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Passing of Joe Federowich, the world's largest hemp grower

Mid September saw the passing of Joe Federowich.

Federowich Farms was of the first and largest hemp grower in the area, over 1,000 acres each year starting 2002,
since it was licensed for production in 1998 by Health Canada.
Joe has been a leader and driving force in promoting the industrial use of the crop in Manitoba.
He was also the founding chairperson of Parkland Industrial Hemp Growers Co-op Ltd since its formation and incorporation in 1999.

From Anndrea Hermann:
It is with happy memories that I share the sad news of the passing of Joe Federowich.
As you may know the Federowich family hosted my first trip to Canada.
I lived with them for 5 summers and have a strong relationship with them.
Joey was my Canadian father, friend and a hemp industry leader.
I will let you all know the details once I have them.
A blessing for the Federowich Family today.

Updated Industrial Hemp Licence Application Form

From
Industrial Hemp Section
Licences and Permits Division
Office of Controlled Substances
Health Canada
Phone: (613)954-6524
Fax: (613)941-5360

Please note that in 2007, the Industrial Hemp Section has updated the Industrial Hemp Licence Application form.
We would like to recommend using this form for future licence applications.
www.hc-sc.gc.ca Web Site
Licence Application Form:
Form

OHA Annual Field Day 09 - A Great Day

The hemp field day on Sat. Aug 15th was a great success.
We estimate about 350 visitors attended including children. The day was absolutely gorgeous.
- there were over 100 cars parked who paid parking.
- the roasted goat and lamb meat was gone by noon.  Had lots of roasted pork.
- Zach Hartlyn did excellent job of supervising the roasting and serving of the food.
- vendors and demonstrations were very special.
- Helmut Becker and Dinny Warren did exceptional job during day demonstrating hand papermaking and spinning from raw hemp fibre.
- seniors, adults and children all participated in exploring the hemp maze.

Corn Binder Harvesting Hemp 09

Harvesting hemp with a horse drawn corn binder and stucking it by hand. The 1 acre of Carmen was grown on the farm of Angus Bauman , about 3 km south of Linwood and the horses and binder by Melvin Weber. It took Melvin 2.5 hours to cut the hemp and took us another extra 1 hour to get the sheaves all stucked.
The stucks will need to stand for 2-3 weeks for retting and drying. will send you another 9 pictures. The binder had a small engine to run it. In couple of weeks the binder will be cutting corn for silage. In the past the binder was pulled by team of 3 horses and the drive wheel was steel with luxs. I forget the names of the horses. They were incredible!!
It just went perfect.

Suffolk based Hemp processor and supplier acquired

Farming UK - Brighouse, England, UK

June 26, 2009

www.farminguk.com/news/Suffolk-based-Hemp-processor-and-supplier-acquired

Lime Technology, the UK's leading developer and manufacturer of lime based low carbon building products, has today announced the acquisition of Hemcore, the Suffolk based industrial hemp processor and supplier. The business was purchased from Hemcore's administrators.

Jobs saved as hemp factory sold

Norfolk Eastern Daily Press - Norwich, England, UK

June 25, 2009

The company behind the world's largest hemp-processing factory has been sold and 10 jobs saved after it went into administration earlier this year. Read More...

OHA 2009 Field Day and AGM, Aug 15th

The Ontario Hemp Alliance (OHA) is holding another field day. To be held in the Stratford, ON area.
Bring the family. Hemp maze, Displays, Food, Fun!
10am - 4pm
On Perth 33rd Line
See details (printable poster)

European Hemp Meeting

Here is the powerpoint presentation given at the EIHA (European Industrial Hemp Association) meeting. www.eiha.org

HIA Annual Convention October 11-12, 2009

The 16th Annual Hemp Industries Association Convention and AGM will be held in Washington, DC; October 11 - 12 (after the Green Festival, October 10 - 11). Please check the HIA Convention page regularly for more information:
http://www.thehia.org/2009convention.html

CHIRP final report document

Here is the final report for viewing.

GOVERNMENT OF CANADA INVESTS IN FIBRE RESEARCH TO HELP FARMERS

The Agricultural Bioproducts Innovation Program (ABIP) Press Release.

Hemp plant takes giant step with three new foreign investors

By Suzanne Atkinson - AgriNews Contributor
Eastern Ontario AgriNews/AgriNews Interactive -  Chesterville, Ontario, Canada
March 2009, Vol. 33, No. 3

STIRLING - Central Ontario's hemp decortication facility took a huge step closer to reality recently when three foreign investors pledged more than $2-million to join a company here in processing the crop.

