Kentucky Legislature has OK'd industrial hemp. one caveat and fixed link

[alfredo]

Last edited Wed Mar 27, 2013, 11:42 AM - Edit history (1)

It depends on the federal government making hemp legal.

Fixed link:
http://www.wkyt.com/breaking/home/House-lays-groundwork-for-growing-industrial-hemp-200162261.html


FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky House has approved a bill that would allow Kentucky to quickly license hemp growers if the federal government ever lifts a ban on the crop.

The measure passed the House 88-4 in the final hour of the 2013 legislative session. It now goes to the Senate where it is expected to receive final passage.

more at link

[TheKentuckian]

1. 3.273% of a loaf, I reckon.

[alfredo]

9. Made with hemp seed flour I hope.

[NYC_SKP]

2. Your link goes to a rubber glove and broom shaft story. Here's a better link:

http://www.wkyt.com/breaking/home/House-lays-groundwork-for-growing-industrial-hemp-200162261.html

[alfredo]

3. Thanks.That was weird that copy/paste didn't take on the hemp story.

[Cha]

4. Thanks for the news out of Kentucky, alfredo.

Hopefully, these are doors that are opening to an eventual legal acceptance of MJ.

America's had a history of important issues taking their own damn sweet time. And, no matter how far we've come on Equality.. we still have long way to go. Same with Health Care.. we finally have a foundation and we're being threatened every step of the way by Koch types.

Perseverence!

[alfredo]

8. One small step at a time. We don't want to wake the Orcs.

[Trillo]

5. I'd love to buy hemp seeds

for a competitive price to wheat or soybeans. Right now hemp seeds are rather pricey. Gruel. Healthy food.

OTOH, I might try it once and gag, like I do with soybeans.

[alfredo]

7. Hemp beer is really smooth and would be a hit with lite beer drinkers.

[Trillo]

11. I understand it already is, though I haven't tried any ... yet.

I've been reading that the seeds can be used for brewing, I presume they'd be sprouted (malted). Possibly combined with some malted wheat for body? (that's done when rice is the main grain used, I think also with sorghum)

Here's a curious little snippet,
from:

Industrial Hemp (Cannabis savita L): The Geography of a Controversial Plant by M. Luginbuhl, University of Toledo

In October of 1999, the DEA went on to further hurt American compa­nies by placing a ban on all hemp seeds for use in the United States. This impacted hundreds of businesses, one of which was the Kettle House Brewing Company in Missoula, Montana. They brew hemp beer with hemp seeds in addition to hops. Instead of stopping their work they switched to a hemp paste. The seeds were approved for use once again in March of 2000. The DEA then tried to ban hemp beer through claims that the beer contained THC. Repeated beer and urine tests for THC have been ordered by the DEA, and all tests have come back THC -free at the Kettle House. The DEA has had no reason to stop this particular Montana business, which has been in operation since 1996 (Kettle House, 2000). American companies express frustration over non-narcotic products being treated as such, and thus hindering their own sales.

http://scholarworks.csun.edu/handle/10211.2/2738

Thanks! Looks like I have a little unexpected addition to my evening reading, it's only 14 pages.

[alfredo]

13. A local brewery had a one time bottling of hemp beer. It was good.

[Trillo]

15. Yummmy... I'd definitely try it. Pretty sure hemp is "gluten free",

so if the beer is made without wheat, it may be okay for coeliac disease (folks with it gotta stay away from gluten, can't have wheat, barley, or rye in their diets).

[alfredo]

17. Corn liquor should be OK.

[awoke_in_2003]

6. Good luck with all that. nt

[Uncle Joe]

10. Kicked and recommended for crawling back to sanity.

Thanks for the thread, alfredo.

[MineralMan]

12. The oakum industry is glad to hear about this,

as is the wooden shipbuilding and rope industry.

Oh, yeah, and the hemp clothing industry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakum

[alfredo]

14. I wonder if Oakum can be used to seal the ugly gash under McConnell's nose.

[MineralMan]

16. Probably, if you packed enough of it in there.

Best of all, it tastes terrible! I remember using oakum to pack joints in clay sewer pipes. Nasty stuff to work with, it was.

OTOH, I've also caulked a wooden boat with oakum. It wasn't fun work, but the boat was beautiful. It wasn't mine, though, more's the pity.

[alfredo]

18. I think they used cattail to seal barrels around here.