Medicinal cannabis is on everyone’s lips nowadays. Yet there is much confusion about how to use or prescribe medicinal cannabis, as well as the legalities around dispensing and distributing this product. Now a Cannabis Panel Discussion by leaders in the field will demystify this current and important topic at the 2nd Conference for Integrative Medicine at the Lord Charles … [Read more...]
R15m hemp project goes to seed
A multimillion-rand project launched 14 years ago for South Africa to grow and produce hemp has virtually stalled because of legal glitches, says the government. Ayabulela Ngoqo, the Eastern Cape’s Rural Development and Agrarian Reform Department spokesman, said the project, launched in 1999, had focused on job creation, but in 2006 had come to a halt. Equipment meant to … [Read more...]
Clothing that doesn’t cost the earth
Hemp fibre is stronger and more durable than cotton. Hemp produces as much as 4 times the paper pulp per acre compared to trees. Hemp stalk can be used for building purposes. The seed is recognised as the single most nutritious source of non-animal protein on Earth. No other single resource that can provide us with so many diverse products at such a small cost to the … [Read more...]
Hemp in South Africa: the possibilities are endless
You can't get high on hemp, but you can create clothing, housing, food, fuel, natural plastics and other locally useful and globally marketable consumer products out of it. And oh yeah, did we mention jobs, and lots of them. Hemp is already a multi $ billion a year industry and growing. We want SOUTH AFRICA to join these countries that are already growing hemp: AUSTRALIA, … [Read more...]
