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	<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Vermont Joins North Dakota in Voting for Industrial Hemp</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/vermont-joins-north-dakota-in-voting-for-industrial-hemp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 9, 2008: Vermont’s Governor Jim Douglas made no announcement on his web site. But on May 29, Douglas decided against a veto. So Vermont’s “Hemp for Vermont” bill which won overwhelming support in the legislature is now law. (The bill passed in the state House 126 to 9 and 25 to 1 in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wausau Daily Herald OpEd Praises Industrial Hemp</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/wausau-daily-herald-oped-praises-industrial-hemp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 7, 2008: An opinion piece by Jim Maas of the Libertarian Party of Wisconsin blasts current federal subsidies for farmers but singles industrial hemp out for praise. Maas writes that “Hemp has thousands of uses. Besides fibers for paper and textiles, it can be used for biodegradable plastics, health food and fuel. Hemp requires [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Video on Industrial Hemp</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/canadian-video-on-industrial-hemp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Industrial hemp organizations have put together an excellent summary of centuries of hemp history: &#8220;Hemp - The Environmentally Sustainable Alternative (Part 1).&#8221; Calling hemp &#8220;the world&#8217;s most valuable plant,&#8221; the nine-minute YouTube video tells the story well, pointing out the absurdity of the United States still banning a crop which was a major crop until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hemp on the High Seas Once Again - Cutting Fuel Costs</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.wordpress.com/2008/03/23/hemp-on-the-high-seas-once-again-cutting-fuel-costs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Dot Earth blog from New York Times writer Andrew Revkin notes that hemp is making a come-back: &#8220;A new age of sail may be a bit closer to reality. The MV Beluga SkySails, the first freighter in the modern era using a kite-like sail along with its conventional engine when the winds are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reason Foundation Report on Industrial Hemp</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/reason-foundation-report-on-industrial-hemp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[       A comprehensive Reason Foundation report on the environmental and economic benefits of industrial hemp was released March 13 by the Reason Foundation, a non-profit research and educational organization. Contrasting industrial hemp with competitors such as cotton, corn, polyester and fiberglass, the report states that:
“Cannabis sativa L. is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Industrial Hemp Brochure Published</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/industrial-hemp-brochure-published/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Industrial Hemp Brochure Published
Printed on hemp paper, this NAIHC brochure explains the many econonic and environmental reasons for once again allowing U.S. farmers to grow industrial hemp &#8212; a crop grown and valued by both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Includes comments and photos of NAIHC directors. (PDF file, requires Adobe® Acrobat® Reader®, available free.)
http://naihc.org/brochure.pdf
 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Action Stalled on ’07 Industrial Hemp Legislation</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/action-stalled-on-%e2%80%9907-industrial-hemp-legislation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Action Stalled on ’07 Industrial Hemp Legislation http://naihc.org/IHLegislationUpdate.html
For the latest status of the federal Industrial Hemp legislation, Click Here.  To check the progress of all federal and state legislation on industrial hemp, Click Here. The current federal legislation being considered is H.R.1009, “To amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Industrial Hemp Lawsuit Dismissed in North Dakota</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/industrial-hemp-lawsuit-dismissed-in-north-dakota/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now it&#8217;s up to Congress to act &#8212; An Associated Press (AP) report states that “A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the government by two North  Dakota farmers seeking to grow industrial hemp, which can be used to make a variety of products from rope to lotion.  The judge, Daniel L. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Industrial Hemp Decision Near in North. Dakota</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.wordpress.com/2007/11/24/industrial-hemp-decision-near-in-north-dakota/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The court case pitting two respected North Dakota farmers against the U.S. Government’s DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) could resolve important questions about legalizing U.S. industrial hemp production as early as this week. The initial ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Dan Hovland will be on DEA’s motion to dismiss the farmers’ efforts to obtain DEA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;. . . silly to criminalize hemp because of marijuana.&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://hempnews.wordpress.com/2007/10/20/silly-to-criminalize-hemp-because-of-marijuana/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 01:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fitchburg Star and other Wisconsin newspapers are featuring an article quoting NAIHC Board members Bud Sholts, Paul Mahlberg, Andy Kerr and James Woolsey. The article summarizes key issues surrounding efforts to legalize industrial hemp as a U.S. crop. It points out that the one obstacle to allowing U.S. farmers to grow industrial hemp seems [...]]]></description>
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