The Hemp Report

National Hemp Conference Builds on Striking Year

REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN - September 28th, 2005 - The Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance/ Alliance Commerciale Canadienne du Chanvre (CHTA/ACCC) is holding its 2005 Conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba on September 30th, 2005 at The Greenwood Inn.

The Conference -- open to the trade and public -- will be held on the full day of Sept. 30th at the Evergreen Ballroom at the Greenwood Inn. This year's event is attracting delegates from across Canada, the USA and overseas. Doors will open at 8 AM; session start at 9 AM.

"2005 has been a striking year for industrial Hemp in Canada," says Arthur Hanks, Executive Director, CHTA. "In response to strong prices and robust demand we have seen licensed hemp acreage jump almost to 20,000 acres, both conventional and certified organic. Opportunities are being seized with hemp and this year's conference will have information about all the borders we are crossing: in trade, in food nutrition, fibre development, and the regulatory environment."

As with CHTA's past events, this year's show will be great value for those working in the sector and those who are seeking to evaluate opportunities in hemp.

Speakers include:

Master of Ceremonies Geof Kime, Hempline (ON)

Darryl Domitric, Director, Agri-Food Innovation and Adaptation Branch (MB), Introduction Remarks
Michael Zhang, St. Boniface Hospital (MB), Inhibitory effects of Industrial Hemp against AGE formation
Mohini Sain, University of Toronto (ON) - Modern Fibre Uses and Markets
Gero Leson, Leson and Associates (USA) - Hemp Food Research
Jim House, University of Manitoba (MB) - 2005 Protein Study
Theresa Almonte, SGS Canada, Inc. (BC) - Testing and Analytical Tools
Eric Steenstra, Vote Hemp, Inc. (USA) - American Trends and Regulatory Advances
John Baker (ON) - Feral Fibre and its Possible Implications
Kevin Friesen/Andrea Hermann, Hemp Oil Canada (MB) - Successful Hemp Crop Production

As well, representatives from Avanti Polymers (MB), Parkland Industrial Hemp Growers (MB) and Hemptown Clothing Company (BC) will be making presentations on value-added fibre development; The Conference will also feature a panel on hempseed exports and trade issues featuring top hemp traders.

Food and refreshments to be served at the Conference will include Hemp Coffee, Teas, Juice and fresh hemp baking in the morning, a Hemp Lunch with entrees including a choice of a homemade Vegan Lasagne or Chicken a la King. Our afternoon break will see us fortified with Hemp Coffee, Teas and delicious snackbars courtesy of Living Harvest, Mahem Fuel Bar and Ruth's Hemp Foods.

Sponsors for this year's event include:

Foundation: Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps www.drbronners.com; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada www.agr.gc.ca

Gold Sponsors: Hemp Oil Canada www.hempoilcanada.com; Manitoba Harvest www.manitobaharvest.com; Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/index.shtml; SGS Canada www.ca.sgs.com

Silver Sponsors: Farmer Direct Cooperative www.farmerdirect.ca and Nutiva www.nutiva.com

Conference fee is $75 for CHTA/ACCC members and $100 for non-members.

The Greenwood Inn http://www.greenwoodinn.ca/winnipeg/home.html is located at 1715 Wellington Avenue, near Winnipeg International Airport (code YWG)

The nonprofit CHTA's mandate includes market development and advocacy, information creation and distribution, and research. Established in 2003, the CHTA is a national group of hemp processors, marketers, farmers and researchers. Membership is open to all companies active in the Canadian industrial hemp sector. Hemp is our business.

For more information about the CHTA/ACCC and hemp in Canada please see our web sites at http://www.hemptrade.ca and http://www.infochanvre.ca.

For membership inquiries, see our online form at:

http://www.hemptrade.ca/en/members/sign-up.ihtml

NOTE PREREGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. ADMISSION IS AT DOOR ONLY.

Arthur Hanks Executive Director, CHTA
Tel: (306) 757-HEMP (757-4367)
Fax: (306) 757-4365
Email: arthur@hemptrade.ca
Web site: http://www.hemptrade.ca

PRESS RELEASE
September 20th, 2005
Ste. Agathe, MB. Canada

Hemp Oil Canada has formally announced a major expansion and relocation of Canada's largest producer of bulk hemp foods and private label packager of hemp products.

