Virtual Hemp-Questions
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Virtual Hemp-Questions
Email to HempCyberFarm with comments we would
like to share:
(Please also see
Questions
Canada and Virtual Market)
From: J.C. Callaway, Ph.D.
To: Matthew@HempWorld.com
Subject: other stuff
Date: Friday, December 4, 1998 3:12 PM
I think you are doing a great service.
>Jace, please let us know if there are any new developments. We are non-profit and we are trying to collect all the material useful for hemp farmers and agronomists alike since 1995.
I just put up a web page for 'finola oil'. you will see that it is only info, because I really don't have enough oil to export at this time. we had a miserable year up here with one of the coldest and wettest summers in recorded history. the summer before was one of the hottest and driest. we got up to 2 MT/Ha in some plots in '97, but hardly got more than 0.5 MT/HA on the few plots that we managed to harvest this year. the season in '98 in Finland went from cold and wet to freezing and snowy without a significant harvest window.
>Unfortunately very few people take the time or effort to share information. Hence, everybody is re-inventing the wheel for themselves. We find this rather cumbersome and inefficient.
It really is. I keep publishing our results in the JIHA, telling as much as I can and there was an update in the last issue (maybe you saw this?).
There is little seed available, and FIN-314 in north America is now administered by Gen-X: sasha przytyk genx@net1fx.com he will be able to give you all the details. keep in mind, we are only interested in growing with organic techniques, others need not apply. also, i suspect this will be grown by gen-x members in 1999, but (if all goes well) we should have lots of seed for the masses beyond that time.
jcc
Jace Callaway, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of Kuopio
POB 1627
FIN-70211 KUOPIO, Finland, http://www.finola.com
From: Jeff Askew jlaskew@sprint.ca
To: Matthew@HempWorld.com
Subject: Nectar value of Industrial Hemp?
Date: Friday, November 20, 1998 3:12 PM
Is there any nectar value in industrial hemp? Does hemp require honey bee pollination to provide a quality crop? Your response would be greatly appreciated --- curious beekeeper
From: Cree Industries cree@dowco.com
To: Matthew@HempWorld.com
Subject: Profound don't you think.
Date: Wednesday, November 19, 1997 2:11 PM
Matthew,
I came across this on the net, it speaks for itself.
John Olsen
Chief Seattle, Chief of the Suquamish Indians wrote to the American Government in the 1800's
In his letter he gave the most profound understanding of God in all Things. Here is his letter, which should be instilled in the hearts and minds of every parent and child in all the Nations of the World:
CHIEF SEATTLE'S LETTER FROM 1854!
"The President in Washington sends word that he wishes to buy our land. But how can you buy or sell the sky? the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them?
Every part of the earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every meadow, every humming insect.
All are holy in the memory and experience of my people.
We know the sap which courses through the trees as we know the blood that courses through our veins. We are part of the earth and it is part of us. The perfumed flowers are our sisters. The bear, the deer, the great eagle, these are our brothers.
The rocky crests, the dew in the meadow, the body heat of the pony, and man all belong to the same family.
The shining water that moves in the streams and rivers is not just water, but the blood of our ancestors. If we sell you our land, you must remember that it is sacred.
Each glossy reflection in the clear waters of the lakes tells of events and memories in the life of my people. The water's murmur is the voice of my father's father.
The rivers are our brothers. They quench our thirst. They carry our canoes and feed
our children. So you must give the rivers the kindness that you would give any brother.
If we sell you our land, remember that the air is precious to us, that the air shares its spirit with all the life that it supports. The wind that gave our grandfather his first breath also received his last sigh. The wind also gives our children the spirit of life.
So if we sell our land, you must keep it apart and sacred, as a place where man can go to taste the wind that is sweetened by the meadow flowers.
Will you teach your children what we have taught our children? That the earth is our mother? What befalls the earth befalls all the sons of the earth.
This we know: the earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth.
All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.
