From: Institute for Hemp Subject: GREENLEAF NEWS Anniversary Issue Vol5#1 (The Zine about Hemp) 1/2 Date: Tue, 3 May 94 19:46:05 -0500 THE GREENLEAF NEWS Publisher: The Institute for Hemp Editor: John Birrenbach Contributing Writers: Herr, Steenstra, DeAngelo and the others who give great ideas Vol V #1 issue of the Greenleaf News is published by the Institute for Hemp. Subscription rates are 1 yr $20, 2 yrs $35, Canada add $5 per year additional. Payable in U. S. funds. The Greenleaf News is now dedicated to News about Cannabis Hemp. In its pages you'll find factual information about the re- establishment of Cannabis Hemp in The U. S. and World. The Views expressed herein are those of the writer and not necessarily those of the publisher. The publisher does not condone the breaking of ANY laws regardless of the ignorance of the law. The publisher feels that ONLY if you work within the law can we change the law. Without responsible laws we have anarchy. ADVERTISING RATES: This Newsletter is published using QuarkXPress*. Ads "Q READY" receive a 5% discount. All other layout ads must be camera ready. Discounts are available to other Cannabis reform Organizations. FULL PAGE 7"x10"--- $30. Quarter Page -------------$10. other sizes are acceptable. Classified $0.15 per word $5 min. WE NEED ARTICLES: We need articles for publication. If you would like to write something DO IT and send it in. If you can submit it on a disk or a data link that makes it easier for us to publish. WE NEED MATERIAL, got an idea call us 612-222-2628. @ZEND ************** IN THIS ISSUE ************** HEMP IN PRISON CANADIAN HEMP GLOBAL HEMP REPORT EDITORIAL COMPANY BIO'S SUSPECT HEMP INDUSTRY COMEBACK GOVERNMENT HEMP WEED IN HER GARDEN 9.3 MILLION PLANTS COMMUNICATE OR DIE INSTITUTE JOINS IFAI INTERNET HEMP SITES CANNABIS TO BE LEGAL GIF CATALOg BILLION DOLLAR CROP FARMERS LOOSE $$ INSTITUTE GETS CHECK MN GOV CANDIDATE TBS PROGRAM HEMP **************************** IN MINNESOTA YOU USED TO GO TO PRISON AND PROCESS HEMP! By John Birrenbach Founder, The Institute for Hemp In the past few years the State of Minnesota has provided millions in funding for our state historical societies upgrade. As another part of the upgrade they incorporated a computer system called PALS database. One day I connected to the system and soon found myself confronted by a massive collection of data relating to the stateUs vast history of hemp cultivation. As many as 43 records composed of single books, including The Emperor and Hemp Lifeline, to files measured better in cubic feet. I began to examine descriptions of files for the boxes of information that they have on file and found an interesting entry #14 1887-? Hemp and twine industry Records, Minnesota State Prison. A little further and I found entry #22 1892-? Miscellaneous records, Minnesota State Prison. Curious, you bet I was. Who would have known that in Minnesota the prisons had records pertaining to hemp. I dug a little further for a more detailed description of the files. In a few seconds the computer responded with: Minnesota State Prison (Stillwater). TITLE: Miscellaneous records, 1892-1972. DESCRIPTN: 2.8 cu. ft. (3 partial boxes). SUMMARY: Daily account book (1892-1895); cashbooks (1901-1916) and receipts (1911-1914); records of rope stock purchased (1924-1932) and twine manufactured (1898- 1910, 1932-1972); photographs of the rope and twine factory showing equipment, products, and personnel (1930s-1950s); and hemp and twine conference minutes (1911-1920). The latter detail twine sales, expenses, and contracts. I queried the computer regarding the second entry and the computer responded with: Minnesota State Prison (Stillwater, Minnesota). TITLE: Hemp and twine industry records, 1887- 1939. DESCRIPTN: 1.7 cu. ft. SUMMARY: Financial and production records of the prison's hemp and twine industry, including sales accounts, monthly breakdowns of costs, monthly production comparisons, and related data. SUMMARY: The twine sales journals (1887-1902) and the sales record (1895-1901) cover the same period, but different sales are recorded in each. The journals contain more information. The cost statements and comparisons (1919-1939) give extensive monthly cost and production statistics. The daily account book (1892-1895) records expenditures and receipts. SUBJECT: Twine industry--Minnesota. SUBJECT: Hemp industry--Minnesota. These entries intrigued me so I decided to make the 3 minute trip to the State Historical Archives. Once there I requested the boxes containing the information on the Prison systems Hemp industry. Contained in boxes of information was every detail of the Prisons Hemp industry. The documents detailed everything from how some very remarkable photos of the various machines and prisoners handling and processing hemp fiber in to one of two lines of hemp twine made at the prison. The material is so voluminous that a detailed account of the figures will have to wait for future articles. But from the material I have already digested it was very profitable for the prison to have a hemp twine factory, although they did have a riot in the factory in the late 1800Us that is well documented. I guess I am still in awe that in Minnesota at least you could have gone to prison and process hemp and now you go to prison for processing hemp. @ZEND ***************** GREENLEAF NEWS cont.. ***************** CANADIAN GOV. WANTS TO ALLOW HEMP FARMING 21-MAR-1994 13:33 OTTAWA, March 21 (UPI) -- A Canadian government spokesman said Monday that proposed legislation being considered by Parliament will allow farmers to grow cannabis, or hemp, for commercial purposes after a 50 year ban. Health department spokesman Bruce Rowsell said under the proposed legislation, farmers would only be allowed to grow forms of hemp that contain virtually no THC, the hallucinogenic chemical in cannabis. Rowsell said farmers would be required to have a license to grow the crop, which can be harvested to make rope and paper products. He said farm groups lobbied the government to let them grow hemp as a way of replacing tobacco and other crops. Rowsell