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2008
New Poll Shows Strong Voter Support for Industrial Hemp Farming in North Dakota
March 12, 2008
North Dakota's Licensed Hemp Farmers File Appeal in Eighth Circuit
February 19, 2008
HIA: Hemp Fabric Goes High Fashion
February 11, 2007
2007
North Dakota's Licensed Hemp Farmers Appeal Federal Court Decision
December 12, 2007
Court Rejects North Dakota Farmers' Bid to Grow Industrial Hemp
November 29, 2007
Judge Promises Decision by End of November in North Dakota Hemp Farming Lawsuit – Monson v. DEA
November 15, 2007
North Dakota Farmers in Court November 14 for Oral Arguments in Hemp Lawsuit
November 7, 2007
NDSU Files Amicus in Support of Hemp Farming Lawsuit
October 29, 2007
Governor Schwarzenegger Vetoes Industrial Hemp Bill
October 12, 2007
North Dakota Farmers File Motion for Summary Judgment in Hemp Farming Case
September 20, 2007
Governor Can Help California Economy and Environment by Signing New Industrial Hemp Farming Bill
September 18, 2007
California Legislature Passes Industrial Hemp Bill for Second Time in Two Years
September 12, 2007
HIA: Hemp Food Markets Continue Growth in United States
September 10, 2007
North Dakota Farmers Await August 24 Deadline for DEA to Respond to Lawsuit to Grow Industrial Hemp
August 15, 2007
Television Coverage of Industrial Hemp Confused by Puns and Drug References
July 24, 2007
North Dakota Farmers File Lawsuit Against DEA to Grow Industrial Hemp
June 18, 2007
Media Conference Call - North Dakota Farmers Lawsuit Against DEA
June 18, 2007
Please click here to listen to a recording of the June 18, 2007 teleconference discussing the filing case of Monson vs DEA. Participants were: Rep. David Monson, North Dakota House assistant majority leader, farmer; Wayne Hauge, Seed breeder, licensed hemp farmer; Roger Johnson, North Dakota agriculture commissioner; Tim Purdon, Vogel Law Firm, Bismarck, attorney for the plaintiffs; Joe Sandler, legal counsel for VoteHemp.com; Eric Steenstra, president, VoteHemp.com. (mp3 file 13MB)
California Assembly Passes Hemp Farming Legislation
May 10, 2007
North Dakota to DEA: Out of Our Hemp Fields
April 30, 2007
Eleven Farming States Introduce Hemp Legislation in 2007
April 25, 2007
Poll Shows Strong Voter Support for Industrial Hemp Farming in California
March 19, 2007
Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2007 Introduced in Congress
February 13, 2007
Vote Hemp Exposes ONDCP and DEA Lies about Hemp Farming
February 8, 2007
North Dakota Farmer is First to Apply for State License to Grow Industrial Hemp
January 15, 2007
2006
Billions of Wild Drug-Free Hemp Plants Eradicated by DEA in Effort to Confiscate Cultivated Marijuana Since 1984
December 26, 2006
Vote
Hemp Names California Assemblyman Mark Leno 'Legislator
of the Year'
November 7, 2006
New
Hemp Milk Products Will Boost Growth of Hemp Food Market
in 2007
October 25, 2006
Governor
Schwarzenegger's Veto of Hemp Bill is Bad for the Environment,
Farmers and Economy
October 2, 2006
Governor's
Decision on California Industrial Hemp Farming Act Expected
by Sept. 30
September 22, 2006
California
Hemp Bill Passes Final Senate and Assembly Votes
August 21, 2006
California
Industrial Hemp Farming Act Passes Final Senate Vote
August 16, 2006
Passage
of CA Hemp Bill Would Benefit California Economy and
Environment
August 1, 2006
U.S.