One thing we know: our God is also your God. The earth is precious to him and to
harm the earth is to heap contempt on its creator.
Your destiny is a mystery to us. What will happen when the buffalo are all slaughtered? The wild horses tamed? What will happen when the secret corners of the forest are heavy with the scent of many men and the view of the ripe hills is blotted with talking wires? Where will the thicket be? Gone! Where will the eagle be? Gone! And what is to say goodbye to the swift pony and then hunt? The end of living and the beginning of survival.
When the last red man has vanished with this wilderness, and his memory is only the shadow of a cloud moving across the prairie, will these shores and forests still be here? Will there be any of the spirit of my people left? We love this earth as a newborn loves its mother's heartbeat. So, if we sell
you our land, love it as we have loved it. Care for it, as we have cared for it.
Hold in your mind the memory of the land as it is when you receive it. Preserve the land for all
children, and love it, as God loves us.
As we are part of the land, you too are part of the land. This earth is precious to us.
It is also precious to you.
One thing we know - there is only one God. No man, be he Red man or White man, can be apart. We ARE all brothers after all."
"CHIEF SEATTLE'S 1854 ORATION"
From: "Jesús Arroyo Domínguez" jarroyod@nexo.es
Date:Sept 24, 14:29
Subject: semilla de cáñamo
To: Matthew@HempWorld.com
Estimado amigo Matthew:
Gracias por su mensaje. Efectivamente conozco gente de la Universidad. ¿ Podría darme más información sobre sus proyectos de cultivo de cáñamo en España ?. Posiblemente, pudiera ayudarle.
Un cordial saludo. Jesús Arroyo Domínguez.
Date: Sept 24, 1997, 9:46
From: Grassi Giampaolo ggrassi@bo.nettuno.it
Subject: Mab anti-THC
To: Matthew@HempWorld.com
Dear Matthew,
Very good work on hemp, I hope you continue.
My little help to your effort is also an opportunity to contact other people interested on hemp and in particular on immunoassay for THC evaluation in hemp.
At our Institute we have obtained a monoclonal antibody against delta-9-THC and we are using competitive ELISA to select hemp plants with low THC content.
I should be interested to know if there are people or companies interested in simple and fast immunoassay to use in field. I should be glad to receive suggestion and advice for practical application of Mab anti-THC.
Thank you for this help
G. Grassi
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* Istituto Sperimentale per
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* Via di Corticella 133, 40129, Bologna, Italy, IT *
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E-Mail: ggrassi@bo.nettuno.it *
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From: “Perforator” perforator@cybernw.com
Date: 9/24/97 19:39
Subject: Hemp for Energy
To: Matthew@HempWorld.com
Dear Matthijs,
Hello. We are a high school debate team and our topic of debate this year is renewable energy sources. After reading your web page and the pages of other individuals, we feel that hemp may be the answer. If you have any information regarding the use of hemp as a biomass energy source, please send it to perforator@cybernw.com or kevinh@macnet.com.
Thank you for your time and contribution
YC Debate Team
Date: Tue. Sept. 16th,
From: Martin Moravcik Hemperor@mbnet.mb.ca
Subject: Twine Factory
To: Matthew@HempWorld.com
Hello Matthew,
I am really enjoying your web site. Keep up the good work. I wanted to ask if you know of any twine manufacturing facilities in eastern or western Europe other than Kenderfono in Szeged.
Thanks for your help,
Martin Moravcik
From: BlueOrb@webtv.net
(Mary Savage)
Date: Sat. August 23
Subject: Hemp-Co-ops
To: Matthew@HempWorld.com
Hello Again,
I'd like to learn more about setting up Hemp Co-ops, specifically in African nations.What strains of Hemp are best for growing as a food crop, for the seeds?
Thanx.
Have a great weekend. Best Regards,
Mary
HCFAnswer: Thank you for writing, you have touched upon World's greatest problem: (Sub-) tropical Hemp-cultivars. HempWorld, Inc. is currently working on it and you can be part of it as well! (see this).