said farmers in the United Kingdom, France and eastern Europe are allowed to grow hemp crops that contain less than 0.3 percent THC, and that is the standard that will be used in Canada. The clearance to grow hemp is contained in a wider package of changes to Canadian narcotic control laws currently before Parliament. Rowsell said Parliament has not yet dealt with the proposal to allow farmers to grow hemp, and said he didn't know if there would be opposition to it. @ZEND ****************** GREENLEAF NEWS cont... ******************** GLOBAL HEMP REPORT, Is a Shortage of Hemp on the Horizon By Eric Steenstra & Steve DeAngelo Mar 31, 1994 Surging demand has combined with the agricultural crisis in Eastern Europe to create the most severe shortage of the modern hemp era. Inability to obtain local sources of raw material has forced manufacturers of hemp products to import hemp supplies from ever more distant locales. In Hungary, a primary source of hemp textiles and cordage for the insatiable Western European and North American markets, factories long ago wiped out in-country supply of raw material. When this occurred the Hungarian factories sent buyers to Rumania to secure a new source of supply. Sources in Rumanian yarn and textile factories now report all domestic supplies of raw material are exhausted. Rumanian factories are presently locked in fierce competition with Hungarian buyers to secure hemp supplies imported from places still further to the east such as the Ukraine, with prices for line rising to $ USD 900/tonne. The recent renaissance of the hemp industry coincides with the collapse of the Soviet empire and the dismantling of centrally planned economies throughout the hemp basket. Hemp growing, like all commercial agricultural efforts, requires fairly large commitments of capital. Even an only medium-sized hemp processing plant requires several million dollars worth of raw material to operate at full capacity for one year. Prior to the fall of communism, state planning agencies arranged for the growing and supply of all agricultural raw materials, including hemp. The collapse of communism has touched off a general agricultural crisis throughout Eastern Europe. The basic problem is that nobody is willing or able to invest capital in crop production. Once pre- collapse raw material supplies are exhausted, as has recently happened with hemp, factories either find new sources of supply or shut their doors. In Hungary, the dismantling of the state-run Hemp Trust led to the closure of 12 out of 16 plants which previously operated. General reluctance to invest in crop production has been exacerbated in the hemp industry by a wide-spread perception that rising demand for hemp is the result of a fashion trend which may pass by the time crops are harvested and processed. In Hungary, the first among Eastern European countries to feel the effects of the hemp renaissance, relatively long experience has led to increased confidence among investors and several reports suggest Western investors may be preparing to commit to crop production. However, further East, where the pre-collapse supplies are just beginning to run out and where the hemp renaissance has yet to have its full impact , the agricultural crisis will continue to be an obstacle to securing adequate supplies of hemp for the foreseeable future. The best hope for increased hemp production may lie to the West rather than the East. England legalized hemp production in 1993, and Canada followed with the announcement on March 21st of this year that it would legalize cultivation of low-THC cannabis as a fiber crop. Products manufactured from English hemp are beginning to hit the international market. Countries around the world are scrambling to cash in on the hemp boom, with the European Community paying its farmers a $250/acre subsidy to grow hemp. But back in the U. S. where it all started the government still stubbornly refuses to even allow its farmers to grow hemp. According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy (drug czar's office), the US government does not recognize the distinction between drug and non-drug varieties of cannabis. It is this distinction which allows the EC countries to grow hemp. Subsidies and licenses are granted only if approved low-THC strains are cultivated. NDCP was unable to provide the reasons behind a policy which so obviously denies US citizens a share of the ever-growing market for hemp. GREENLEAF NEWS Cont... ****************** GREENLEAF NEWS cont... ******************** Countries around the world are scrambling to cash in on the hemp boom, with the European Community paying its farmers a $250/acre subsidy to grow hemp. But back in the U. S. where it all started the government still stubbornly refuses to even allow its farmers to grow hemp. According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy (drug czar's office), the US government does not recognize the distinction between drug and non-drug varieties of cannabis. It is this distinction which allows the EC countries to grow hemp. Subsidies and licenses are granted only if approved low-THC strains are cultivated. NDCP was unable to provide the reasons behind a policy which so obviously denies US citizens a share of the ever-growing market for hemp. The effects of the hemp shortage are being felt world-wide. One dismayed US importer recently lost a consignment of hemp textiles on the docks of China. The shipment was just short of being loaded on the ship when Chinese suppliers informed him it had instead been sold to other buyers, who presumably offered a better price. Such incidents do nothing to calm the nerves of business people already worried that US concern over human rights in China may lead to trade sanctions. The hemp renaissance is making inroads but at the same time causing shortages that may force the United States government to make changes to allow the cultivation of hemp to fill the need by American business. @ZEND ***************** ***************** EDITORIAL This time of year is always special to me. It not only marks my birthday but it also marks the