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Food & Wine Magazine Names Alpsnack One of the Top 100 Tastes You Must Try in 2007
Gertrude & Bronner's Magic Alpsnack, PRNewswire-USNewswire. (January 16, 2007)
Editor's note: Food & Wine, January 2007 issue 100 Tastes to Try in '07.
Nutty hemp a hot food trend
By Phil Lempert, TODAY. (January 16, 2007)
Editor's note: Also see TODAY Show video as well as the post TODAY Show - Hemp: Hot new food trend? at The Hemp Report.
North Dakota: License for Hemp
By The Associated Press, The New York Times. (January 16, 2007)
Tas 'half time' hemp production gains international interest
ABC Online - Australia. (January 16, 2007)
ND state legislator high on hemp
Libby Spencer, Politics Weblog, The Detroit News. (January 15, 2007)
Legislator, school super wants to be first licensed hemp farmer...
AP News Feed, KXNews. (January 15, 2007)
N. Dakota Man Aims to Be 1st Hemp Farmer
By Dale Wetzel, Associated Press, ABC News. (January 15, 2007)
North Dakota Farmer is First to Apply for State License to Grow Industrial Hemp
Vote Hemp Press Release. (January 15, 2007)
Hemp Growers License Applications Available
North Dakota Department of Agriculture Press Release. (January 12, 2007)
Editor's note: North Dakota Department of Agriculture Industrial Hemp Farming Page.
North Dakota Senate approves industrial hemp processing...
KX News Team. (January 11, 2007)
North Dakota sows change
By Jessie McQuillan, Missoula Independent. (January 11, 2007)
N.D. Farmers See Bright Future for Hemp
Join Together Online. (January 10, 2007)
Factory plan rejected
By Nick Heath, Norfolk Eastern Daily Press. (January 9, 2007)
The Dish On Escondido's Magic Soap
KFMB-TV 8. (January 5, 2007)
Local Man Promotes Hemp
Abby Wuellnern KXMC TV-13. (January 5, 2007)
Hemp: DEA Has Spent $175 Million Eradicating "Ditch Weed" Plants That Don't Get You High
Drug War Chronicle, Issue #467. (January 5, 2007)
Regulation of industrial hemp urged
By Jonathan Rivoli, Bismarck Tribune. (January 5, 2007)
Bill pending to legalize growing and processing of industrial hemp
By Tracy Fugere, North Dakota Public Radio. (January 5, 2007)
Hemp-Farming Update
By Jordan Smith, Austin Chronicle. (January 5, 2007)
Industrial Hemp Hearing
By Brandi Powell, KFYR-TV. (January 4, 2007)
Editor's note: Video.
Morning Briefing
By Chris Foster, Los Angeles Times. (December 30, 2006)
Elk regulation high on ag agendas
By Patricia R. McCoy, Capital Press Agriculture Weekly. (December 30, 2006)
Here's what's on our plates in 2007
USA Today. (December 28, 2006)
Hemp Growing Snag
By Chris Gallegos, KFYR-TV. (December 28, 2006)
Industrial hemp backers try to clear the air
By Bert Caldwell, The Spokesman-Review. (December 28, 2006)
Editor's note: Registration required.
State asks DEA to waive hemp registration fees
By James MacPherson, The Associated Press, Bismarck Tribune. (December 27, 2006)
North Dakota challenges federal ban on hemp
By Dan Gunderson, Minnesota Public Radio. (December 27, 2006)
Johnson asks DEA to waive registration for hemp growers
Farm & Ranch Guide. (December 27, 2006)
Johnson asks DEA to waive registration for hemp growers
North Dakota Department of Agriculture Press Release. (December 27, 2006)
Billions of Wild Drug-Free Hemp Plants Eradicated by DEA in Effort to Confiscate Cultivated Marijuana Since 1984
Vote Hemp Press Release. (December 26, 2006)
Hemp production plan under threat
By Adam Gretton, Norfolk Eastern Daily Press. (December 26, 2006)
Jondi Gumz, Reporter at Large: New place to shop is close to home
Santa Cruz Sentinel. (December 22, 2006)
Hemp grows with technological advances
By Sharon Adams, Business Edge. (December 22, 2006)
Industrial hemp poised to become major crop
By Sue Roesler, Farm & Ranch Guide. (December 21, 2006)
One in the eye for the super box
Metro. (December 19, 2006)
Editor's note: Really good pictures in this story.