In the News - The business of hemp farming is heating up.

Posted by New Hamburg Independent

Tim Murphy
Independent staff

An Ontario company recently received a $2 million private investment to become the first North American bio-processing plant for industrial hemp.

In the News - Feds fund flax fibre fact-finding

Posted by Country Guide - Western Edition
3/18/2009 6:07:00 PM

A brain trust focused on development of value-added markets for flax and hemp fibre will get a federal investment of $9.6 million.

OHA Receives Funding

The Ontario Hemp Alliance (OHA) has officially received funding approval for the CHRRP project under the Advancing Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food (ACAAF) Program. The approval is for contribution of up to $215,000. -This is subject to the signing of a mutually-satisfactory contribution agreement which will detail the terms and conditions of the funding.

OHA In The News

The Ontario Hemp Alliance field trip in mid August was reported on in the Stratford Beacon Herald.
Gordon Scheifele (OHA Treasurer) has also made the paper with an international quest to increase hemp production.

Industrial Hemp Production in Canada - Article

Found on the Alberta Government's web site - http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca

G&G S Agricultural Services Field Trip - August 16th

G&G S Agricultural Services Field Trip
August 16 from 11am to 4pm
G&G S Agricultural Services is sponsoring a public "Industrial Hemp Field Day"

6th Annual ELORIN Conference: Biofibres and Building

Where: This year the conference will be held at the Holiday Inn in Trenton (99 Glen Miller Road, Trenton Ontario)
When: 13-14 August 2008

Follow this link: http://elorin.ca/site/index.php?method=public.eventDetail&event_id=90 for more info.

OHA Field Day - August 15th

ONTARIO HEMP ALLIANCE SUMMER FIELD DAY
AUGUST 15 AT 9AM
MEET AT FARM OF DAN SCHEELE
RR4, 353948 JORDAN LINE RD, INGERSOLL

Get the lowdown on different seed varieties at several porduction plots.

Stemergy receives a $3.3 million funding commitment from the Ontario Government

Stemergy Announces $3.3 Million in Ontario Government Funding for the Company's Proprietary BioFibeRefineryTM Project

Delaware, Ontario, Canada (May 23, 2008 - 10am) - Stemergy Renewable Fibre Technologies, a leader in the production of renewable fibres and biobased products, is pleased to announce that it has received the support of the Ontario Government for the scale up of the Company's BioFibeRefineryTM technology.

Visit www.stemergy.com for further information.

Flaxbast 2008: 2008 International Conference on Flax and Other Bast Plants

Flaxbast 2008: 2008 International Conference on Flax and Other Bast Plants
July 21-21, 2008 :: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

The 2008 International Conference on Flax and Other Bast Plants is aimed at bringing together scientists, producers, and industry experts from the fibre, textiles, agriculture, composite and niche product areas to discuss the latest innovations and with others in our field from around the world. It will be the first time this conference has ever been held in North America. From inspiring keynote addresses to information-filled sessions, this Conference will deliver presentations on the latest innovations, developments and future trends.

Visit www.flaxbast2008.com for further information.

2008 Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance National Hemp Conference and Annual General Meeting

2008 Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance National Hemp Conference and Annual General Meeting
November 11 & 12, 2008 :: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Greenwood Inn & Suites
Conference Centre
1715 Wellington Ave.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3H 0G1
Phone: 204-775-9889   Fax: 204-775-4576


In 2008 the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance will be returning to Winnipeg for its 6th annual national industry conference, Nov 12, 2008.
The Annual Conference, the best of its kind in North America, will cover agronomics, breeding, marketing, nutrition research, international trends and emerging opportunities.
The CHTA executive is already lining up speakers from across Canada and internationally to ensure this conference will deliver great value. This will be an all day event.
CHTA Annual General Meeting, including elections for Board of Directors, will be held on the evening of November 11th.

Announcing a hemp building project at Kiza Park starting May 11th

Kiza Park is located 3 miles north of Manderson SD, on BIA 33, near Wounded Knee, on the Pine Ridge Reservation. A hempcrete building project/workshop will be conducted at this site from May 11th through June 15th, supervised by American Limetec. We're calling this project Maka Akan Wicoti (Community Upon The Earth), or Eco-Wicoti.