Shaun Crew, President & Founder of Hemp Oil Canada, was pleased to report the implementation of a $1 million dollar expansion and relocation for Canada's largest producer and processor of bulk hemp food products to Ste. Agathe, Manitoba. Today's announcement follows more than 2 years of planning.

"Our expansion was not only a desire, but a necessity" explained Crew, "We have basically out grown our present location. We want to continue not only growing our company, but assisting in the overall growth of this industry".


Over the last three years, Hemp Oil Canada has experienced double-digit growth producing healthy and nutritious food products such as hemp seed oil, hulled hemp seed, toasted hemp seed, hemp flour, hemp protein powder and hemp coffee. For the past six years, the company has been located in St. Norbert, Manitoba (the southern suburb of Winnipeg)

Hemp Oil Canada's expansion involves the acquisition and renovation of four existing buildings (+10,000 sq.ft.) on a 1 acre parcel of land in the middle of Ste. Agathe, Manitoba. In addition to presently being Kosher Certified and USDA Certified Organic, the buildings will be renovated to meet "Food Grade" ISO and HACCP standards.

The expansion will also see a huge increase in Hemp Oil Canada's "cold-press, cold-filtered" oilseed crushing capacity and the in-house production of hemp flours & hemp protein powders. Hemp Oil Canada will also be introducing an automated oil bottling line and a pouch/container packaging line, both of which will further improve our product quality, labor efficiency and production capabilities.

"We have always prided ourselves on delivering the freshest, top quality hemp food products in the industry" advised Crew, "We will now have the processing infrastructure and production capacity to meet the needs of not only our existing customer base, but also those prospective companies looking for a co-processor or co-packer that has the flexibility to meet their individual needs".

The expansion renovations will also include the construction of a 3,000 cubic foot "climate controlled" cooler for optimum product storage and distribution.

Hemp Oil Canada was founded in February 1998, just one month prior to Health Canada re-legalizing the cultivation of Industrial Hemp in Canada, after some 60 years of prohibition. This year Hemp Oil Canada has contracted with more than 55 farm producers on the Canadian Prairies to cultivate some 5,500 acres of both organic and conventional hemp seed production.

Hemp seed is one of the oldest agricultural crops grown for many millennia by mankind. The seed has long been a staple supply of a complete, plant based source of protein and fat, in the form of nutritious oil containing the much researched and healthy Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids.

Hemp Oil Canada is proud to supply these wholesome, natural ingredients to other value-added food manufacturer's producing everything from hemp ice cream, hemp cereals, hemp baked goods, hemp nutrition bars, hemp butters to hemp beer.

"We are extremely excited about the future potential for hemp production and processing on the Canadian Prairies" said Crew, "and we equally excited about our companies expansion and relocation to better serve this exploding marketplace".

The processing facility renovations will begin immediately with the relocation being phased in for completion by the end of November.

For further information, please contact Shaun Crew at:
Tel: 1-800-BUY-HEMP (800-289-4367) or (204) 275-7616
Email: shaun@hempoilcan.com
Web: http://www.hempoilcan.com

eBay is at it again. A few days ago I received an automatic search email from eBay with this auction in it:

Hemp Marijuana Farmer's Bulletin How To Grow 1943

     Wow, I thought - sweet. I've always wanted a copy of "HEMP" the USDA Farmers' Bulletin No. 1935! Here is a PDF copy of HEMP that we have here on The Hemp Report web site. (PDF file 5.6MB)

But, no - the auction was removed by eBay. So I emailed them:

Ask about bidding or buying > Bidding and buying > Is this item allowed
or prohibited?

Message: Dear eBay,
     I received this automatic email below this morning to my search criteria "bulletin hemp". The listing was for a copy of USDA Farmer's Bulletin No. 1935 "HEMP" from 1943. It is not a drug publication, but a manual on how to grow hemp for the war effort. Hemp and marijuana are different varieties of Cannabis sativa, with hemp being the low-THC variety. THC was not discovered until the 1960's, so this USDA publication sometimes mistakenly refers to hemp as "marihuana".

     I wanted to bid on this item. Why was this listing was removed?

