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UK and Hemp Article from the BBC
| By Nayer - May 20, 2008 2:17:26 PM ET |
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Tags: BBC, farmers, Hemp, hemp farming, NW Farmers, Richard M. Davis, USA Hemp Museum
America should join the hemp evolution to help solve our problems.
Here'a an article we found from the BBC on how folks are growing industrial hemp and loving the experience.
We are hempin' now, as long as the word we means any one of everyone in the universe.
Visit the USA Hemp Museum, www.hempmuseum.org, for more information on how to use hemp to help us solve our problems.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/foyle_and_west/7409103.stm
Hemp catching on with NW farmers
Forget potatoes, wheat or barley... hemp is the newest crop gracing the fields of the north west.
Hemp can be used to make building blocks, plaster or insulation
Forget potatoes, wheat or barley... hemp is the newest crop gracing the fields of the north west.
About a dozen farmers in County Londonderry have started to grow the plant - a variety of cannabis - for its non-intoxicating uses.
The material is primarily used in the building industry, but can be found in everything from pharmaceuticals to food.
Robert Moore grows 300 acres of hemp at his farm at Ballougry outside Derry.
"I'm licenced from the department of health and from the police, and before anybody starts coming up to pinch some, you could smoke it from now to Christmas and it wouldn't give you any sort of charge.
"There is no drug value in it all," he said.
Mr Moore said that hemp as a crop has "huge potential".
You could smoke it from now to Christmas and it wouldn't give you any sort of charge
Robert Moore
"You can use the fibre as roof insulation or wall insulation, and it's a very environmentally-friendly product.
"I think there are over 2,000 different uses - I even saw hemp oil when I was at the Balmoral Show last week."
Marcus McCabe is from Hempire Building Materials in Limavady.
His company has spent the last few years experimenting with ways of processing hemp, including mixing it with lime to create plaster.
"We certainly have enough hemp to plaster 4,000 houses between now and next year.
"When we need is to get architects involved, councils involved, even individuals involved.
"Anybody who is building, we need them to think about these sustainable materials," he said.
Derry farmer John Gilliland specialises in sustainable crops.
He said hemp is a great crop for the environment.
"It locks up the carbon dioxide in the hemp itself, so it's a very useful tool to both provide a fibre and help the environment."
Robert Moore is convinced the crop has huge potential.
"I would love to see 3,000 acres of it rather than 300, because it works for us and it has the environmentally-friendly aspect as well," he said.
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BBC Article - Hemp catching on with NW farmers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/foyle_and_west/7409103.stm
USA Hemp Museum, Richard M. Davis, founder, curator and author of HEMP FOR VICTORY; A GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTION www.hempmuseum.org
Here'a an article we found from the BBC on how folks are growing industrial hemp and loving the experience.
We are hempin' now, as long as the word we means any one of everyone in the universe.
Visit the USA Hemp Museum, www.hempmuseum.org, for more information on how to use hemp to help us solve our problems.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/foyle_and_west/7409103.stm
Hemp catching on with NW farmers
Forget potatoes, wheat or barley... hemp is the newest crop gracing the fields of the north west.
Hemp can be used to make building blocks, plaster or insulation
Forget potatoes, wheat or barley... hemp is the newest crop gracing the fields of the north west.
About a dozen farmers in County Londonderry have started to grow the plant - a variety of cannabis - for its non-intoxicating uses.
The material is primarily used in the building industry, but can be found in everything from pharmaceuticals to food.
Robert Moore grows 300 acres of hemp at his farm at Ballougry outside Derry.
"I'm licenced from the department of health and from the police, and before anybody starts coming up to pinch some, you could smoke it from now to Christmas and it wouldn't give you any sort of charge.
"There is no drug value in it all," he said.
Mr Moore said that hemp as a crop has "huge potential".
You could smoke it from now to Christmas and it wouldn't give you any sort of charge
Robert Moore
"You can use the fibre as roof insulation or wall insulation, and it's a very environmentally-friendly product.
"I think there are over 2,000 different uses - I even saw hemp oil when I was at the Balmoral Show last week."
Marcus McCabe is from Hempire Building Materials in Limavady.
His company has spent the last few years experimenting with ways of processing hemp, including mixing it with lime to create plaster.
"We certainly have enough hemp to plaster 4,000 houses between now and next year.
"When we need is to get architects involved, councils involved, even individuals involved.
"Anybody who is building, we need them to think about these sustainable materials," he said.
Derry farmer John Gilliland specialises in sustainable crops.
He said hemp is a great crop for the environment.
"It locks up the carbon dioxide in the hemp itself, so it's a very useful tool to both provide a fibre and help the environment."
Robert Moore is convinced the crop has huge potential.
"I would love to see 3,000 acres of it rather than 300, because it works for us and it has the environmentally-friendly aspect as well," he said.
End Article
BBC Article - Hemp catching on with NW farmers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/foyle_and_west/7409103.stm
USA Hemp Museum, Richard M. Davis, founder, curator and author of HEMP FOR VICTORY; A GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTION www.hempmuseum.org
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