In a follow-up to a small scale study performed last year, Hemp Cleans researchers are planning a larger scale study for the summer of 2013. Approximately ten hemp plants will be grown in soil contaminated by gold mining waste. An additional ten plants will be grown...
Ryan Loflin plans to make history, becoming the nation's first commercial-scale hemp grower in almost 60 years. In a few days, he will plant his hemp crop on a farm in the far southeastern corner of Colorado. Loflin and a handful of other growers are set to capitalize...
COLORADO INDUSTRIAL HEMP 9 News Hemp "That vote was unanimous, but the bill still needs to pass the House." http://www.9news.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=2322660748001 DENVER - The Colorado Senate recently did what the voters asked, passing SB241. Senate Bill 241...
Having already been introduced on the Senate floor, Colorado SB13-241 was heard by the Senate Agricultural Committee on April 10, 2013, and passed with enthusiastic unanimity. Testimonials were intelligent, articulate, and persuasive. President of the Rocky Mountain...
The second hemp bill in as many years has been introduced into the Colorado State Legislature. SB13-241 "CONCERNING THE CREATION OF A PROGRAM IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO REGULATE INDUSTRIAL HEMP PRODUCTION." sponsored by State Senators Schwartz and Crowder...
The Hemp Lobby Day at the Colorado Capitol, inside the Rotunda, was a huge success. Update soon. This is an older picture from outside. If you have stereographic glasses (red and blue) you can see the fantastic 3D image POP.
Local Biofuel Company Eyes Legal Pot Waste by BEN LIVINGSTON By the end of the year, Washington State may have a regulated cannabis industry generating hundreds of thousands of pounds of pot annually. This leads to a natural dilemma: what to do with the even larger...
By Melanie Asmar Thursday, Mar 14 2013 George Washington loved hemp. Our nation's first president thought so much of the plant that he once famously wrote to his gardener, "Make the most of the Indian hemp seed, and sow it everywhere." But Washington's interests...
Since the passage of HB 12-1099 in June 2012, Hemp Cleans researchers have been conducting studies into the effectiveness of phytoremediation. A limited-scale experiment involving the cultivation of hemp in mining-waste contaminated soils has yielded promising...