anniversary of my relationship with the commercial applications of Cannabis Hemp. This year marks my fifth year of involvement in the re- establishment of Commercial Hemp and the fourth year for the Greenleaf News and The Institute for Hemp. I have come a long way in the past five years. From an initial reading of The Emperor to today I am continually amazed at the many possibilities of utilizing Cannabis Hemp for commercial products. From the production of Paper to Composite Board to Oils for lubrication and inks the number of products just seem to be endless. We have certainly come a long way in these past five years. ThatUs not to say that it hasnUt been a rocky road, but I think that some valuable lessons have been learned and the way is clearer now than it has ever been since WWII. Looking to the future I am very optimistic for at least some additional experiments to be conducted on Commercial Cannabis this year. I also expect to see additional experiments leading to full scale production in the United States in coming years. Commercial Hemp farms across the United States are just a few short years away. It took the English over ten years to get hemp. Hopefully we won't have to wait much longer. Hemp for Victory John Birrenbach @ZEND ********************** IF YOU WOULD LIKE WHAT YOU READ HERE AND WOULD LIKE TO GET A GREENLEAF NEWS SUBSCRIPTION, OUR RATES ARE AS FOLLOWS: U.S. CANADIAN FOREIGN 1 yr $20.00 $25.00 $30.00 2 yrs $35.00 $45.00 $55.00 PUBLISHED 6x PER YEAR JAN MARCH MAY JULY SEPT NOV PAYMENT IN U.S. FUNDS. VISA & MASTERCARD ACCEPTED!!! SEND PAYMENT TO: THE INSTITUTE FOR HEMP PO BOX 65130 ST PAUL, MN 55165 OR CALL OR FAX 612-222-2628 ********************** *************** GREENLEAF NEWS cont... ********************** COMPANY BIOGRAPHY In this column you'll find information about the various hemp companies that are doing business in Hemp. Headcase 150 Bay St Jersey City NJ 07302 Owners Mitch & Jill Cahn Sale Director: Ben Adams Phone: 201-420-5900 FAX: 201-420-7101 Headcase, formerly NJ Headcase, has been in operation since July of 1992. Now employing over 25 people they manufacture hats, bags and wallets out of hemp cloth. Hemp Traders 2130 Colby Av #1 Los Angles, CA 90025 Owner Lawrence Serbin Phone: 310-914-9557 FAX: 310-478-2108 Hemp Traders is a Import Export Company specializing in Hemp/Cotton blends & 100% Hemp Cloth. In operation since January of 1993, Hemp Traders now employs 2 people. Acts Testing Labs Inc 25 Anderson Rd Buffalo, NY 14225 Owner Dr. Angelo Fatta Telephone: 716-897-3300 Fax: 716-897-0876 Locations in USA, Hong Kong, France, Canada Founded in 1973 Acts Testing tests many different products including textiles, toys, electronics, Health & Beauty, Chemical & Environmental testing. Over 300 employees at four locations world wide. Cannibiz Co. PO Box 272 Occidental CA 95465 Owner: Dave Barsky Phone: 707-874-3449 FAX: 707-874-2974 Founded in March of 1994, Cannibiz Co is marketing a variety of different hemp products in their retail catalog. CB Trash 109 Commercial Dr Bozeman, MT 59715 Owners: Chris Bakken Curtis Johnson Phone: 406-587-3020 FAX: 406-585-7808 CB Trash is a multi-dimensional company that has its own line of Boots made from Hemp Fabric. ******************* What to do When You Suspect A Hemp Product Is NOT. by John Birrenbach March 23, 1994 When attending an event such as a trade show or the like, and you find a company that is selling a hemp product what do you do? Every new company or product must be treated as SUSPECT!! FIRST: DO NOT APPROACH ALONE, HAVE A WITNESS!! You should obtain copies of as much of their advertising mat- erials as possible. They should be willing to provide you with catalogs, flyers, and promotional materials. Take one of everything that is offered for free SECOND: You should obtain samples of their products. If the company is selling non-hemp products we will need to test the products that they are selling. If they know that we are on to them it may be difficult to obtain samples for testing. THIRD: As your final step you should ask the person who is tending the booth several questions: What Type of Hemp is your product made out of? Can you provide me with the results of tests, for Hemp content, on your products? They may not have them available but give them a place to send you copies. FOURTH: DOCUMENTATION- Document everything that took place in writing and have your witness do the same. Document as much of the conversation as possible. Document you impressions of the peopleUs honesty and integrity and any other items you can think of. Better to have to much info than not enough. FIFTH: REPORTING - Send us Copies of your documentation and the materials you obtained from them. Always maintain copies for your records. REMEMBER- - Every Hemp product should be considered suspect until proven otherwise. In the case of a legitimate company who is proud of selling Cannabis Hemp products you will find that they can provide test results from a commercial lab upon request. Some will be in shock when you tell them that Hemp is Marijuana, and will be honest right away in an effort to not be linked to DRUGS. Others will try to evade the subject and not be willing or able to provide such a test. @ZEND *************** GREENLEAF NEWS cont... ******************** GREENLEAF NEWS cont... ******************** HEMP INDUSTRY MAKING A STRONG COMEBACK By Jack Herr, Acts Testing Inc In the past year, test requests for hemp content in fabrics, garments, and accessories has gone from a mere trickle to a steady stream. This would indicate the hemp industry in North America is growing rapidly. As with many enterprises, the larger it gets, the more scrutiny it invites from the government and consumers. Therefore, it is imperative that proper testing be performed to to ensure that both you and the consumers get what is paid for. This keeps everyone happy and makes your business profitable and trouble- free. ED* Jack Herr works for Acts Testing Labs a company that provides testing of fabrics for fiber content. He formerly of US Testing in NJ. @ZEND ********************** ********************** GOVERNMENT