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SELECTED GOVERNMENT LINKS

Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food webpage on hemp
http://www.agr.gov.sk.ca/DOCS/crops/special_crops/hemp.asp

Alberta Agriculture Food and Rural Development -- Special Crops Page on Hemp
http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/crops/special/hemp.html

Manitoba Agriculture Webpage on Hemp
http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/crops/hemp/bko01s00.html

Health Canada -- Regulations on Industrial Hemp
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb-dgps/therapeut/htmleng/hemp.html

Health Canada -- Natural Health Products Directorate
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb/onhp

The Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP)
http://www.nrc.ca/irap/home.html

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ASSOCIATION LINKS

Canadian Consulting Agrologists Association
http://www.consultingagrologists.com

Hemp Industries Association
http://www.thehia.org

North American Industrial Hemp Council
http://www.naihc.org

Ontario Hemp Alliance
http://www.ontariohempalliance.org

VoteHemp
http://www.votehemp.com

For more links, please visit our corporate members page

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SASKATCHEWAN MEDIA ARCHIVE
A collection of links to articles, research and information relating to hemp in Saskatchewan as found on other sites. We'll be updating this archive as time goes on. Please email us if any links are dead.

2001

Hemp stockpiles still hurt prospects
Greg Herriott was nervous two years ago when Canada's hemp acreage surged to six times what it was the year before. Producers, especially those on the Prairies, were clamouring for a chance to grow the crop, hoping it would pay dividends that other crops would not. "A great many people rushed into the industry," said Herriott…
http://www.producer.com/articles/20010809/news/20010809news17.html

Shelterbelt spawns health bar idea
The decision 10 years ago to plant buffaloberry shelterbelts would eventually lead Morris Johnson to another decision -- how to use the fruit from about 30 kilometres of trees. At the same time, he was delving into the nutraceutical value of foods and looking at how plant chemistries figure into gerontology, anti-aging and, for personal reasons, treatment of diseases. His wife, Arla, has multiple sclerosis....
http://www.producer.com/articles/20010705/news/20010705news21.html

Hemp Food Line Sold
BioHemp Technologies of Regina has sold its food division to Hemp Management Group Sales and Marketing Inc.
http://www.producer.com/articles/20010419/news/20010419news26.html

New Faces in a Classic Field
From herbs to organics to sustainable farming, there's a hotbed of niche opportunities sprouting from Canada's young agripreneurs.
http://www.realm.net/frontlines/articles/spr01-Agric.cfm

Hemp Oil Sales in Jeopardy
It took almost a year of persistent selling for Martine Carlina to convince a well-known American lip balm maker to use her company's organic hemp oil instead of a cheaper European variety. But this spring, the Canadian government put a big detour sign in front of Carlina's marketing plans.
http://www.producer.com/articles/20010104/news/20010104news10a.html

2000

Canada urged to see peas' potential, wheat's wonders
Robert Morgan, president of the POS Pilot Plant Corp., based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, told a Canada Grains Council (CGC) conference.
http://www.globalhemp.com/News/2000/December/canada_urged_to_see.shtml

Hempseed company scouts future markets
In a province plagued by brain drain, it's refreshing to receive a little injection of grey matter. Saskatchewan's brain gain is courtesy of Jason Freeman, a young entrepreneur from Vancouver who recently moved his hemp business to Regina. The Saskatchewan Hemp Association, the provincial Agri-Food Equity Fund and a hempseed supplier called Gen-X Research Inc. influenced Freeman's decision to relocate.
http://www.producer.com/articles/20001109/news/20001109news21.html

Where is the Hemp Market Now?
The industrial hemp industry received a lot of attention in the past couple of years. It started out with those in the industry painting a rather rosy picture, and with the media being largely very positive. However, some recent negative events in the industry have brought a lot of scepticism, and the media attention has turned sour as of late.
http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/economic/market/hemp.html

Hemp Legalization Sparks Growth of New Industries
Now that the jokes about getting high on hemp are trailing off, Greg Herriott is happier. It means people have a better grasp of the differences between hemp and marijuana.
http://www.alternet.org/wiretapmag/story.html?StoryID=9500

Hemp Seed Oil is Nutritionally Unique
Hemp seed oil is the current darling of nutrition experts. Now the challenge is to let the public in on the secret...
http://www.agr.gov.sk.ca/docs/reports/f_f_report/ffr0038.asp

The HCFR Moves to Regina
The Hemp Commerce & Farming Report (HCFR) has moved its office to Regina, Saskatchewan. This relocation places the Internet trade journal in the heart of Canada's most important agricultural region. "Some of the best opportunities for industrial hemp in Canada are out here in the West," says Arthur Hanks, Editor and Publisher.
http://www.globalhemp.com/News/2000/May/the_hcfr_moves_to_regina.shtml

The CGP debacle: timeline
http://www.producer.com/articles/20000224/news/20000224news01a.html
More? Goto http://www.producer.com & click on Find a Story feature to search for all of journalist Roberta Rampton's coverage of CGP
Award winning!: see http://www.cfwf.ca/farmj/fjmar01/index.html

1999

Hemp Farming from an Insurer's Point of View
Saskatchewan farmers, in their quest to diversify, are trying their hand at a relatively new crop. They are growing hemp from registered seed and selling the seed. The stalks may also be marketable as a by product.
http://www.saskmutual.com/2-newsletter-pg2.html

Saskatchewan’s Hemp Scene – So Far
The fledgling hemp industry continues to evolve in Saskatchewan. For example, one hemp contractor in the province, Dave Hutcheson of Western Grower Seed in Saskatoon, has recently "opted out" of the hemp business. But Ruth Shamai, now the sole shareholder of R & D Hemp Inc. of Toronto, will continue to establish contracts for hemp seed.
http://www.agr.gov.sk.ca/docs/reports/f_f_report/ffr9917.asp

Hempen history (from Canadian Geographic)
By early October, several weeks later than usual -- it had been a funny year for weather -- the killing frosts finally arrived on the prairies and knocked off the lower leaves of the hemp. Sunshine followed the frost, drying the seed heads, which were then ready for harvesting. In went the combines and mowers.
http://www.globalhemp.com/Archives/Magazines/hempen_history.shtml

1998

Harry Enns Visits PAMI-Gets Hemp Necktie
Manitoba Agriculture Minister Harry Enns is a tireless promoter of industrial hemp in Manitoba, and now he has a necktie made of hemp fibre to show just how versatile the crop really is.
http://www.pami.ca/news/henns.htm

1997

What Is Hemp Oil Good For?
In 1997, Ruth Shamai received a CN$60,000 grant from the Ontario Ministry for Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs to study the feasibility of using hempseed oil for various industrial purposes. The study is now concluded so I caught up with her at her home...
http://www.marikane.com/hwarchiv/Issue23/23Shamai.html

1995

Agronomic Studies on Fiber Hemp at the University of Saskatchewan 1995
By Al Slinkard, Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan. After numerous delays a permit allowing me to grow a small plot of fiber hemp was granted on June 13, 1995. Seed of three varieties (USO-11, USO-31 and Zolatonysky 13) was obtained from the Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences, Institute of Bast Crops, Glukhiv, Ukraine. No research funds were available and University land was not available due to possible unauthorized access after hours and associated problems....
http://www.aginfonet.com/agricarta/content/hemp/uofshemp.html

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