Seriously people: we'll never get industrial hemp - which can replace virtually every industrial use of petroleum and thus get us light-years closer to eliminating fossil fuels - if you keep confusing legalized hemp with legalized pot.
A new industrial hemp webpage
tells how the plant got started in Kentucky, how Kentucky came to be the
nation’s leading producer, and what’s being done to bring hemp back to
the commonwealth.
The Industrial Hemp Facts page is the most recent addition to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s website, www.kyagr.com. It provides users quick facts about industrial hemp and links to other hemp sites.
“We are closer to
restoring industrial hemp production to Kentucky than we have been in
generations, so it is appropriate for the department to provide a place
where the people can get the facts about hemp,” Agriculture Commissioner
James Comer said. “On the Industrial Hemp Facts page, you can read
about just a few of the estimated 25,000 products that are made from
hemp, find out about Senate Bill 50, and learn about Kentucky’s rich
hemp heritage.”
The launch of the Industrial Hemp Facts page comes on the eve of the
fourth annual Hemp History Week June 3-9. Hemp History Week, presented
by the Hemp Industry Association and Vote Hemp, is a campaign to raise
awareness of the benefits of industrial hemp and rally support for
legalizing hemp production.
“Hemp was once a
paramount crop in American agriculture as a hardy and renewable resource
for various industrial applications, including cordage, paper, and
textiles,” said Eric Steenstra, president of Vote Hemp. “Today, hemp is
being used in an even greater variety of products. Hemp History Week
2013 will focus on how industrial hemp can build a future in which
economic growth and sustainable agricultural and manufacturing practices
go hand in hand.”
"Blue" in Blue in the Bluegrass refers to my politics, not my state of mind, although being progressive-democratic in Kentucky is not for the faint of heart.
The Bluegrass Region of Kentucky is Central Kentucky, the area around Lexington. It's also sometimes known as the Golden Triangle, the region formed by Louisville in the west, Cincinnati in the north and Lexington in the east-south corner. This is the most economically advanced, politically progressive and aesthically beautiful area of the state. Also the most overpopulated by annoying yuppies and the most endangered by urban sprawl.
A Yellow Dog Democrat is one who will vote for even a yellow dog if it is running as a Democrat. I can't claim to be quite that fanatically partisan, especially since quite a few candidates who run as Democrats in Kentucky are more Republican than a lot of Republicans I can name.
But I do love the story Kentucky House leader Rocky Adkins never tires of telling about the old-timer in Eastern Kentucky who was once accused of being willing to vote for Satan if Satan ran as a Democrat. Spat back the old-timer:
"Not in a primary, I wouldn't!"
Amen.
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