INFO ABOUT WORLD WAR II HEMP By John Birrenbach Chuck Cox of RMight As Well InfoS has uncovered some very interesting documents from the Department of Agriculture. These documents cover the entire War Project to reestablish hemp as a necessary war resource. Included in the over 300 pages of information are Press Releases and articles from newspapers. An interesting editorial from a New York Newspaper that criticizes the Department of AgricultureUs lack of knowledge about hemp. Among the many pages information can be found out about the entire project. From a listing of the cities where hemp mills were located to the amount of acres of hemp produced in individual regions everything seems to be present. I have even noticed a mention of a movie to be released called RHemp for VictoryS. The Material is so extensive that it may take months if not years to decipher and digest the material. If you would like a copy of the material I suggest that you write: Chuck Cox C/O Might As Well Info PO Box 403, Altoona, PA 16601 for more details. @ZEND ********************** ********************** WEED IN HER WILDFLOWER GARDEN COULD GO UP IN SMOKE STAR TRIBUNE (MS) - Wednesday, September 1, 1993 By: Jim Klobuchar, Staff Writer An anonymous neighbor bellyached to the city inspector's office about Katherine Howard's unruly wildflower garden in south Minneapolis a few weeks ago. Quarantine the weedy eyesore, the vigilante wailed. The suspect gardener groaned in the face of this ambush attack on her artistry. Katherine Howard did make a concession. All right, she said, her experimental garden between the street and sidewalk in front of their house did not exactly pose a threat to the University of Minnesota Arboretum. It wasn't the second coming of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. But eyesore? Well . . . '' Neighbor, the vigilante didn't know the half of it. The other half of it was supplied by a Minneapolis police officer on Monday after a casual examination of Katherine's misbegotten little jungle on 36th Av., off the Crosstown. There they were: three stems with the familiar spread leaf tops. Cannabis sativa, the infamous plant of the *hemp*, a. k. a. marijuana. There it stood, brazen and illegal, not far from the timeless surf of Lake Nokomis and the echoes of Minnehaha: a patch of pot, rising side by side with Katherine Howard's bachelor buttons and morning glories. How do you plead, sister? ''I'm clean. I don't have a police record. I've never even jaywalked. I have no idea how the marijuana seed got in there. Could they send me into the black hole? '' The gardener was mixed up. I had to correct her. A black hole is a phenomenon in space. The ''hole'' is solitary confinement in a penitentiary. Either way you're in deep pits. She didn't show a preference, but I said she was probably safe as long as she didn't have connections with the mob. The mystery, though, clings. How did the reefer weed get into Katherine Howard's wildflower garden, and is this something for the Delta squad? If it was going to happen to anybody, Katherine Howard was a probable candidate. She is one of those people who needs a manageable amount of daily bafflement in her life. She feels deprived when the world spins according to plan. For instance, let's say you or I bought a canister of perennial wildflower seeds at the Lyndale Garden Center. What happens then is we would spend the summer shamelessly admiring our craft in creating gorgeous fields of wildflowers. Katherine Howard, on the other hand, made a mess. She called her favorite patsy on the newspaper to report. She said she had accidentally committed a high crime or violated some commandment, and she wanted to come clean. ''I think I planted some marijuana, '' she said. **** GREENLEAF NEWS cont.... *********************************************************** THE INSTITUTE FOR HEMP IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR PUBLICATION "The Greenleaf News" is Now FOUR YEARS OLD!! *********************************************************** In the Following threads you will find the articles that appear in our special Fourth Anniversary Issue (Vol 5#1 May/June 94). Would you like be able to distribute some of the most Current Hemp Information? Have a bunch of people that you need to get information about the current state of the Hemp Industry? THE ANSWER IS THIS ISSUE OF THE GREENLEAF NEWS to recieve a bundle (Approx 200) of our *SPECIAL EDITION* 8 page tabloid filled with over 20 articles and Company Bio's. We will ship you some for cost of postage ($10. in the U. S. & $25. to Canada (Yes, WE SHIP TO CANADA!!!) See Below for Payment Details ********************** IF YOU WOULD LIKE WHAT YOU READ HERE AND WOULD LIKE TO GET A GREENLEAF NEWS SUBSCRIPTION, OUR RATES ARE AS FOLLOWS: U. S. CANADIAN FOREIGN 1 yr $20.00 $25.00 $30.00 2 yrs $35.00 $45.00 $55.00 PUBLISHED 6x PER YEAR JAN MARCH MAY JULY SEPT NOV PAYMENT IN U. S. FUNDS. VISA & MASTERCARD ACCEPTED!!! SEND PAYMENT TO: THE INSTITUTE FOR HEMP PO BOX 65130 ST PAUL, MN 55165 OR CALL OR FAX 612-222-2628 @ZEND FOREIGN ORDERS $40 AIR FREIGHT @ZREALEND I gave her the journalist's version of the Miranda warning. ''Anything you say, '' I said, ''could probably be misinterpreted or disorganized. '' ''It goes back to last year when the city repaired the street, '' she said. ''They had to tear up the sod in my boulevard. That's the little stretch of green between the street and sidewalk. How do I know who owns it? Either we own it or the city owns it, but I call it my boulevard because it is. I put up a sign asking the city crews not to resod this spring because I wanted to plant wildflowers. Other people have done that. Well, I went down to the Lyndale Garden Center, and I bought a canister of wildflower seeds and broadcast them in this boulevard patch. ''After a while, things started coming up. It wasn't very glorious. To be honest, it looked weedy and unkempt, although there were some flowers in there for sure. One day Alice from the city came through and said a neighbor had complained that my garden was unsightly and maybe I