News and Events
This is our News and Events page, where
we post State & Federal legislation updates for growing of
Industrial Hemp in the USA and other news worthy events when they
happen so check back from time to time to follow our
progress.
6/2/11
Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) authors SB 676 (California Industrial
Hemp Farming Act)
5/5/11 Radio interview on NPR WCQS Interview
3/18/11 John Dvorak writes about building for West Coast
Leaf
3/16/11 Smoky Mountain News about Lake
Junaluska
01/22/11 Another article in Citizen Times: 1st Hemp House in
USA
12/08/10 David talks live on WsRadio.com about Hempcrete
11/30/10 Gizmag article “House made of
Hemp”
11/29/10 Article in Asheville Citizen Times about the 3rd Hemp House
in North Carolina
11/09/10 Hemp Biofuel Blazes
Competition
09/12/10 Hemp Houses are cutting edge of green
building by USA Today
08/25/10 CNN runs a story of “a house built with hemp”
05/17/10 John Le (WLOS Channel 13) News on Hemp History
Week!
03/20/10
John Dvorak has a great site about the history of Industrial
Hemp: www.hempology.org
11/22/09
Front page Business
Section of Citizen Times article
11/13/09 Started installation of Hemcrete on Town
Mountain
10/10/09 A-B Tech workshop completed at their Enka
Campus
7/24/09 Greg/David interviewed in WFAE 90.7FM
NPR
6/26/09 Hemcore processing plant now part of our
group
6/18/09 Hemp News Update featuring our new BRE hemp
house
6/12/09 Article at Concrete Decor
5/31/09 WNCW radio 88.7FM interview with Greg &
David
5/29/09 See the new BRE affordable
home
5/11/09 CNBC news item "Hemp Wars"
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On April 2, 2009 Rep.
Ron Paul introduced H.R. 1866, the "Industrial Hemp
Farming Act of 2009," with ten original co-sponsors: Tammy Baldwin
(D-WI), Wm. Lacy Clay (D-MO), Barney Frank (D-MA), Raúl Grijalva
(D-AZ), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), George
Miller (D-CA), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Pete Stark (D-CA), and Lynn
Woolsey (D-CA).
Click
this link to goto the Vote Hemp website to read the relative
legislation for your State
Another very interesting matrix of what is happening
around the United States
What's
happening around the World with Industrial Hemp