| looooooking gooooood! |
[May. 23rd, 2006|10:01 am] |
greenloop gets an online makeover
Aysia Wright, owner of Greenloop, strives to offer her clientele the best the eco-fashion world has to offer. And whiel it's true what they say, that "Gone are the days when the choices of environmentally responsible clothing were between burlap sacks and shapeless oatmeal color..... ((she does have Deborah Lindquist, loomstate, carol undersigned, anna cohen, the hirribly named by way snazzy ecoGanik, acessories, and the WORLDS BEST inara babassu lip balm )) still, their website wasn't "all that".
Now, after a little over a year and a half in businesses, Greenloop has given its website a facelift, dramatically improving the shopping experience for would be eco-savvy clothing & accessory shoppers by providing multiple views of each item, size charts, wish lists, and a monthly e-newsletter to keep us In The Loop about what's new in the eco-fashion world, who’s in the spotlight, what's coming soon, how to save a buck or two while re-styling our newly green wardrobes! |
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| Dave's not here, man.... |
[Apr. 29th, 2006|06:26 pm] |
...he's out sewing seeds
So Last November it was reported that hemp acreage had tripled in Canada to a whopping 24,000 acres. And back then Manitoba (King of Canadian hemp) was growing about 12,000 of those acres. Well, the word from the Manitoba Co-Operator it appears that this summer will see 30,000 acres planted in Manitoba alone! |
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| Plus ça change, plus ça reste la même |
[Mar. 6th, 2006|01:12 pm] |
Former CIA head spook R. James Woolsey gets standing ovation from Hippies in Eugene Oregon!
According to Eugene's Register Guard, North American Industrial Hemp Council board member (and former CIA head under Clinton) R. James Woolsey wows 'em with what imnsho seemed like a piecemeal call to Biofuels and Ethanol... Meh... |
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| when it hemps it pours... |
[Dec. 22nd, 2005|06:16 am] |
since growing hemp is legal up here and not "down there" i thought i would gloat
Nice article in Business Edge Magazine today, an exposé on the "Hemprepreneurs." While I don't believe I had yet heard that term it was, I confess, love at first sight! And then to read that some people I knew back in 95-96 who were preparing to grow hemp, have really done well! Manitoba Hemp they report has seen their sales skyrocket from $50K in '98 to $2.5M last year! Really is there a way to get US to drop their regressive anti-marijuana laws and allow industrial hemp? If there is, it's by people (other people, as in, not Americans) making tonnes of money. If you got another way I'd love to hear it...
Oh, and if you are interested in seeing an American film made by the US Government a long time after making the stuff illegal imploring people to grow hemp for the war effort, click here and watch Hemp For Victory |
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| Judge calls anti hemp legislation "Assinine" |
[Dec. 19th, 2005|03:50 pm] |
That's right! He said Assinine
In the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, there's an interesting fight going on between the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and members of the Lakota Nation at Pine Ridge. DEA are trying to place an injunction preventing the White Plumes from growing industrial hemp. In what has been deemed a Tribal sovereignty case. You see the White Plume family has been planting industrial grade hemp (tho illegal to grow in the US, Industrial Hemp contains virtually none of the THC, not enough canabinals to give a buzz to any size human)
After the Government made it's case, Judge Arlin "Jim" Beam commented, "It seems asinine to me that they can bring in the Canadian stuff and use it but can't grow it." Beam also suggested that it did not make sense that Congress would try to make the economy of Native American tribes more enhanced by casino gambling but not allow industrial hemp cultivation.
The federal government filed a civil suit against the White Plumes in U.S. District Court in South Dakota despite the fact that the Lakota were growing hemp for seed and fiber when they entered into the treaties with the U.S. government. "Because federal Indian law allows tribes to continue doing something today that they were doing at the time they signed treaties with the U.S. government, the Lakota have an excellent chance at reversal," says Ken Friedman, local counsel for the Hemp Industries Association and Vote Hemp who submitted their brief in the White Plume case.