Thanks,

Tom Murphy

     Here is what I received in return:

Hello Tom,

Thank you for writing with your concerns. I am happy to help.

Since drugs and drug paraphernalia are not permitted on eBay, neither
are informational items for the growing or procurement of drugs or drug
paraphernalia.

To learn more about prohibited and restricted items please go to:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/items-ov.html

It has been my pleasure to assist you Tom. Thank you for choosing eBay
and have a great day.

Regards,

Ralston
Community Watch
eBay Trust and Safety

     So, of course I wrote back:

Dear Ralston,
     This is not an acceptable answer. You obviously did not read the information that I provided for you. The U.S. Government publication in question is not a informational item for the growing or procurement of drugs. How do I appeal this decision?

Thanks,

Tom

     I'll update you on this as it happens. Of course there are no informational items for the growing or procurement of drugs on eBay. Oh, yes I almost forgot - have a great day.

Speakers confirmed as industry moves into new territories

REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN - September 13th, 2005 - The Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance/ Alliance Commerciale Canadienne du Chanvre (CHTA/ACCC) will be holding its 2005 Conference and Annual General Meeting in Winnipeg, Manitoba on September 29th-30th, 2005 at The Greenwood Inn.

This year's event is split into two parts: CHTA's AGM and Business Meeting will be held on the evening of September 29th, and Annual Conference will be held on the full day of Sept. 30th.

"2005 has been a striking year for industrial Hemp in Canada," says Arthur Hanks, Executive Director, CHTA. "In response to strong prices and robust demand we have seen licensed hemp acreage jump almost to 20,000 acres, both conventional and certified organic. Opportunities are being seized with hemp and this year's conference will have information about all the borders we are crossing: in trade, in food nutrition, fibre development, and the regulatory environment."

Once again, the CHTA annual conference remains an excellent conference opportunities for entrepreneurs, farmers, businesses and scientists involved in the Canadian and North American hemp industry.

Speaker's Roster Includes:

Mohini Sain, University of Toronto (ON) - Modern Fibre Uses and Markets
Gero Leson, Leson and Associates (USA) - Hemp Food Research
Jim House, University of Manitoba (MB) - 2005 Protein Study
Theresa Almonte, SGS Canada, Inc. (BC) - Testing and Analytical Tools
Eric Steenstra, Vote Hemp, Inc. (USA) - American Trends and Regulatory Advances
John Baker (ON) - Feral Fibre and its Possible Implications
Katie Greenwood, Health Canada (ON) - Statistical and Regulatory Review
Kevin Friesen/Andrea Hermann, Hemp Oil Canada (MB) - Successful Hemp Crop Production

As well, Representatives from Avanti Polymers (MB), Parkland Industrial Hemp Growers (MB) and Hemptown Clothing Company (BC) will be making presentations on value-added fibre development; The Conference will also feature a panel on hempseed exports and trade issues featuring top hemp traders.

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The CHTA AGM Members Meeting, including elections for Board of Directors, will be held in the evening of Thursday September 29th starting at 7 PM. The Annual Conference will be held on Friday September 30th, beginning at 9 AM. Doors and registration begins at 8 am. The Conference will include a hemp lunch and snacks.

Conference fee is $75 for CHTA/ACCC members and 100 $ for non-members. Sponsorship opportunities are available. Ticket Sales and Preregistration opens August 30th.

The Greenwood Inn http://www.greenwoodinn.ca/winnipeg/home.html is located at 1715 Wellington Avenue, near Winnipeg International Airport (code YWG)

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The nonprofit CHTA's mandate includes market development and advocacy, information creation and distribution, and research. Established in 2003, the CHTA is a national group of hemp processors, marketers, farmers and researchers. Membership is open to all companies active in the Canadian industrial hemp sector. Hemp is our business.

For more information about the CHTA/ACCC and hemp in Canada please see our web sites at http://www.hemptrade.ca and http://www.infochanvre.ca.

For membership inquiries, see our online form at:

http://www.hemptrade.ca/en/members/sign-up.ihtml

For other conference information and all other inquiries please contact:


Arthur Hanks Executive Director, CHTA
Tel: (306) 757-HEMP (757-4367)
Fax: (306) 757-4365
Email: arthur@hemptrade.ca
Web site: http://www.hemptrade.ca