Going off Grid to plant Hemp in CO Looking for serious share choppers... who want to work the land as a share cropper. I just bought 10 acres of land in Colorado to have like minded people come and share crop there. You plant, you grow, you harvest your crop of hemp. Yes I…

Commercial Crop Only. You will get your licence from Department of Agricultural , you will have to buy your hemp seed. We are growing HEMP ONLY. This is not a first come first serve bases, this is application only. This Is For Strong Willed Committed People Only. Bring your Texts, sleeping bags, camping gear & the family if you have one, we are camping out on this…

5/14/2013

Springfield farmer Ryan Loflin is now watching over one of Colorado's first industrial hemp crops in almost 60 years.

The passage of Amendment 64 in November allows commercial growing, even though hemp, like marijuana, is illegal under federal law.

Hemp is genetically related to marijuana but contains little…

April 2, 2014

Since the beginning of the year, more than 70 bills related to hemp have been introduced in more than half of the states in the U.S. That's more than triple the number of hemp bills introduced during the same legislation period last year,…

March 31, 2014

Following Congress’ decision to approve a $1 billion aid package to Ukraine last week, former libertarian Congressman Ron Paul has published an op-ed strongly criticizing it as a bad deal for both American taxpayers and Ukrainian citizens.

In the …

February 10, 2014

Tucked into the $1 trillion federal farm bill: an amendment that relaxes a 75-year old restriction on growing and researching industrial hemp. Those who have an eye on the potential $500 million industry are pleased.

“We are very eager to pursue the possibilities of growing hemp…

March 27, 2014

It has been three weeks since the Colorado Department of Agriculture began accepting applications from residents wanting to grow hemp, and the state agency has thus far given the go-ahead to 21 applications — five coming from three businesses that want to grow in Weld County.

Under regulations that took effect this year,…

March 27, 2014

The US Department of Agriculture is looking to boost imports of hemp seeds from Ukraine, hoping this will help the country’s battered economy. However, they still do not know what it will be used for.

“We are now involved in trying to figure out ways in which we might be able to use the industrial hemp…

March 24, 2014

A convicted child molester is accused of sending a threatening letter to President Barack Obama — albeit to the wrong address.

Federal prosecutors in Pittsburgh say 34-year-old Joseph Savage mailed the letter from the Fayette County Prison while he was awaiting trial in October 2012.

The letter was sent to 1400 Pennsylvania Ave. in…

March 24, 2014

March 24, 2014

A Russian senator has asked the Nobel Committee to annul the award given to the US President last year claiming Barack Obama’s double standard policy has helped develop the political crisis in Ukraine.

“The double standard policy is incompatible with the title of Nobel Peace Prize laureate. I think the…

March 25, 2014 

Ukrainians must take up arms against Russians so that not even scorched earth will be left where Russia stands; an example of former Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko’s vitriol in phone call leaked online.

Tymoshenko confirmed the authenticity of…

March 23, 2014

Employees of Israel's Foreign Ministry went on an all-out strike Sunday for the first time in the country’s history over a dispute surrounding workers' salaries and conditions.

The dispute has been going on for nearly two years. Seven months of negotiations ended on March 4, when workers rejected a proposal by the Finance…

Hemp is a bast fiber plant similar to flax, kenaf, jute and ramie. Long slender primary fibers on the outer portion of the stalk characterize bast fiber plants. An annual plant that grows from seed, hemp can be grown on a range of soils, but tends to grow best on land that produces high yields of corn. The soil must be well drained, rich in nitrogen, and non-acidic. Hemp…

March 22, 2014 

Only about a ninth of Ukrainian military personnel currently doing service in Crimea have made a decision to leave the peninsular, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced on Saturday.

“As of March 21, less than 2,000 out of 18,000 soldiers of Ukrainian military forces, who are currently stationed in the…

March 21, 2014

Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) hackers have reportedly obtained documents that reveal how much money the FBI pays Microsoft each time agents try to obtain or view an individual customer’s communication information.

The SEA, a group that has made headlines in the past for infiltrating Western media outlets that…

March 15, 2014

The U.S. government's “massive” watchlist database risks stigmatizing hundreds of thousands of people as known or suspected terrorists – including some its own citizens, a leading civil liberties group has warned.

Around 875,000 names are believed to be on the list, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)…

Mar 15, 2014

The referendum in Crimea on March 16, 2014 will probably attach the peninsula to the Russian federation. While it is unlikely that NATO will intervene and seek a direct…

March 15, 2014

“The truth, always the truth–at all costs”

 I will strive to give you perspectives on the news that you will rarely receive from other sources. At times, there will be eye-witness reports from troubled areas, at other times, there will be documentary,interviews and other interesting works.

I am…

March 15, 2014

The latest issue of Al-Qaeda's Inspire magazine contains an article about using car bombs in U.S. cities as well as abroad during election seasons, both presidential and congressional, as well as on Christmas and…