ought to trim it up. I didn't claim it looked very pretty, but I said wildflowers ought to have a chance in life. ''Alice said this sounded reasonable to her. A few weeks ago a friend of ours came over, and the talk got around to the wildflower garden. He said, 'Oh, I see you got your own little plot of grass in there. ' He said he didn't mean grass grass but marijuana grass. I went to my flower book and there was a picture of the marijuana plant, and the leaves looked exactly like mine, something like a hand with three large leaves in the middle and two smaller ones on the ends. But I thought marijuana plants were supposed to be tall, like 5 or 6 feet. '' I said they probably didn't start out in life standing 6 feet tall. ''That's right. A couple of weeks later they were head and shoulders above the other plants. I think it's the real grass, although I've never ever had a . . . what do they call it? '' They used to call it a joint, I said. ''What should I do? '' I said I'd call a cop. I said the precinct station would probably have an in-house expert. She called. The Third Precinct found an expert, who made his rounds after Katherine had left for her physical therapist job at a nursing home and her husband had gone to his accounting office. When she got home, the suspect weed had been uprooted. The cop made positive identification. It was the real grass. Dick Dwyer had to have some theories. Dwyer is the president of Lyndale Garden Center in Richfield. ''Any ideas? '' I asked ''There are just a few things that could have happened, '' he said. ''We get this maybe once a year out of all the stuff we sell. Some kid could have been playing around when it was packaged by the manufacturer. I don't see how it could have happened here, because most of those canisters are sealed. Or somebody could have tossed some grass seed into the garden. I'm not surprised to hear her garden didn't do well. Awful summer for a lot of gardeners. '' Certainly not the fault of the seed. ''Certainly not. '' It's still a mystery. The cops are playing it close. They say they don't want to go public with the street value of Katherine Howard's homegrown grass. @ZEND **************** 9.3 MILLION HEMP PLANTS ERADICATED IN WISCONSIN: MARIJUANA GROWS ALL OVER St. Paul Pioneer Press THURSDAY, August 5, 1993 By: Associated Press MADISON, Wis. - A program to destroy wild-growing marijuana may have reduced the amount of the weed growing in many parts of Wisconsin, the state Justice Department spokesman said Wednesday. About 9.3 million plants were found and removed in the first six months of 1993, compared to 22 million plants at the same time last year, figures showed. Last year, 35 million uncultivated plants were destroyed. The drop occurred in spite of a predicted bumper crop of marijuana due to the summer's excessive moisture, said Jerry Doll, a University of Wisconsin-Extension researcher. Jim Haney, a spokesman for the state attorney general's office, said recent years of eradication are ``starting to pay off'' but ``there probably are fields out there that are very healthy and very strong. '' ``But in the last couple of months, reports suggest that fields in the past that have had very large crops seem to have small crops this year, and it isn't the weather. The weather is conducive to growing marijuana, '' Haney said. One of those areas of heavy growth may be Dane County, which received more than 15 inches of rain in June and July. The Dane County Narcotics Enforcement Team already has harvested about 4 million wild pot plants this year, compared to slightly more than 5 million for all of 1992. *Hemp* , the plant from which marijuana is extracted, was grown throughout Wisconsin in the early part of the century as a cash crop for making fabric, rope, sails and cellophane tape, officials said. The statewide eradication program, which is sponsored the U. S. Drug Enforcement Agency, uses local authorities and the National Guard to destroy the weed. Haney said the program, which relies on tips from the public to find wild-growing marijuana, also locates and investigates indoor growing operations. He said 169 indoor growing operations were seized last year. Editors Note: It can easily be computed that the state of Wisconsin has destroyed a valuable resource worth $80 per ton of stalks @ZEND ***************** GREENLEAF NEWS cont.... ***************** GREENLEAF NEWS cont COMMUNICATE OR DIE GET YOUR MESSAGE OUT ! by John Birrenbach The Institute for Hemp In years gone by movements were lead and won on the basis of their ability to communicate with others. Today again we see those movements that are best able to communicate their positions are the ones that are successful. How does a person get their message out. Well there is always the old ancient time tested method of Rword of mouthS. You tell one person and then they tell another until everyone knows. The only problem is that each teller usually embellishes or changes the story and distorts the information. This mode of communication is the slowest and least reliable. Luckily a printing press was invented so that you can print flyers and papers that give the details of your cause and keep the facts straight. This is a time tested and honored method of communicating with the masses. Unfortunately the number of people that can be reached is limited by the number of people who take your information and the amount of information you can afford to print. With the invention of radio the mode of communications changed. By now there are only a very few people on the planet who can not be reached by radio broadcasts. But there is a problem with radio in that once it is broadcast only those that are listening to your station at that time can hear your message. The other problem is that the cost of air time for most stations is a little high (even $6. per 30 sec spot adds up over time). In the early 1900Us the invention of the telephone and then television again allowed the modes of communications to change. But the same problem associated with the radio is a draw back to using television but with the cost doubled or tripled