Action.The Institute for Hemp recovered a copy of this rare film from the USNational Archives.  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