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Image left is of hemp seed oil grown and produced in the UK. Years ago there was only salad and frying oil, which were bound to be safflower, rape, maize or the occasional cottonseed. Then along came olive oil, which took years to catch on, but is now on every shelf in many varieties. Flax, sunflower, avocado, walnut, sesame, and even the exotic black seed and pumpkin seed oils then made their way in to our shops. Only in the last 10 years has hemp seed oil become known, but it really is, nutritionally, the king of oils. But it is here to stay, and the Good Oil people have 1,200 acres under contract to produce it for them. Check out more information at their website, www.goodwebsite.co.uk
2003 HEMP ARTICLE IN THE ECOLOGIST
While looking for forward to the upcoming article on hemp in the Ecologist, I remembered they had one not too long ago, "Seeds of Hope" by Jake Bowers, here it is for those who want to have a look. Image left is of a UK crop grown under the auspices of Hemcore. Most grown here is for low grade fibre or seed oil. Recently the BBC wanted to take aerial photos of a hemp field in Devon, and they got sent to the Good Seed farm. BBC1 is producing a documentary new and unique crops, though hemp is one very old crop in the UK, with record going back to ca. 300 BC. We told the BBC but they are not too bothered with facts, their entire budget is going to pay Jonathan Ross, we're lucky they had a few pence left to do anything at all on hemp. For a satirical look at the Beeb and a call to raise more money for Ross (he only gets £6m a year), check out Mark Ski's Mark of the Mask site. He is urging us to protest outside the Beeb and get a large pay raise for Ross. This movement is known as the Ross Cause. Ski also asks us to drive 4x4s, support Homeland Security, put 9/11 sceptics in camps in Eastern Europe, and not use hemp. His latets rant exhorts we close the offices of the Ecologist. Ski is on a roll.
