tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13769431.post99988968926820858..comments2008-04-03T11:20:32.600-04:00jim benderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759712228101061968noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13769431.post-30297573388540442102008-04-03T11:20:00.000-04:002008-04-03T11:20:00.000-04:00You might be right about that one! we'd shit ourselves to death from all that fibre. Maybe William Shatner can help us out selling that part of it:)jim benderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759712228101061968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13769431.post-3996066700278347242008-03-20T22:40:00.000-04:002008-03-20T22:40:00.000-04:00Hemp seeds are quite nutritious but the rest of the plant is mostly fibre. That's why it makes such good rope. If you eat the whole plant everything would scoot through you so fast you'd probably starve to death. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13769431.post-23052939127701250382008-03-20T16:25:00.000-04:002008-03-20T16:25:00.000-04:00We can eat hemp...it's better for us than most thingsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13769431.post-78915727819429605172008-03-20T06:39:00.000-04:002008-03-20T06:39:00.000-04:00So that's why EXXON has been buying up farmland. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13769431.post-28752011496960451742008-03-19T07:28:00.000-04:002008-03-19T07:28:00.000-04:00Yes. I know all that stuff but you didn't answer the question.<BR/><BR/>If a farmer currently has land dedicated to or "slated for" food production what's to stop him from switching to hemp if there's more profit in hemp? Will we have more government regulations loaded onto the shoulders of farmers? Will the government decide who and who may not grow hemp and where they can grow it?<BR/><BR/>If it's going to become a viable replacement for or significant addition to our fossil fuel use you can bet the government is going to want to maintain tight control over price and production. They are also going to make sure the "right" people reap the profits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13769431.post-34620903260450082672008-03-18T10:55:00.000-04:002008-03-18T10:55:00.000-04:00Land that isn't slated for food production could be used. Hemp requires very little management,and can be grown in the worst soil conditions. <BR/> At present, our governments North America wide pay farmers to remove land from production. Perhaps asking farmers to put it back into production for food or hemp would be smart thinking. Canada has large tracts of land that are suitable for hemp. Most of them are located in the north. Presently, most of that land sits fallow. <BR/> Hemp will grow in cold climates. Russia and China both grow hemp in their colder regions, raising the possibility that we could do the same, unless we don't want to.jim benderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09759712228101061968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13769431.post-37025212526083324572008-03-18T09:12:00.000-04:002008-03-18T09:12:00.000-04:00If hemp cultivation proves to be successful and more profitable than food crops what's to stop farmers from replacing food crops with hemp?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com