Members Links
Spirit Stream and NuHemp are offering 15% discount to all internet customers.

2007 ONTARIO HEMP ALLIANCE ACTIVITY REPORT
Please have a look at this report. It indicates what your association has been doing and the important projects that your membership fees and involvement are supporting.

Ontario Hemp Alliance Annual Meeting
2008
Was held March 7, 2008 10:00am - 3:00pm
Woodstock, Ontario

The latest of note is a phone conversation I had today with Ross Fair, professor of History at Ryerson College (university?) in Toronto. He is a friend of John Baker of Stonehedge (who was a main focusing person for Elorin and the BioFibres Symposium in August). John's work with old "feral" hemp seeds led him to learn some of the history of hemp in his home area-----' .

Next, a link to a biography of one John Covert who,
'----- In an effort to break free of what he considered Upper Canada's single-minded dependence on wheat production, took up the cultivation and processing of hemp.-----'
http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=37455&query=%93John%20AND%20Covert%94

And in a similar vein, a link to a referance to Charles Frederick Grece who,
'-----immigrated to Montreal in the autumn of 1805 as part of a costly but fruitless endeavour by the imperial and colonial governments to launch the cultivation of hemp in Lower Canada at the turn of the 19th century. Various factors underlay this interest: a growing scarcity of supplies from Europe because of war and the continental blockade, the British navy's urgent need of hemp for rope, and the necessity to diversify agricultural production in Lower Canada so that it would fit the Atlantic market economy better-----'
http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=37536&query=Charles%20AND%20Frederick%20AND%20Grece

Farmers and prospective farmers, you've been looking for a place to start....

Next.....Cost of Production from an OHA member (with some editorial modifications) providing an example of costs and potential returns. A rough guideline only - modify to fit your situation. For example, cost of land varies greatly; licensing and testing fees don't increase as field size increases; fertilizer costs may be higher; etc., etc.

The International BioFibres Symposium in Kingston, Ontario on Wednesday/Thursday (15/16 August, '07) was a great success.

Attendees were given an up-to-date overview and details of the present state of industrial hemp in Canada and Europe.

Sponsored by the Ontario Hemp Alliance. Stonehedge BioResources, ELORIN (Eastern Lake Ontario Regional Innovations Network) and several others, it drew over 100 people from the worlds of hemp, agrology, processing and industry. 25% were from out of province, while 10% were from out of country.

Member Grant Moorcroft and The Premier's Awared 2007
Grant Moorecroft has been recognized and awarded the PREMIER'S AWARD FOR AGRI-FOOD INNOVATION EXCELLENCE. The five-year, $2.5-million Premier's Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence, announced as part of the 2006 provincial budget, recognizes that farmers have always been innovative in the running of their businesses and will foster even greater innovation across the province's agri-food sector. Fifty-five regional awards, valued at $5,000 each, will be presented. Congratulations Grant for your Innovation and Excellence.

Moorcroft Hemp Farms Hastings County Working with a crop that's easy to grow but challenging to harvest turned farmer Grant Moorcroft into farmer-fabricator. After growing hemp for seven years, the owner of Moorcroft Hemp Farms decided to modify his existing equipment to improve his hemp harvest. Now he is running trials on a new fibre extractor and chopper that, he hopes, will prove to be better and faster. This new equipment would allow Moorcroft to process part of the hemp's fibre and hurd, and provide commercial factories with a better product.

First U.S. Industrial Hemp License Expected in North Dakota.
North Dakota's Agricultural Commissioner has accepted the first application from a farmer for a state industrial hemp license. The license, which is expected to be granted, will go to farmer and North Dakota Assistant House Majority Leader David Monson (R-Osnabrock). Representative Monson operates his farm in Osnabrock, ND and is only 110 miles from the nearest hemp seed processing facility, Hemp Oil Canada, in Ste. Agathe, Manitoba.
Health Canada statistics show that 48,060 acres of industrial hemp were produced in Canada in 2006, while VoteHemp estimates that the total value of hemp products sold in the U.S. is now $270 million annually, a market in which US farmers hope to be allowed to compete.
(VoteHemp, January 15, 2007, http://www.votehemp.com/PR/01-15-07_nd_farmer.html)

Better Farming
The Business Magazine for Ontario Agriculture
Interesting article for those contemplating hemp farming.
Go to www.betterfarming.com and click the link   Hemp - Ontario's new 'wonder crop'

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