From: JSharp1221@aol.com
Date: Thurs, August 21
Subject: information seeking
To: Matthew@HempWorld.com
I just accessed this website today, and we are interested in entering the wholesale side of the hemp market, whereas we would sell hemp products. Do you know of any wholesalers who would like to do business?
I am also interested in buying shares of your business.Do you have access to a business that sells hemp fabric at wholesale prices?
I am a Christian and I believe that industrialized hemping should be legal, so as you can guess, my sources are limited thus far. We want to purchase hemp products wholesale for retail consumers. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated :-)
Tarie Sharp
From: LESP@intergate.bc.ca
(LES PATTERSON)
Date: Tues, August 19
Subject: Bulk hemp seed sales
To: Matthew@HempWorld.com
Hello there;
I'm getting a little frustrated in my search for bulk, roasted hemp seeds and hope you can point me in the right direction. I'm with Bowen Island Brewery here in Vancouver, Canada and would idealy like to find a reliable, Canadian supplier of hemp seeds. Pre-roasted would be best but i'm sure we could find someone local to take care of the roasting process if need be.
I've already spent considerable time on this quest and would appreciate any leads you could forward to me.
Thanks in advance for you valuable time and help!
Yours Truly
Les Patterson
(aka lost and frustrated)
From: "Carl M. Golden,III" cmg3@top.monad.net
Date: Mon 17:42, August 11
Subject: Need to know
To: Matthew@HempWorld.com
Do you happen to know what the silica content of hemp is?
HCF Answer: No, I do not. Anybody?
From: Annabelle Banham a.banham@csl.gov.uk
Date: August 8
Subject: Seed treatments on hemp
To: Matthew@HempWorld.com
I'm hoping you may be able to help with some information on hemp seed.
The survey group at the Ministry of Agriculture in the UK has just completed a survey of pesticide usage on arable crops. One of the novel crops we've come across in the 1996 survey was hemp, being grown on contract on a trial basis. The seed has been imported from France and treated with a mixture of anthraquinone and captan, but we have been unable to find out the relative proportions of the two active ingredients or the seed rate.
Any ideas?! Any information would be much appreciated!
Regards.
Annabelle Banham
--
Pesticide Usage Survey
Central Science Laboratory
Sand Hutton
York YO4 1LZ
UK
Subject: Producing Hemp
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 1997 13:33:19 -0800
From: Patrick Farrelly ace@indigo.ie
Organization: ACE Draughting
I am very interested in starting to grow Hemp and would like to know more about the
processing of Hemp, specifically what the process involves, the plant & equipment
necessary ( including cost of such plant)
I would also like to know more about what available markets are there for the raw material
- hemp , and what state can raw hemp be sold in.
Any other information you could possibly give me would be great.
Thanks a mill
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 08:40:01 +1300
From: "G Perano" jimgem@ihug.co.nz
i need a source of Hemp Oil for making soap it has to b e wholesale and cheapish thanx
gemma
Im in New Zealand
Answer to the above
Subject: Hemp Seed Oil
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997.
From: Don Wirtshafter don@hempery.com
Organization: The Ohio Hempery, Inc.
To: matthijs@HempCyberFarm, jimgem@ihug.co.nz
Thanks for your inquiry to Hemp Cyberfarm about hemp seed oil for making soap.
Your letter was forwarded to us since we are the manufacturer of hemp oil. We offer our fresh hemp seed oil for $90 per gallon in one gallon quantities. Bulk orders of five gallons or more are $80 per gallon. In quantities of more than 55 gallons, we quote $70 per gallon. These prices are approximately half of what they were two years ago due to the volume we are now able to produce.
We press oil on a weekly basis, pretty much to order to assure our customers that our oil is fresh.
Please write or call if you have any questions.
