By Peter HancockCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com A bill that would have imposed regulations on new types of intoxicating substances derived from hemp stalled in the Illinois House Tuesday, Jan. 7, dealing a political setback to governor JB Pritzker after he strongly supported the legislation. “I was tremendously disappointed,” Pritzker said at
By Peter HancockCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com More than five years after Illinois began issuing permits for legal production of industrial hemp, governor JB Pritzker said Friday he now favors legislation to bring the industry under tighter regulation. At a news conference in Chicago, Pritzker said in the short time since both
Reprint from May 26, 2022 and June 2, 2022Last of four parts Native people offer growing interest in the Green Revolution. Winona LaDuke writes on Alex White Plume, a leader of the Ogala Lakota tribe in the Spring 2021 edition of Yes! magazine. “And though tribes had been reluctant to
Reprint from May 26, 2022 and June 2, 2022Third of four parts Winona LaDuke writes on Alex White Plume, a leader of the Ogala Lakota tribe in the Spring 2021 edition of Yes! magazine. “More than 20 years ago, Alex White Plume, a leader of the Oglala Lakota, planted his
Reprint from May 26, 2022 and June 2, 2022 Second of four parts “With all but six states having either legalized, decriminalized, or medicalized marijuana, we’re experiencing a renaissance moment of cannabis, including hemp, its non-psychoactive relative. And it’s about time. In the next economy, hemp will be foundational to
First of two parts Winona LaDuke writes about Alex White Plume, a leader of the Ogala Lakota tribe, in the Spring 2021 edition of Yes! magazine: “More than 20 years ago, Alex White Plume, a leader of the Oglala Lakota, planted his first hemp crop on Wounded Knee Creek, on
Last of two parts Winona LaDuke’s following article was in the 2021 Spring issue of YES magazine: Tribes are reviving traditional hemp economies. “For the past five years, I’ve been a hemp farmer, with permits from the state of Minnesota. My business is called Winona’s Hemp, and our research partner
First of two parts Winona LaDuke’s article in the 2021 Spring issue of YES magazine. Tribes are reviving traditional hemp economies. “More than 20 years ago, Alex White Plume, a leader of the Oglala Lakota, planted his first hemp crop on Wounded Knee Creek, on the Pine Ridge reservation in
Last of two parts The first part is at thevoice.us/traditional-hemp-economies-a-revival-for-native-peoples Here is a post-petroleum transition plan: Winona LaDuke writes the following article for YES Magazine: Tribes revive traditional hemp economies: “For the past five years, I’ve been a hemp farmer, with permits from the state government of Minnesota. My business
First of two parts Here is a A post-petroleum transition plan: Winona LaDuke writes the following article for YES Magazine on tribes’ revive traditional hemp economies: “More than 20 years ago, Alex White Plume, a leader of the Oglala Lakota, planted his first hemp crop on Wounded Knee Creek, on
I came across a fascinating essay two weeks ago, and I’d like to share it with you, dear reader. Upon checking my E-mail, one of my monthly feeds – www.wama.com – caught my eye immediately. The headline of the essay shouted “Is Hemp Stronger Than Steel?” Ever the Curious George,
In 1937, Mr. William Randolph Hearst, newspaper-publishing tycoon, appeared before a committee of the U.S. Congress and requested that it introduce a bill prohibiting the growing, selling, and distribution of hemp. He was very disingenuous in his arguments because the hemp plant produced cannabis, a.k.a marijuana, which, he claimed, was
