Comments Lynda Parker has made

Sustainable Agriculture

I would like you to broach the subject of industrial hemp. In water-constrained states as we have in the West, hemp is a perfect alternative to cotton and corn.  It is a superior energy crop for either ethanol (the stalk) or diesel (the seeds). Fuel is only one of thousands of uses of this non-psychoactive crop. It's time to put pressure on Congress to support Ron Paul's Industrial Hemp Farm Bill of 2008 to separate the definition of hemp from that of marijuana and let it be a state's rights issue. Hemp is naturally organic with no need for pesticides or herbicides, requires much less water than corn or cotton, and is kind to air and soil. There is currently a movement among many states supporting legalization and cultivation.  It is simply too useful a plant and addresses too many of our environmental and agricultural needs to continue to be ignored.  I would hope a group like this would step up to the plate and begin including the benefits of industrial hemp in discussions on sustainable agriculture and renewable energy as it deserves to be.
Lynda Parker, Denver ColoradoOn What should I ask -- or tell -- the (organic-cotton) suits at a fancy Colorado confab this week? posted 1 year, 5 months ago 7 Responses