There has been much discussion within the industry recently regarding the use of the word hemp. Industrial hemp is considered very different to the medicinal/ drug form of cannabis, however there has been some confusion. This excellent piece written as a summary of our conversations is by Nick from NORML South Africa and is focussed mainly at Rick Simpson of “The Cure” (cancer cure) who seems to use the words differently from the rest of the industry.

After ‘playing’ around with Customs and Quarantine, another shipment of Organic hulled hemp seeds reaches Australia. But what actually is the current situation with hemp foods in Australia

Often people ask me what the different parts of the hemp plant look like that are used in various products. Here I put some descriptions on a photo of all the useful parts of the industrial hemp plant.

The folllowing is verbatim of Ian Murray, Vice President of IHAQ – an Australian Hemp promoting association in Queensland.

Building With Hemp
With so many uses for hemp and its products, it is not too surprising that building a house of hemp is now popular; but the question we need to answer is, is it worthwhile?

Industrial hemp on video. I prefer videos as they say a lot more than words. Here are my top five industrial hemp videos that you may be interested in watching and share. It only costs a few minutes of your time..

Yesterday I was interviewed on the ABC national radio with Fiona Wyllie as their ‘odd jobber’. They do not upload everything to their website so I uploaded it for you

Over the next few weeks I will be posting some excerpts from my first book H.E.M.P.- Healthy Eating Made Possible. In this first excerpt we look a little about the history of hemp.

The CSIRO is reported on ABC Radio today as being involved in a $50 million deal to find an alternative to fish oil as a source of Omega 3.  See the ABC report here:

A friend just sent me these images and they made me smile. Hemp Foods Are Green To Go