Hemp NEWS

Association News

• Ontario Hemp Alliance Seeks Marketing Co-ordinator May, 2000 - This is a one-year contract of 20 hours per week, with a possible extension.
  
• Ontario Hemp Alliance Presents: RENEWAL An Artistic Celebration of Ontario's re-Emerging Hemp IndustryApril 16-26, 2000, BCE Place, Toronto
  
• Hemp 2000 Report April 7, 2000
  
• Manitoba Industrial Hemp Association Update; 1999 in review April 7, 2000
  
• Ontario Hemp Alliance Update Feb 24, 2000
  
• Alberta Hemp Growers Association Update Feb 29, 2000
  
• NAIHC Conference Report January 2000
  
• HIA Convention Report October 1999
  

The CGP Fiasco:

• CGP Declares Bankruptcy; Canadian Hemp Industry Moves On April 7, 2000 Hemp Commerce and Farming Report
  
• Hemp stocks weigh on market March 9, 2000 The Western Producer
  
• CGP closes Canadian office March 2, 2000 The Western Producer
  
• Hemp company lacked marketing plan March 2, 2000 The Western Producer
  
• A timeline of events for CGP Feb. 24, 2000 The Western Producer
  
• Hemp acreage expected to drop Feb. 24, 2000 The Western Producer
  
• Hemp growers reluctant to abandon their dream Feb. 24, 2000 The Western Producer
  
• GST dispute stalls hemp paycheque Feb. 24, 2000 The Western Producer

U.S. Hemp Embargo News:

• "Latest ONDCP Position On Industrial Hemp," and the HCFR's informed response "The View From Up Here" - April 7, 2000, Hemp Commerce and Farming Report
  
• U.S. Reverses Policy Again: New Policy Instructs US Customs to Seize
  All Hemp Seed Products January 5, 2000
  
• U.S. Customs Announces New Policy Allowing for the Importation of Hemp Seed December 12, 1999
  
• DEA Releases Seized Hemp Seed! November 18, 1999
  
• Update on Seizure and DEA InterpretationOct. 14, 1999


• Canadian Embassy Demands Hempseed Release Oct. 8, 1999
  
• Senator Milne's Statements to Canadian Senate re: U.S. Hemp Embargo Oct. 13, 1999
  
• DEA Seizes Birdseed Sept. 24, 1999
  

• "U.S. freezes Canadian hemp shipments"January 13, 2000 CBC
  
• "Bird Food Is a Casualty of the U.S. War on Drugs"October 3rd, 1999 New York Times
  
• "KENEX SEED SEIZED AT U.S. BORDER"October 5th, 1999, The Ottawa Citizen
  
• "U.S. HALTS ONTARIO HEMP AT BORDER"October 5th, 1999 The London Free Press

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