The men from Hemp Oil Canada just had to say "cannabis" and they found they were speaking an international language at the SIAL food show in Paris. Wally Curti and Shawn Crew of Manitoba took their hemp oil-based toiletries, cooking oil and hemp coffee to the world's largest food show in late October expecting everyone in Europe to know what they were selling. "There is more awareness in Canada because it was illegal, then legalized," Curti said. Hemp can be legally grown in Europe, which is where Canadians obtained their original seeds. [continues 189 words]
CONSORT, Alta. -- When Health Canada officials told Curtis Weekes they needed a sample of the end product of hemp silage, he was tempted to send it. "Then somebody realized what that was (cattle manure) and told me it was not necessary," said the Alberta Agriculture crop specialist. That incident was an example of the legal requirements Alberta researchers encountered when they applied to grow hemp for a silage project. A special research licence was obtained to grow low THC hemp and all traces of the plant were destroyed after the study. [continues 407 words]