at even the smallest station. The telephone on the other hand is a door way to not just voice communications but also to an impressive stream of other information. A telephone is so much more than just a means of talking to another person some miles or feet away. It can also make it possible to send letters or information directly to another person by means of fax transmissions. I found that I can send a one page fax to anyone anywhere in the United States for less than the cost of First Class postage (ie 29"). Another thing the letter is there right now, not tomorrow, not the next day, not NEVER, right now!!. An ability to send and receive letters with a fax machine is one of the most important means of communicating today. The telephone is also a means of sending digital information as well. By this I mean computers connecting to computers. There is virtually an unlimited amount of information that can be found by connecting with computers. Several of the articles found in this issue were downloaded from various computer networks. Just the other day I connected to Compuserve and found that in the Midwest there had been over 619 stories that contained the word hemp in them. The leader was the RLexington Herald - LeaderS with 111 stories, followed closely by the Chicago Tribune with 107. I was glad to see that Minneapolis and St Paul were the next followers with 47 and 44 stories respectively for a total of 92 for our metro area. Computers talking to computers is not the only means of utilizing the modem for communicating your ideas. By connecting to various local, national or international computer BBSUs (Bulletin Board Systems) you can talk with other people as well as deposit and retrieve articles and information of all sorts. There is an ever growing number of people with access to computers. At work or at home people all over the world are connecting together with their computers and exchanging information. Until a few years ago only those with large pocketbook or a corporation could afford computers. Now you can purchase a Used Mac or IBM complete with software, modem, and Hard Drive for less than $1,000. This may sound like a lot of money but, if you wish to communicate your position or ideas to the world and get feedback from others that are interested in your ideas then you MUST be able to communicate in ALL the modes of communication, or at the very least as many of them as possible. I predict that the Theme for the Nineties will be RCommunicate or DieS. @ZEND **************** INSTITUTE FOR HEMP JOINS INDUSTRIAL FABRICS ASSOC INT. The Industrial Fabrics Association International (I. F. A. I.) has over the past few months invited The Institute for Hemp to join its ranks as an affiliate organization. The Institute for Hemp is proud to announce today that it is officially joining I. F. A. I. I. F. A. I., a St Paul based International Industrial Fabric Trade Association, is one of the most recognized Fabric Trade groups in the world. Founded in 1912 IFAI is made up of over 1900 members. I. F. A. I. is known world wide as a resource of valuable information on the 1,000Us of uses for Industrial Fabrics. The Institute for Hemp, a St Paul based International Hemp Information Company, is one of the most recognized organizations in the field of Cannabis Sativa Hemp. Founded, by John Birrenbach, in 1989 The Institute for Hemp is known world wide as a resource for accurate information about the laws, farming, & utilization of Cannabis Hemp for Commercial products. Producers of the Worlds First and Largest Mail Order Catalog devoted to Hemp products and information. Other Noted Accomplishments: First Company in the U. S. to receive conditional permission by the state of Minnesota to cultivate Hemp for Commercial purposes, Defeated Bill in Minnesota Legislature that would make Hemp Bird Food, Rope, Cloth, etc.. illegal, Quoted in Newsweek and other media publications and telecasts. For More information please call: The Institute for Hemp, 612- 222-2628 @ZEND *************** GREENLEAF NEWS cont... ******************** INTERNET HEMP SITES By John Birrenbach As part of the information superhighway you can find interesting information about hemp. Files about hemp are help in what are called FTP, Telnet, or Gopher sites. There is are numerous Frequently Asked Questions that are maintained by this group. The first two ftp servers and the first gopher server keeps copies of all the FAQs. Best 2 sites: hemp. uwec. edu in pub/drugs/marijuana and pub/drugs/hemp ftp. hmc. edu in pub/drugs/marijuana FTP SITES: DIRECTORY: ftp. hmc. edu /pub/drugs hemp. uwec. edu /pub/drugs flubber. cs. umd. edu /other/tms/drug. politics wiretap. spies. com /Library/Fringe/Pharm nic. funet. fi /pub/sci/neural/alt. drugs potemkin. cs. pds. edu /pub/politics/drugs GOPHER SERVERS: LINKS TO FOLLOW: hemp. uwec. edu 4. drugs wiretap. spies. com 12. library -> 7. Fringe -> 4. Pharmacol... TELNET: LOGIN AS: hemp. uwec. edu gopher For those of you who have Internet access and know how to use it then this makes complete sense. For those that donUt I suggest that you get a book called RThe Internet Complete ReferenceS by Hahn & Stout. @ZEND ***************** ***************** Cannabis to be Legal for Hemp Globe and Mail: March 21, 1994 MONTREAL - The federal government will decriminalize the growing of cannabis - or hemp - for commercial purposes, Montreal La Presse reported yesterday. Health Minister Diane Marleau made the announcement in a letter sent last week to the Quebec anti-prohibitionist league, the newspaper said. In the letter, Ms. Marleau said "once Parliament has approved the law, my department will have the authority to put in place a structure to issue licenses for the growing of cannabis, depending on the level of THC. " THC is the hallucinogenic agent in cannabis. The commercial exploitation of cannabis to make hemp has been legal for several years in a number of European countries, including France and Spain. Hemp is used in the manufacture of rope and paper. "This is a victory for the Quebec committee for the promotion of hemp, " said Pierre Cloutier, a