Thursday, July 16, 2009
Hemp for Humanity Mission Statement and Positions
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/242199 )
Mission Statement:
To facilitate hemp's return to American agriculture and the expansion of hemp technology across all applicable industries (food,textiles,paper,plastics,energy,etc...)
Positions:
To address our Economic and Environmental state of affairs, it is imperative we examine all the options available to us.
Hemp, perhaps the most beneficial and versatile plants known to Science, has not received near the amount of attention it rightfully deserves.
The "controversial" nature of this issue demand we get vocal & active to change the laws which prohibit the cultivation of Industrial Hemp in the U.S.
I urge you to take action by visiting http://votehemp.com and send an email urging your Rep to co-sponsor the Hemp Farming Act.
Also, please call and write your elected officials urging them to hold public hearings on hemp's potential to stimulate the economy & heal the Earth.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Hemp Anthem, a song for the movement
Hey now, what are we gonna do, now we've seen an Inconvenient Truth?
It's time to shake off all the sand, rise on up and take a stand.
We all know that we're facing problems. Open minds will be what helps us solve them.
We've got to put all our options on the table,
As we try to chart a course to help our planet grow more stable.
Hemp's a crop you've all heard about before.
The last time we could grow it here was during the Second War.
Since that time Congress has chosen to ignore it. A course of action that we cannot afford.
Hey now, what are we gonna do, now we’ve seen an Inconvenient Truth?
It’s time to shake off all the sand, rise on up and take a stand.
You know we’ll have to take it to the streets, to let our farmers grow H-E-M-P.
Anything that we make with cotton, wood or oil,
Can be made from a plant that springs up from the soil.
It doesn't require tons of toxic pesticides,
Unlike those cotton crops where they spread it far and wide.
We've got to stop the logging of so much of our forests,
Let's plant hemp instead and we can reap a thrice yearly harvest.
Hemp's potential is beyond our imagination. Won't you help me, in waking up the Nation?
Hey now, what are we gonna do, now we’ve seen an Inconvenient Truth?
It’s time to shake off all the sand, rise on up and take a stand.
You know we’ll have to take it to the streets, to let our farmers grow H-E-M-P.
If you take a look at causes Environmental, what you’ll find are lots of scattered causes local.
The way I see it we’ve been like a shotgun shell, trying to hit far-off “Target Sustainable”.
We’ve got to mold our selves into a bullet, then this target, I know that we can hit it.
Let’s join together and bring hemp into the fore,
Then we’ll really help the Earth’s health to restore.
Hey now, what we’re going to do, now we’ve learned Hemp’s Convenient Truths,
We’re going to shake off all the sand, rise on up and take a stand.
Someday we will take it to the streets to let our farmers grow H-E-M-P.