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Just Say NO to GMOs

Tell Congress to Support Labeling and Safety Testing of GE Foods! It takes less than 1 min, please click on link below.... more

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WATCH: The Pump's "Without Crap" Funny Ad, Disses Unhealthy Food

New York City's The Pump chain of eateries, known for fresh, healthy food combined with protein powder just launched a... more

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NY dairy farmer kills his 51 cows then commits suicide

A NY dairy farmer shot and killed his 51 cows then turned the rifle on himself and committed suicide. The report on why was not... more

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Let's all eat...CRAP!

This video easily mocks today's current and ridiculous ads that deceive us into eating horrid food.

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How It's Made: Chocolate [video]

After watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as a kid, I thought chocolate was made by oompa loompas who were employed by a... more

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Conscious junk food consumption – Can we break free from the epidemic?

Check out this video parody of the typical American diet -- sure, it's funny, but doesn't it ring eerily true? Why are... more

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One Quarter of Grain Crops Fed to Cars Not People

When humans value machines and their stuff more than each other... Are you hungry today? "One Quarter of US Grain... more

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How To Eat Potato Chips Without The Mess

Why worry about greasy fingers when you can use this handy chip grabber :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI9OzHQBqpk

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Unpackaged: London's Eco-Grocer Embraces Precycling Before Recycling

You think it's hard remembering to bring your reusable bags to the store? Fans of one London grocer have to bring their own... more

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Food Dropped On The Ground: Still Worth Recycling?

Are you still practicing the 5 second rule and chucking more "dropped eats" than you probably should? What a waste of... more

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Saving Detroit By Turning It Back Into Farmland

John Hantz, a wealthy financial investor, believes the key to saving Detroit from utter collapse is taking the land around the... more

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Obama: Friend or Foe of the Organic Movement? (VIDEO)

Dorothee from OrganicNation.tv talks with Alex Steed of Millenials Changing America, who is doing a series this week called... more

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Natural health includes eating all natural, local and organic

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Michigan Farmers See a Cash Crop in Hemp

1/20/2010 1:18:07 PM

by Robyn Griggs Lawrence, Editor-in-Chief

At Natural Home, we love hemp. We eat hemp food and recommend hemp textiles for many areas of the home, and we’re excited about the role hemp’s taking on in insulation and other major building materials. Hemp’s a cool plant. But sadly, our enthusiasm for hemp can’t support anyone’s local economy in the United States. It’s legal to sell hemp products, but it’s illegal to grow the hemp here.

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The United States spends an estimated $360 million on imported hemp.

A group of northern Michigan farmers is among a growing chorus that wants to change that. Recently, Everett Swift, a Michigan farmer, urged the Board of Commissioners in Montmorency County to pass a resolution in support of hemp farming. He pointed out that the money the United States spends on imported hemp, an estimated $360 million according to the Hemp Industries Association could be going to American farmers.

Oregon, Maine, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota and Vermont have passed pro-hemp legislation. Even though these states have made hemp cultivation legal, federal law still states that it is illegal to grow hemp, and farmers must obtain a permit from the Drug Enforcement Agency before they can grow hemp without fear of prosecution.

Unfortunately, the DEA doesn’t seem likely to hand out licenses anytime soon. Just before Christmas, the federal courts dismissed a case where two North Dakota farmers were suing the DEA over a permit. The farmers, Wayne Hauge and David Monson, were issued North Dakota’s first license to grow hemp in 2007. The farmers then applied for the DEA permit, which they never got. The farmers sued the DEA, saying they should be allowed to grow industrial hemp without fear of prosecution, but the courts dismissed the case. Not all farmers wait for the DEA permit, however. Last October Montana officials issued the state’s first license to grow hemp to Laura Bozeman, who said she had no intention of attaining a permit from the DEA.

Swift and other hemp supporters at the meeting say they want their county to be the catalyst for change in the state. The county commission took no action, but the farmers said they would continue to show up and campaign for hemp.1/20/2010 1:18:07 PM by Robyn Griggs Lawrence, Editor-in-Chief At Natural Home, we love hemp. We eat hemp food and... more