...when a federal judge calls Hemp Laws assinine, whar are they going to say? That Jim Bean better get off the wacky tobacky? can't wait to hear how this one plays out.... |
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| we got SOUL |
[Dec. 13th, 2005|07:30 am] |
Triple Five Soul announcs new line of hemp & soy clothing
The news rolling off today's PR Newswire is that Brooklyn's Triple Five Soul and L.A.'s Syrum Versus Venom have signed supply deals with Candian Hemptown to make future T5Soul and SVV clothing form hemp, soy, bamboo and a new enxymaticly processed hemp silky tissue. Way to go guys!! Proud Hemptown cheif, Jason Finnis beams: "Our partnership with SVSV will promote alternative organic fabrics to a mainstream fashion customer. David Gensler and his team have created amazing brands and this alternative fabric line will go a long way to promote organic textiles as a fashion item."
Now the mainstream can get behind these truley innovative fabrics! the PRN wire goes further describing the new technologies: "In addition to the company's expertise in Bamboo and Soy, Hemptown and the Canadian federal science organization NRC have jointly developed a patentable enzyme process to transform industrial hemp into a soft, white fibre. The process and the end product, called CRAILAR(TM) is highly environmentally sensitive, grown organically without the use of pesticides, toxic fertilizers or the enormous fresh water irrigation required by cotton"
...just remember, you can't smoke it, don't even think about it. |
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| Hemp For Victory! |
[Nov. 25th, 2005|09:07 am] |
Hemp Food Sales Grow 50 Percent Over Last Year; Canadian Farmers Triple Hemp Acreage to 24,000 in 2005
I read both of those awesome stats on a USNewswire.com release that just recently got slipped under the door. The news and stats, interestingly enough comes not from Agriculture Canada, but from the Hemp Industries Association, or HIA (pronounced "high-yeah") Annual conference in San Francisco (a place without which, we wouldn't have had the war on marijuana, nor hippies!). The data on annual retail sales of hemp food compiled by Leson & Associates shows a "50 percent increase, from an estimated $8 million during the 12-months reference period in 2003/04 to almost $12 million in 2004/05. During the same period, retail sales of hemp body care products grew by 15 percent from $35 million to about $40 million in 2004/05. Market wide data on the much larger sales of hemp fiber-based products such as clothing, paper and auto parts was not part of this new research, but should be available next year," the report said.. (Hemp paper, clothing, and fibers for auto parts are huge cash cows for hemp farmers, so you can imagine these numbers indicate the trends and growth but are tiny, compared to the real numbers). And as you already know, Hemp can really procure almost anything:
And according to the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance (CHTA), the trade association representing all sectors of the Canadian hemp industry, Canadian farmers planted over 24,000 acres of hemp in 2005. This is almost triple the 2004 acreage and 6 times the 2002 acreage of about 4,000 acres. Canadian farmers are reporting net profits of $200 to $250 per acre and are very pleased to have a successful alternative crop. And of course, in the United States it is still illegal. Some members of Congress are trying to change the federal ban to allow states to regulate hemp farming. This summer H.R. 3037, the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2005 was introduced but has yet to get a hearing and is unlikely to become law this year. Currently fourteen states have passed pro-hemp legislation. But still the weed, which was once mandatory to grow for all farmers in the USA, which could also easily share the burden of fossil-free biodiesel while manufacturing car parts, TNT, micro fibers, paint and all these hippie products you can already buy in a health store... is illegal and controlled by the DEA.
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| gotta get on the good foot, haaaaaugh! |
[Dec. 29th, 2004|09:40 am] |
((like my james brown impersonation?))
still high on the hemp buzz.... i remembered seeing a killer shoe mentioned in my fav of faves Tree Hugger it's from the i-paths company, they have at least 12 models of hemp shoes and FINALLY FINALLY (can't stress this enough) the hempies are actually marketing to someone who has (allowance) money! instead of designing shoes for hippies these are all designed for someone more likely to be riding a skateboard. kudos to ipath for making killer footware that doesn't kill the planet (i=path |
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| rockin' tha hemp party 24/7 |
[Dec. 29th, 2004|09:21 am] |
Here's something you may want to look into before planning your next rave ....sure Turbo speakers are the dinmaker-of-choice among the electric kool aid set, but if i know one thing about little ravers it's this: Hemp is cool. with that in mind i think you would be wise to get some of these   Hemp-crete Audio Cabinets. Made in Marin County's San Rafael (home of the greatful dead's office, and other hepmeriffic goodies) by the Aboveboard Trading company from 100% pure canadian hemp, these speakers are sure to "rock tha house" as well as make you feel like you are doing something more than just throwing records on for the kids..... |
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