spokesman for the group. He described hemp as a remarkable plant that produces a strong cord and high-quality tissue. He said the plant could be cultivated successfully in southern Quebec and Ontario. - CP. Courtesy: Alain M. Gaudrault Date:23 Mar 1994 21:34:36 GMT @ZEND ***************** ***************** CANNABIS HEMP ON THE INFO SUPERHIGHWAY CATALOG & INFO AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET Feb. 15, 1994 The St Paul Minnesota Based Institute for Hemp is announcing today that you will be able to get a Catalog of Hemp products and information through the Global Information Superhighway or the Internet. John Birrenbach, founder The Institute for Hemp, said RThis is a catalog that can be viewed by anyone on their home computer. Both IBM( and Mac( versions will be available on the computer networks. S Adding RAll you need to do is download it and open it up, its all there Pictures, Product Descriptions, Order forms everything!! S Using the GIF( format (Graphics Interchange Format(, developed by Compuserve() the files are smaller and easily transmitted via computer modem. John Birrenbach, said RWe are really excited by the opportunity to expand the marketing of Cannabis Hemp products to the 20 million people worldwide that access the Information Superhighway. S Adding RI really like the idea of it being a TOTALLY ECOSAFE way to send catalogs, NO PAPER is used. We are also saving about $2.5 million in printing and postage costs. I think that this is really the wave of the future for Mail Order Catalogs. S The RFirst of its KindS version is in Black and White but future versions will be in full color. In the package people will find Pictures and descriptions of Books, Videos, Hemp Products, and Other Educational Materials. For more information please call The Institute for Hemp @ 612- 222-2628 @ZEND ********************** IF YOU WOULD LIKE WHAT YOU READ HERE AND WOULD LIKE TO GET A GREENLEAF NEWS SUBSCRIPTION, OUR RATES ARE AS FOLLOWS: U.S. CANADIAN FOREIGN 1 yr $20.00 $25.00 $30.00 2 yrs $35.00 $45.00 $55.00 PUBLISHED 6x PER YEAR JAN MARCH MAY JULY SEPT NOV PAYMENT IN U.S. FUNDS. VISA & MASTERCARD ACCEPTED!!! SEND PAYMENT TO: THE INSTITUTE FOR HEMP PO BOX 65130 ST PAUL, MN 55165 OR CALL OR FAX 612-222-2628 ******************** ****** GREENLEAF NEWS cont.... GREENLEAF NEWS cont... ******************** ***************** ***************** BILLION DOLLAR CROP Popular Mech 1938 Thousands of tons of hemp hurds are used every year by one large powder company for the manufacture of dynamite and TNT. A large paper company, which has been paying more than a million dollars a year in duties on foreign-made cigarette papers, now is manufacturing these papers from American hemp grown in Minnesota. A new factory in Illinois is producing fine bond papers from hemp. The natural materials in hemp make it an economical source of pulp for any grade of paper manufactured, and the high percentage of alpha cellulose promises an unlimited supply of raw material for the thousands of cellulose products our chemists have developed. It is generally believed that all linen is produced from flax. Actually, the majority comes from hemp--authorities estimate that more than half of our imported linen fabrics are manufactured from hemp fiber. Another misconception is that burlap is made from hemp. Actually, its source is usually jute, and practically all of the burlap we use is woven by laborers in India who receive only four cents a day. Binder twine is usually made from sisal which comes from Yucatan and East Africa. All of these products, now imported, can be produced from home- grown hemp. Fish nets, bow strings, canvas, strong rope, overalls, damask tablecloths, fine linen garments, towels, bed linen and thousands of other everyday items can be grown on American farms. Our imports of foreign fabrics and fibers average about $200,000,000 per year; in raw fibers alone we imported over $50,000,000 in the first six months of 1937. All of this income can be made available for Americans. The paper industry offers even greater possibilities. As an industry it amounts to over $1,000,000,000 a year, and of that eighty per cent is imported. But hemp will produce every grade of paper, and government figures estimate that 10,000 devoted to hemp will produce as much paper as 40,000 acres of average pulp land. One obstacle in the onward march of hemp is the reluctance of farmers to try new crops. The problem is complicated by the need for proper equipment a reasonable distance from the farm. The machine cannot be operated profitably unless there is enough acreage within driving range and farmers cannot find a profitable market unless there is machinery to handle the crop. Another obstacle is that the blossom of the female hemp plant contains marijuana, a narcotic, and it is impossible to grow hemp without producing the blossom. Federal regulations now being drawn up require registration of hemp growers, and tentative proposals for preventing narcotic production are rather stringent. However, the connection of hemp as a crop and marijuana seems to be exaggerated. The drug is usually produced from wild hemp or locoweed which can be found on vacant lots and along railroad tracks in every state. If federal regulations can be drawn to protect the public without preventing the legitimate culture of hemp, this new crop can add immeasurably to American agriculture and industry. Popular Mechanics Magazine can furnish the name and address of the maker of, or dealer in, any article described in its pages. If you wish this information, write to the Bureau of Information, inclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope. (offer made in 1938, repeated calls to Popular Mechanics in the Late 1980's early 1990's have yielded no information about the machine featured.) @ZEND ******************** LACK OF CANNABIS HEMP CROP COSTS FARMERS $200 BILLION INCOME IN 1993 LOSSES FOR THE PAST 4 YEARS EXCEED $1 TRILLION!! Jan 1994 It is being reported by The Institute for Hemp that the U. S. Prohibition of Commercial Cannabis Hemp has cost the US Farmers a crop