Apparently-to: rich.woods@245.genesplicer.org
From: cclist@hempbc.com
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 19:19:07 -0800
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What follows is taken from various press releases by Wiseman Noble Sales,
concerning the Commercial & Industrial Hemp Symposium which they are
putting on at the Vancouver Trade & Convention Centre on February 17-19,
1997.
The Commercial & Industrial Hemp Symposium
SPEAKERS
The international experts in non-intoxicating hemp growth and processing
who will be attending the conference include:
Dr. Jace Callaway, an agricultural researcher from Finland, who works with
a fast-flowering strain of hemp suitable for growth in Northern Canada that
produces a seed oil with medicinal and food uses;
Dr. Kai Nebel, a textile specialist with the Institute for Applied Research
in Germany;
Dr. Med Byrd from North Carolina University, who will outline the
enviro-friendly "mini-mill" necessary for hemp pulping;
Researchers from the Institute of Natural Fibres in Poland, best known for
their hemp-wool textile blends and now experimenting with hemp building
materials;
John Hobson from Hemcore in England, which grew 4,000 acres of industrial
hemp for textiles, paper and animal bedding in 1996;
David Watson, of the International Hemp Association in the Netherlands,
who's project to preserve the world's largest hemp seed bank will ensure
the genetic diversity of the crop for future generations;
Geof Kime, whose company Hempline was the first to grow a legal hemp crop
in North America since the 1950s;
Mark Parent, of the Canadian Auto Workers Union, whose hemp campaign has
raised awareness of industrial hemp's many applications, including car
parts, from the Minister of Agriculture to production-line workers across
the country;
Jean Peart, a member of Health Canada's "Hemp Team" will present a status
update on the preparation of Canadian regulations regarding hemp growth.
SPONSORS
Sponsoring the International Speaker Series are The Canadian Pulp & Paper
Association and Growers International Inc., a Saskatchewan-based biological
agriculture company.
Sponsors for the symposium include the Bank of Montreal, the Canadian
Industrial Hemp Council (CIHC), Ecosource Paper of Victoria and Hemptown
Clothing of Vancouver.
TRADE JOURNAL
The Commercial & Industrial Hemp Symposium will also see the release of a
trade journal for the commercial hemp industry, aptly named "Commercial
Hemp, the Trade Journal for Our Growing Industry".
FOR MORE INFORMATION
For more information on this event, contact the Show Manager, Sotos
Petrides, at Wiseman Noble Sales & Marketing Ltd, (604) 258-7171. You can
also email events@wisenoble.com, or visit their webpage at
www.wisenoble.com/symp/index.htm
--
Dana Larsen (muggles@hempbc.com)
Editor, Cannabis Canada, "Canada's National Magazine of Marijuana & Hemp"
Subscribe to Cannabis Canada! Call 1-800-330-HEMP for info.
Write to: Suite 504, 21 Water St., Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6B 1A1
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