Last year Whole Foods supported the 3rd Annual Hemp History Week (June 4-10) by publishing information on its growing array of hemp based products gaining in popularity due to the quality of hemp as an ingredient. Hemp History Week joins natural products pioneers, health and wellness advocates and interested citizens across the country to […]
Hemp whether eaten or smoked will not get you high. Even though hemp is a plant in the cannabis family, hemp does not have meaningful THC (the cannabanoid in marijuana that impacts brain performance in increasingly agreed upon positive ways, and also potentially some negative ways when abused) levels. Visit a Whole Foods and you […]
Marijuana is Mother Nature’s most interesting plant. Botanists with associated expertise, naturopathic doctors, and a growing array of other doctors worldwide are beginning to realize what our ancestors have known for thousands of years, that cannabis is one of nature’s gifts still severely misunderstood and under-appreciated. Key legal and medicinal events include the following: 2900BC […]
CBD in marijuana does not get you “high.” The chemical in marijuana that causes the high (and many of its other effects) is delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. But there are over 100 other cannabinoid chemicals in the plant; CBD is one of those. Different cannabinoids can have very different biological effects; CBD is not intoxicating (see […]
Maine’s legislators over-rode the state Governor’s veto to make growing industrial hemp legal for Maine farmers effective immediately. Farmers, organic growers, agricultural researchers and community members threw their support behind the bill, which opens new opportunities for farmers and would provide local sourcing for many products made from hemp. Read the legal statute. Hemp fibers can […]
“Hemp (Cannabis Sativa) seed oil is valued primarily for its nutritional properties as well for the health benefits associated with it. With a complete source of all essential amino and fatty acids, hemp seed oil is a complete nutritional source. In addition, constituents exist within the oil that have been known to exhibit pharmacological activity […]
