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(disappear into ground with shame...)

Well, yes, sometimes my fingers go out of control.

Anyway, Shirlz, I missed that link you gave earlier - posted at the same time as you - what next? I don't really like hemp seed. Bought a packet, put some in bread and some in muesli, but the rest went to the birds... (And next year I'll probably have hemp growing in my garden!) Fortunately, the hemp choc is out of stock at the moment, so I won't be tempted to buy any!

Ina

just been searching the net trying to work out if you can grow hemp here in AUS ... looks like a permit is needed here also ... but they do not seem to give too much info out about how to go about it & it seems pretty restrictive

it is very interesting though that hemp is not embraced more as a resource with so many obvious benefits ...

couscous wrote:It seems that the principal reason for it not being grown commercially is the huge lobby from the 'pesticide' companies.
Whereas cotton and other crops require huge amount of pesticide - hemp does not.

I have also heard this view ... from what i know hemp would be a big competitor & cotton could not compete ... cotton is a big industry ??

Yep Shelle, Have a look at this -

http://www.cottonaustralia.com.au/factS ... tralia.pdf

Nev

mmm ... too expensive economically for ...

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