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Hemp, Inc. Rallies for Hemp History Week June 2 - June 8, 2014
Hemp, Inc. Rallies for Hemp History Week June 2 - June 8, 2014.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nLAS VEGAS, June 3, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hemp, Inc. (OTC:HEMP) today announced its support of the 5th Annual Hemp History Week from June 2 through June 8, 2014. The week long awareness campaign, themed \"It's Time to Grow\", features thousands of events across the country (including movie screenings of \"Bringing it Home\" and \"The Emperor of Hemp\") in an effort to educate and raise awareness regarding the environmental and nutritional benefits of Industrial Hemp and hemp-based products.\n\n\tBruce Perlowin, CEO of Hemp, Inc. (OTC:HEMP), one of the early pioneers in the Industrial Hemp industry, said, \"It's all about change. We have to completely end the ban on hemp farming in America. It's time for our U.S. farmers to grow a crop that's versatile, sustainable and profitable ... a crop we know as Industrial Hemp.\" This year, Hemp History Week has multitudes to celebrate such as: Colorado's Hemp harvest, last fall, motivated farmers to prep their fields for the sustainable, lucrative crop; Kentucky sprouted research fields; and the Farm Bill signed into law allowing farmers to cultivate hemp crops for research purposes.\n\n\tThis month, Hemp, Inc. (OTC:HEMP) also purchased a line of Temafa decortication machinery which will, according to Perlowin, \"undoubtedly\" present many opportunities for Americans to transition from non-sustainable synthetic solutions to more hemp-based green solutions.  The purchase enables Hemp, Inc. to position itself as the buyer and processor of U.S. farmers' harvests, so as American farmers begin to grow and cultivate hemp, Hemp, Inc.'s facility will also double as a marketplace for the hemp farmers.\n\n\tWith the only decorticating machinery of this magnitude in the United States, Hemp, Inc. (OTC:HEMP) can process raw hemp which can be used to make paper, fabric, cellulose plastics, materials used extensively in well drilling to prevent lost circulation, material for toxic spill cleanup; and, highly insulating building products such Hempcrete, to name a few. The equipment is designed to separate the fiber from the core of the hemp plant, thus allowing hundreds to thousands of products to be made.\n\n\tOn a recent trip to North Carolina, Perlowin was able to meet with the former VP of Operations (David Schmitt) of the kenaf processing plant currently housing the decor...