worth in excess of $200 Billion Annually. John Birrenbach, Founding President of The Institute for Hemp, stated RThe value, to the U. S. Farmers, of Commercial Hemp for the production of U. S. paper products is over $40 Billion annually. When you add up the other products like Fuel for cars and trucks, fiber for cloth and ropes, cooking and lubricating oils, food source for people and animals, Plastics the losses exceed $200 Billion Annually. S John Birrenbach said RWith countries like France, Nepal, Spain, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, China, Italy, and England among the dozens of other countries allowing the cultivation of Commercial non- drug types of Marijuana it doesnUt make any sense to continue to deny U. S. Farmers a shot at the worlds most profitable and desirable crop. S Birrenbach added RIn the next year we are going to see a real concerted effort to bring Commercial, Non-drug, Cannabis Hemp back to the American Farmer. There are a number of large companies very interested in making a variety of products from domestically grown Cannabis. Plans for products like Construction Materials, Paper, Oil products and fiber products made in the U. S. are being thoroughly examined. S If you would like additional information on The Institute for Hemp, Commercial Non-Drug Cannabis, the many legal products made from Cannabis Hemp please feel free to call: The Institute for Hemp, at 612-222-2628 @ZEND ******************** GREENLEAF NEWS cont... GREENLEAF NEWS cont.. ****************** CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR LIKES COMMERCIAL HEMP April 4, 1994 Tony Bouza, a leading DFL (Democratic) Candidate for Governor of Minnesota, announced on Monday April 4, on KSTP-AM 1500 Jessie RThe BodyS VenturaUs talk show, that he was PRO HEMP for commercial applications. As Jessie Ventura set up the call Mr Bouza exclaimed RI think the potential of hemp is absolutely unexplored and John is right! S As the caller, John Birrenbach of the Institute for Hemp, explored the possibilities of hemp with Mr Bouza He added RYou can burn it for fuel, yea John your on to something this is one of the little know stories of modern American Life your on to something stay with it. S Adding RWeUre on the same page. S Mr Bouza added, RAlright, if they (referring to the callers) are all going to be like John I am in good shape. S Mr. Bouza is a major contender for the DFL nomination for Governor of Minnesota. Mr. Bouza has a long history of tough law enforcement and can in no way be considered soft on crime or drugs. Tony BouzaUs Biography: Born in 1928 in Spain from humble roots, immigrated to Brooklyn NY in 1937. Drafted to U. S. Army in 1950. Joined New York City Police Dept in 1953 where he was promoted 13 times in 23 years and achieved the position of Asst. Chief Inspector & Commander of all Bronx Forces. He became head of New York City Transit Police in 1979. Became Chief of Minneapolis Police Department in 1980 which he held for 9 years. Appointed Head of Minnesota Gaming Commission in 1989. Mr Bouza is also a Husband, Father, Teacher, Author, Columnist, & Noted Speaker. FOR MORE INFO CALL Tony Bouza for Gov. 612-823-6833 Voice/Fax 1-800-HEY-TONY @ZEND ******************* ******************* TBS Show on Hemp Airs April 4, 1994 On Sunday April 3, 1994 Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) SuperstationUs program RNetwork EarthS included in its half hour program about environmental issues a segment about the commercial applications of Cannabis Hemp. The program focused on the use of Cannabis as a material to manufacture composite building materials manufactured by C&S Lumber of Harrisburg OR. During the program they showed Hemp composite board exceed the strength of composite board made from Pine Trees. They also showed the segment host Peggy Knapp in a RTug-O-WarS using only a small sample of Cannabis fiber. The program also featured a number of other products and companies that can be made from hemp including Ice Cream made from Hemp Seed and Clothing made from Cannabis Cloth. RHemp for VictoryS Gets It's First International Airing The program also included clips from the United States Department of Agriculture film RHemp for VictoryS. The program showed clips of American Hemp, grown in Minnesota and Wisconsin, being examined and harvested as a part of the World War II war effort. This is the first time any major media has aired RHemp for VictoryS in the United States. Many U. S. media outlets have been given the opportunity to air this unique film. Despite the fact that Hemp for Victory has been shown on Major TV programs in countries like England, and as far away as Australia this is the FIRST TIME that the film has been aired nationally in the United States. @ZEND ********************** THE END THE END *********************** *********************************************************** THE INSTITUTE FOR HEMP IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR PUBLICATION "The Greenleaf News" is Now FOUR YEARS OLD!! *********************************************************** In the Following threads you will find the articles that appear in our special Fourth Anniversary Issue (Vol 5#1 May/June 94). Would you like be able to distribute some of the most Current Hemp Information? Have a bunch of people that you need to get information about the current state of the Hemp Industry? THE ANSWER IS THIS ISSUE OF THE GREENLEAF NEWS to recieve a bundle (Approx 200) of our *SPECIAL EDITION* 8 page tabloid filled with over 20 articles and Company Bio's. We will ship you some for cost of postage ($10. in the U. S. & $25. to Canada (Yes, WE SHIP TO CANADA!!!) See Below for Payment Details ********************** IF YOU WOULD LIKE WHAT YOU READ HERE AND WOULD LIKE TO GET A GREENLEAF NEWS SUBSCRIPTION, OUR RATES ARE AS FOLLOWS: U. S. CANADIAN FOREIGN 1 yr $20.00 $25.00 $30.00 2 yrs $35.00 $45.00 $55.00 PUBLISHED 6x PER YEAR JAN MARCH MAY JULY SEPT NOV PAYMENT IN U. S. FUNDS. VISA & MASTERCARD ACCEPTED!!! SEND PAYMENT TO: THE INSTITUTE FOR HEMP PO BOX 65130 ST PAUL, MN 55165 OR CALL OR FAX 612-222-2628 @ZEND