Businesses Back Return of Industrial Hemp Farming
June 12, 2006
Public
Hearing on Hemp Farming in North Dakota to Feature Largest
Hemp Seed Contractor in North America
June 5, 2006
North
Dakota to be First State to Issue Licenses to Hemp Farmers
May 3, 2006
Quest
for U.S. Industrial Hemp Farming Advances
February 23, 2006
State
[ND] to Seek Okay to Grow Industrial Hemp
February 17, 2006
Hemp
Farming Bill Passes California Assembly
January 26, 2006
2005
Federal
Judge Calls DEA's Views on Hemp Farming 'Asinine' in
Case Over Industrial Hemp & Tribal Sovereignty
December 16, 2005
Hemp
Food Sales Grow 50% Over Last Year
November 1, 2005
Makers
of Hemp Products Meet in San Francisco Nov. 3-4
October 31, 2005
Hemp
Food Sales Grow 47% Since Last Year’s Federal
Court Victory Over DEA
September 16, 2005
“Marijuana
Flavored” Lollipops Are Made With Cannabis Flower
Essential Oil - Not Hemp Seed Oil
June 28, 2005
Industrial
Hemp Farming Act Introduced at Packed Capitol Hill Hemp
Food Lunch
June 27, 2005
First
Federal Industrial Hemp Bill to Be Introduced in Congress
June 23rd
June 16, 2005
First
Federal Industrial Hemp Bill to Be Introduced in Congress
This Month
June 13, 2005
Lakota,
Once Encouraged by U.S. Government Treaty to Grow Hemp,
Fight to Do So Again
June 9, 2005
California
Assembly Agriculture Committee Puts Industrial Hemp
Bill on Two-Year Track
April 28, 2005
California
Considers Industrial Hemp Bill
April 25, 2005
Oregon
Considers Industrial Hemp Farming Bill
April 4, 2005
State
Hemp Legislation Making Advances
March 28, 2005
Hemp
Farming Legislation Gaining Momentum
March 4, 2005
Hemp
Farming Bill to be Introduced in California
February 18, 2005
Court
Orders DEA to Pay Hemp Industry Plaintiff's Legal Bills
February 2, 2005
New
Congressional Research Service Report Available on Industrial
Hemp
January 25, 2005
Case
for Hemp Made at American Farm Bureau Convention
January 3, 2005
2004
Hemp
Food Final Victory!
September 28, 2004
Bush
Administration Has Until September 26 to File Appeal
to Supreme Court
September 13, 2004
Air
Force Says Hemp Skin Care Products Not Prohibited
August 19, 2004
Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals Denies DEA Petition for Rehearing
on Hemp Food Decision
July 2, 2004
Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals Will Consider Rehearing on
Hemp Food Decision
June 7, 2004
Solicitor
General Considering Appeal to Supreme Court of Ninth
Circuit Hemp Food Decision
May 11, 2004
Hemp
Sun-Screen Story Wrong on Drug Testing
May 5, 2004
Landmark
Court Decision Saves Jobs and Nutritious Foods Made
With Hemp Seed
February 12, 2004
Federal
Court Rejects DEA Ban on Hemp Food
February 6, 2004
Vote
Hemp Releases Voter Guide on Presidential Candidates
February 2, 2004
2003
Where
do Presidential Candidates Stand on Hemp?
October 31, 2003
Hemp
Food Industry Predicts Major Victory in Federal Court
September 29, 2003
Hemp
Food Industry Battles DEA in Federal Court
September 10, 2003
Court
Invalidates DEA Interpretive Rule on Hemp Foods
June 30, 2003
Two-Year
Court Fight Over Hemp Foods in Final Stages
June 26, 2003
DEA
Employees Take Hemp Food Taste Test in 65 Cities
April 22, 2003
Ninth
Circuit Court Blocks DEA Hemp Rule
April 17, 2003
Court
Decision on Hemp Foods Expected This Week
April 14, 2003
DEA
Final Rule on Hemp Foods Challenged
March 28, 2003
2002
Hemp
NAFTA Suit Begins Arbitration Phase
August 2, 2002
Hemp
Industry Confident; Awaits Court Decision
April 17, 2002
NAFTA
Challenge to DEA Hemp Rule Enters Next Phase
March 20, 2002
Ninth
Circuit Court Blocks DEA Hemp Rule
March 8, 2002
DEA
Rule on Hemp Food Stirs Congressional Critics
March 7, 2002
DEA
Received 115,000 Comments Against New Hemp Food Rule
February 28, 2002
Hemp
Food Stays in Stores
February 8, 2002
DEA
Rule Faces Congressional Backlash
February 4, 2002
DEA
Head Clarifies New Rule on Hemp Food
January 31,
2002
DEA
Does Homework on Hemp Foods After New Rule Announced
January 22,
2002
Canadian
Company Files NAFTA Challenge to DEA Hemp Rule
January 14,
2002
Hemp
Industry vs DEA in Federal Court
January 7, 2002
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