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carbon footprint as big Sasquatch. Even so, there is no mention of
hemp as a possible solution to our environmental woes. If hemp
was a morally-defunct plant would George Washington and the
majority of our founding fathers have been hemp farmers? Mary
Lincoln financed Abraham’s presidential race with hemp crops
from her farm. Dating back as far as written history, hemp has
played a very important role in civilization. The hemp plant does
not require much nurturing to flourish and does so in a large range
of soils and climates.
It is clear that the oil-rich empires of the world are dimin-
ishing or limiting oil supplies to drive demand and prices. The
current excuse for high oil prices is refineries unable to produce
due to weather conditions and needed repairs. Prices go up when
traditional travel occurs for holidays and vacations while they drop
when the public is not in travel mode. With billions of dollars in
quarterly profits, surely the oil companies have enough revenue
to maintain and to modernize refineries. If any companies have
the resources to become state-of-the-art in production, it would be
the oil companies. They have OPEC and together a small group of
rich men decide how much and at what price we get our fuel.
Hemp may well be a solution to our current environmental
crisis and could well become an economically viable industry as
revenue in more arid conditions. Hemp thrives in Afghanistan.
France, and Canada grow and produces numerous hemp prod-
ucts as do several other countries. Hemp clothing and skin care
products are making their way into the marketplace, so this is an
agricultural product that may move out of the past and into the
future as more people learn of the known and yet to be explored
and developed possibilities. It almost seems as if our forefathers
are pointing the way to the solutions both economically and envi-
ronmentally.
Did You Know?
“Pot,” another common name for
marijuana, most likely came from the fact
that marijuana was grown in flower pots
during the 1940s. It was also commonly
brewed in a pot as a tea. From pot comes
“pot head,” a frequent user of marijuana.
Saskatchewan Regina, Photo:
greenkind magazine V OL II, N O . 2 2007 29
hemp as a possible solution to our environmental woes. If hemp
was a morally-defunct plant would George Washington and the
majority of our founding fathers have been hemp farmers? Mary
Lincoln financed Abraham’s presidential race with hemp crops
from her farm. Dating back as far as written history, hemp has
played a very important role in civilization. The hemp plant does
not require much nurturing to flourish and does so in a large range
of soils and climates.
It is clear that the oil-rich empires of the world are dimin-
ishing or limiting oil supplies to drive demand and prices. The
current excuse for high oil prices is refineries unable to produce
due to weather conditions and needed repairs. Prices go up when
traditional travel occurs for holidays and vacations while they drop
when the public is not in travel mode. With billions of dollars in
quarterly profits, surely the oil companies have enough revenue
to maintain and to modernize refineries. If any companies have
the resources to become state-of-the-art in production, it would be
the oil companies. They have OPEC and together a small group of
rich men decide how much and at what price we get our fuel.
Hemp may well be a solution to our current environmental
crisis and could well become an economically viable industry as
revenue in more arid conditions. Hemp thrives in Afghanistan.
France, and Canada grow and produces numerous hemp prod-
ucts as do several other countries. Hemp clothing and skin care
products are making their way into the marketplace, so this is an
agricultural product that may move out of the past and into the
future as more people learn of the known and yet to be explored
and developed possibilities. It almost seems as if our forefathers
are pointing the way to the solutions both economically and envi-
ronmentally.
Did You Know?
“Pot,” another common name for
marijuana, most likely came from the fact
that marijuana was grown in flower pots
during the 1940s. It was also commonly
brewed in a pot as a tea. From pot comes
“pot head,” a frequent user of marijuana.
Saskatchewan Regina, Photo:
greenkind magazine V OL II, N O . 2 2007 29