Cricketer tests eco-friendly box
BBC News. (December 19, 2006)
Editor's note: Please also see: BBC News: Cornish Eco surfboard and The Eden Project - Eco Surfboard.
China: National Hemp Industry Meet ends in Beijing
Fibre2fashion.com News Desk. (December 16, 2006)
Hemp Milk an Alternative to Dairy and Nut- and Grain-Based Drinks
Beverage World. (December 12, 2006)
Earth Talk: Why is Hemp so Usable and Yet Illegal?
E/The Environmental Magazine. (December 10, 2006)
Hemp: North Dakota Becomes First State to Legalize Industrial Production
Drug War Chronicle, Issue #464. (December 8, 2006)
Hemp Farming Battle Update
By Jordan Smith, The Austin Chronicle. (December 8, 2006)
Industrialized Hemp Is Now Legal
Kristin Bien, KMOT-TV NBC 10. (December 7, 2006)
Editor's note: URL for video.
Law blurs cannabis distinction
Kathimerini. (December 7, 2006)
Editor's note: The Kannabishop is a hemp shop in Athens.
Farmers deserve chance to show they can grow industrial hemp responsibly
Editorial, The Minot Daily News. (December 6, 2006)
North Dakota legalizes industrial hemp production
West Fargo Pioneer. (December 5, 2006)
Hemp Production Legalized in ND
KXMA-TV. (December 5, 2006)
Editor's note: URL for video.
Highs and lows of a hemp diet
Guardian Unlimited. (December 5, 2006)
Hemp Production Rules Meet Legal Requirement
North Dakota Department of Agriculture Press Releases. (December 4, 2006)
North Dakota preparing to grow industrial hemp
By James MacPherson, Associated Press, InForum. (December 4, 2006)
Editor's note: Best story to read if you are only going to read one version.
North Dakota preparing to grow industrial hemp
By James MacPherson, Associated Press, Bismarck Tribune. (December 4, 2006)
Editor's note: Edited version of story above.
State to begin taking applications for hemp farmers
By James MacPherson, Associated Press Writer, InForum. (December 4, 2006)
Editor's note: Early version.
ND hemp rules take effect Jan. 1
Associated Press, KXMB CBS12. (December 4, 2006)
Editor's note: Short version for TV.
With falling global prices for sugar and cotton, cannabis may become an alternative
By Rev. Mpendulo Absalom Dlamini, African News Dimension. (December 4, 2006)
10 Questions: Anita Roddick
Ravina Rawal interviews Anita Roddick, Outlook India. (December 11, 2006)
Students share results of semester-long studies
By Anne Cook, The News-Gazette. (December 1, 2006)
Students to race hemp car
TVNZ/One News. (December 1, 2006)
Editor's note: Video available at this link as well.
Hemp -- Ontario's new 'wonder crop'
By Treena Hein, Better Farming. (November 2006)
Swazi Gold set to ease growing poverty
Independent Online. (November 26, 2006)
Organic Hemp for Vegetarians, Vegans, Fitness Fans - and Body Builders!
PR Workshop. (November 24, 2006)
For foodies only
By Stephanie Fosnight, Evanston Review. (November 23, 2006)
Capitol News
By Joan Sanstadt, Iowa Farmer Today. (November 20, 2006)
After A Lovely Drive Among The Hemp Fields Of Manitoba, Our Environmental Questions Are Answered
By John Laumer, TreeHugger. (November 18, 2006)
Manitoba, largest Cdn. industrial hemp producer, welcomes delegates to conference
By Online staff, Winnipeg Sun. (November 17, 2006)
Hemp shaking its shady image
By Larry Kusch, Winnipeg Free Press. (November 17, 2006)
Hemp-growing rules take step forward
By Dale Wetzel, Associated Press, In-Forum. (November 16, 2006)
Adoption of ND hemp rules takes step forward
Associated Press, KXMA-TV. (November 15, 2006)
For an eco-surfboard, local entrepreneur says, 'Hemp, hemp, hoora
Gwen Mickelson, In The Water, Santa Cruz Sentinel. (November 12, 2006)
The Weetabix House
The Hemp Report. (November 11, 2006)
Vote Hemp Names California Assemblyman Mark Leno 'Legislator of the Year'
Vote Hemp Press Release. (November 9, 2006)
Good Experience With Hemp (PDF File 1.3MB)
The World-Spectator. (November 6, 2006)
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