Hemp Farming in Africa: A Billion Dollar Industry?
Well, thank goodness there are countries such as Canada, France, Russia, Norway, Holland, China and many others whose governments are led by individuals with a different political agenda concerning hemp.
The government has made hemp illegal to grow for purely political reasons in the USA, and results in the War on Drugs and the deception about "health care" in America, which is based on artificial drugs, and the War On Drugs will be locked in, and we are in a truly police state, being criminalized and harrassed for our health and well being choices. Really, really sociopathic monopoly based on insanity of what health really is not.
Growing hemp could break this cycle of prohibition.
Heck, they've even passed these ridiculous policies on to other naive nations trying to earn favours (usually access to US markets, or financial aid). This is in order to protect some very big and powerful corporations (Archer Daniels Midland, Dupont, the entire pharmaceutical industry, the toxic cotton industry, among others) as billions of dollars in profits and shareholder equity are at stake.
http://goafricago.blogspot.com/2007/03/hemp-farming-in-afric...
I think hemp is great but as
I think hemp is great but as usual the politically connected corps have outlawed it to protect thier markets.
I have discovered Stinging nettle is comparable to hemp in fiber and also has many medicinal qualities and is very nutritious. Maybe we could circumvent the bastages on this and use nettles while hemp is still illegal. I made a post on it a while back: http://www.dailypaul.com/node/127643
Also Milk Weed and Indian Hemp are good fiberous plants that could help us in that.
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There is no reason for hemp to be illegal to grow.
It's just we all are hanging on to medieval mindset of an outdated, draconian war on drugs.
And never forget, “Humans, despite our artistic pretensions, our sophistication and many accomplishments, owe the fact of our existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.”
hemp tea
"Hemp is of the first necessity to the wealth and protection of the country." - Thomas Jefferson
“Speaking generally, the Commission are of the opinion that the moderate use of hemp drugs appears to cause no appreciable physical injury of any kind.” - Indian Hemp Drugs Commission 1893-1894
"Make the most of the Indian Hemp Seed and sow it everywhere." George Washington
"Sowed Hemp at Muddy hole by Swamp."
May 12 George Washington
Diary Entry, May 12 , 1765
"began to separate the male from the female (hemp ) plants" - George Washington
Diary Entry, August 7, 1765
“Certainly no good reason can be assigned why the
Hemp of New Zealand should not thrive with us, as
that country lyes [sic] in about the same Southern lati-tude
that our middle States do in the Northern. The
Hemp of the East Indies grows well here (from my own
experience) and I have no doubt of the Tea plant suc-ceeding
in So. Carolina and Georgia.”
LETTER FROM PRESIDENT WASHINGTON
TO JOHN SINCLAIR
December 10, 1796
“We have allowed our nation to be over taxed and over regulated and overrun by bureaucrats, the founders would be ashamed of us for what we're putting up with.” Ron Paul
Which commodities are worth buying or holding on to?
"I recently bought more of all of them. But I really think agriculture is going to be the best place to be. Agriculture's been a horrible business for 30 years. For decades the money shufflers, the paper shufflers, have been the captains of the universe. That is now changing. The people who produce real things [will be on top]. You're going to see stockbrokers driving taxis. The smart ones will learn to drive tractors, because they'll be working for the farmers. It's going to be the 29-year-old farmers who have the Lamborghinis. So you should find yourself a nice farmer and hook up with him or her, because that's where the money's going to be in the next couple of decades."
http://farmlandforecast.colvin-co.com/2009/02/27/jim-rogers-...
And never forget, “Humans, despite our artistic pretensions, our sophistication and many accomplishments, owe the fact of our existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.”
What thinks the country's largest farming organization on hemp?
Responding to an effort led primarily by Kentucky farmers, the country's largest farming organization this week endorsed research that could lead to the re-legalization of hemp as an American farm crop.
http://www.levellers.org/cohip/PAGES/IND_HEMP/KENTUCKY/KYFAR...
And never forget, “Humans, despite our artistic pretensions, our sophistication and many accomplishments, owe the fact of our existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.”
To bad
Hemp isn't made legal.
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...Legalize It...
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...Hemp could help us in so many ways...
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Hemp farming
would be the solution to so many problems. This whole global warming farce could be totally eliminated if we grew hemp for energy, wood, cloth, food, etc. It is a very environmentally-friendly crop and has so many uses. I don't know what Ecuador's stance is on this but I would sure like to be able to grow some down there.
Healthnut4freedom
The lip of truth shall be established forever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment...Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are His delight. Prov 12:19,22
Currently thirty-two countries, including Canada,
Great Britain, France and China, allow farmers to grow industrial hemp. Currently, hemp farming in the United States is not permitted unless you receive a permit from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
http://hemp4victory.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/where-is-indust...
Not being able to grow hemp is road kill of the war on drugs, and Ecuador borders Colombia.
As far as the public with casual use of cannabis:
Baños, Ecuador, definitely has a hippie feeling, and this extended to the nightlife. Keeping with the hippie sentiment, marijuana is available from characters on the street selling pipes and other trinkets. 7.50 USD buys a pipe and about 2-3 grams of mediocre smoke. Drug use in Ecuador is discreet. Unlike it’s neighbors, Peru and Columbia, drugs are hard to find in Ecuador. Baños was the only town in Ecuador that seemed to cater to this element of society.
http://www.travelsinparadise.com/ecuador/banos_2.html
The drug war under scrutiny
http://www.news2020.com/
Ecuador's involvement in the U.S. drug war grew out
of a series of international agreements that culminated
in a 1999 accord for what the U.S. military refers to as a
Forward Operating Location (FOL) at the Manta base. 1
When Howard Air Force Base in Panama closed that
same year, the U.S. Southern Command began opening
FOLs at existing Latin American and Caribbean airfields.
These were designed to take over the reconnaissance
and surveillance operations formerly centered at
Howard.
http://www.phillipbannowsky.com/In%20the%20Grip%20of%20the%2...
And never forget, “Humans, despite our artistic pretensions, our sophistication and many accomplishments, owe the fact of our existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.”
Correa kicked us out
We no longer have a base in Manta, Ecuador. Correa kicked us out when our lease was up this year. That is one of the excuses the U.S. is using to build more bases in Colombia. After watching "Apology of an Economic Hitman" I believe it is just a way of controlling Latin American governments who don't want to play house with us.
Healthnut4freedom
The lip of truth shall be established forever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment...Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are His delight. Prov 12:19,22
Ecuadorians I have met have a fabulous outlook on ecology.
Their university encourage permaculture, yet the lands are spoiled by the meg corporations. However, what happens in one country, may happen in another, and of all my travels, Ecuador would be a worthy place to get in, live the life, mix it up with the transition, get the permit. A temporary permit may be availabe.
Even a small family corn farmer needs the young son to stay up at night, rifle in hand, and guard the crops.
Look into an ecological and or productive use for hemp farming. There may be finacier interested in the region you're settling.
And never forget, “Humans, despite our artistic pretensions, our sophistication and many accomplishments, owe the fact of our existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.”