--
Don Wirtshafter, Ohio Hempery Inc. Products the Earth Can Afford
Call or write for our free catalog: Order Line 1-800-BUY-HEMP
7002 S.R. 329, Guysville, OH 45735 soon on line:
(614)662-4367 fax(614)662-6446 http://www.hempery.com
Subject: growing in costs rica???
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 14:45:19 -0500 (EST)
From: Ddmride@aol.com
good day sir!! i am exploring the idea of cultivating hemp in costa rica central america.
i also would like to know where i can get a complete library of info on growing,
harvesting, marketing, selling to who ect ect i would like to get involved in the hemp
industry, i think it has a promising future !!!
ddmride@aol.com
Subject: Producing Hemp
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 1997 13:33:19 -0800
From: Patrick Farrelly <ace@indigo.ie>
Organization: ACE Draughting
To: Matthew@HempWorld.com
I am very interested in starting to grow Hemp and would like to know more about the
processing of Hemp, specifically what the process involves, the plant & equipment
necessary ( including cost of such plant) I would also like to know more about what
available markets are there for the raw material - hemp , and what state can raw hemp be
sold in. Any other information you could possibly give me would be great.
Thanks a mill
From: Margaret K., Subject: Hemp Growing in
Canada?
Howdy:
My brother and I are in Canada, and we are interested in growing industrial hemp. We have sizable acreage, and are trying to understand more of this industry. Have you sold any seeds into Canada, and where else might I inquire about getting seeds?
Thanks very much
Answer: Yes we would really like to help Hemp-farmers in Canada with Hemp-seed and information. You need to get the proper paperwork to import the seeds!
From: JeZaBeL
Subject: does THC level affect quality of hemp products?
Hi there I am down in South Africa, starting to become aware of hemp issues and slowly starting to think towards getting involved in A)getting hemp cultivation legalised here, B) starting a hemp farm ( there are already many highly skilled illegal organic marijuana growers in this part of the world.
One thing I have been told is that the higher the THC content of the plants, the better the quality of crops for all applications : in fact, that really refined products cannot be produced from hemp with low THC. Is there any truth to this? Is it worth trying to aim for legal production of high THC content plants, or doesn't it really make any difference?
Congratulations on your cyberfarm - it's a great idea! I look forward to your reply and to communicating in future.
Yours JeZaBeL
From: Mark G.
Subject: THC and Hemp:
The THC potency of Hemp is an insane issue that politicians bring up to defend their position on prohibition. We must look at how farmers such as George Washington treated the THC issue. They ignored it. If their kids want to go into a Hemp field and smoke some buds, let em. It is just like smoking "rabbit grass" or something. Let them get a headache or pass out from lack of oxygen. From the 1600's until 1937, ther was never a problem with people smoking Hemp to get high, because you can't. There must be a minimum of 2.0% THC to get high. There was also the issue of farmers making THC pills from Hemp foilage. What a load of sh*t! Is it economically feasable for a farmer to take the foilage that replaces nutrients back into the soil, and make THC pills that can be sold at a competitive price to Hash or Marijuana. In my opinion, Marinol and THC pills suck and are not desireable. The THC percentage of Hemp is just a scare tactic used by the police to scare the public. Strains of Hemp that are grown for fiber will be grown for fiber, not a drug, because there is not a drug, just a minute trace of THC. 1.0% THc level is what we are pushing for in Tennessee to 1. please the politicians and missinformed public and 2. allows farmers to choose diferent strains from China, France, Russia, and Eastern Europe. Anything less would be uncivilized.
From: Roxanne L.
Subject: Aerospace Uses for Hemp:
Have you heard of any studies being conducted to use hemp for aircraft structural components? One of our staff members is looking for any supporting documentation which might coax our management into an R&D project using hemp in composite materials for the construction of aircraft.
From: Des C
Subject: Hemp for construction:
Great to see this constructive and informative page. Recently in Australia there was a TV documentary on the ABC about the hemp story and the need to legalise growing. It was a very positive program. On the show they interviewed a woman in France who was constructing houses using a mixture of hemp fibre and some form of mortar which was trowelled onto the wall-frames - they were almost indestructible. Do you have any information of this technology or a contact address/number for her please? If not, perhaps you could do some research and feature her products on these pages some time in the future. Regards Des C.
"Thank you for your positive feedback, I need it and the world needs it. About the houses, the company and their contacts:
Chènevotte Habitat-Isochanvre Le Verger 72260 René France Tel:+33 43-97-45-18 Fax:+33 43-97-65-44
Check the French Hemp.
From: Stephan S.
Subject: Where to buy Hemp-seeds:
"Hi there, this may be my second message but I am not sure if the first one really left my computer (bastard).
After many efforts and struggles I will be able to grow hemp on a small piece of land in Germany next year. All I need now is a hint on where to buy seeds.
Seeds allowed in Germany are: Carmagnola, CS, Delta-Lolsa, Delta-405, Epsilon 69, Fedora 19, Fedrina 74, Felina 34, Ferimon, Fibranova, Fibrimon 24, Fibrimon 56, Futura and Santhica 23. Are you in a position to let me have addresses of possible sources for above seeds? Thanks a lot and regards. Stephan
Sender: Unknown
Subject: Hemp for reconstruction third world country:
I'm requesting any information you could send me on starting a hemp business in a third world country in association with a German physician who already is practicing medicine there. This could revive the economy of this otherwise resource poor country and be environmentally life saving. Your help in this matter is appreciated.
From: Ann H.
Subject: How to get a license for bioresource Hemp in Florida?:
Hi,
I have been reading your web information with interest - and share many of the questions you posted!!
I would like to co-write with a research scientist (aggie) a grant proposal to grow bioresource hemp.
What I need to find out is information on obtaining federal and state (Florida) licenses for this. Do you know about such requirements or have a resource for obtaining this information?
Thanks for your help.
From: Dan D.
Subject: Does Hemp retain Cesium or plutonium Isotopes?:
I am helping someone in the (old) USSR who plans to grow hemp, and I need to know if any testing has been done regarding the radiation.
He is worried about the radiation in the soil, and we need to know if hemp retains Cesium or plutonium Isotopes?
Thanks for your help.
-- Dan.
From Instutite of Natural Fibers, Poland: netflax@iwn.inf.poznan.pl
Answer: Radiation: As far as your inquiry is concerned I have to notify
you that unfortunately we do not have requested information and testing regarding the
radiation has not been done at our Institute. Professor Kozlowski heard about the fact
that flax near Chernobyl contained Strontium (Sr). If I find in my data base who could
know more about it- I will let you know.
From: IDS
Subject: Medical Marijuana for neuromuscular disorder:
I was looking through the hemp sites last night and I stumbled upon your site, it was a nice change of pace from the old "Facts and figures" I usually come across. I have been a supporter of the hemp revolution ever since I discovered it's ability to relax the muscle cramps I suffered due to a neuromuscular disorder (SMA), needless to say it has made life much better for myself and my sister, who suffers from the same problem. If doctors, as well as politicians would just open up their eyes, they wouldn't be able to close their wallets$$$.
From: Kirk T.
Subject: Hemp production for third world countries:
I am very excited about the possibilites of the production of hemp as it relates to my country. As a third world nation we need this kind of industry. I would like to propose a compehensive document be established that can be presented to my government. I feel if we can get an entire nation focused on the production research and development of hemp what a victory this would be. I am from the island of Jamaica.
This says it all. Irie Irie Irie
Your feedback is much appreciated, please keep it coming. Do you have something you would like to contribute? E-mail us at Matthew@HempWorld.com, thanks!
*Industrial-Hemp has no psychoactive properties following definition of the European Economic Community (EEC); THC content is less than 0.3%. In general, low THC-seed varieties without psychoactive properties are those that have a THC content of less than 1%. (See also No-THC Hemp-seed.) THC= Delta-9 TetraHydroCannabinol.
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