Customer Testimonial: Why I left whey protein powder for Nutiva Hemp Protein Powder
I left whey protein powder and will never go back, March 1, 2010
By Frijole “Ben” (Birmingham, Alabama United States)
I’ve always used whey protein. Lately I’ve found whey protein powder to be harsh on my stomach. Genetically I have high cholesterol too, and whey protein powder does contain cholesterol.
So, I looked for an alternative. I wanted something [...]
Hemp Seed: Nutritional Value and Thoughts
We found this excellent article on Hemp Nutrition over at the Nourishing Gourmet.com.
Enjoy!
Author Credit: Kim Harris
What do you think of when I say “hemp”? I think of marijuna and hippy homeless young women selling homemade hemp bracelets on the streets. However, hemp is appearing everywhere now in the form of hemp milk, hemp seed, hemp [...]
Making Nutiva Hemp Milk
How would you like to make delicious and fresh organic hemp milk ?
Yes sure, you can buy hemp milk in aseptic cartons, and that’s great, but certainly not as fresh as making your own hemp milk in your kitchen.
Here is a fun YouTube video for making hemp milk using a juicer.
Here is another tried and true [...]
DR. OZ’S BRAIN-BOOSTING SMOOTHIE with HEMP
Yes folks THE Dr Oz, the good doctor who appears on Oprah, has just recommended a great smoothie with hemp nuts, banana, and blueberries.
Dr Oz suggests:
A handful of hemp nuts. These nuts are rich in Omega-3’s which are essential for the health of your brain and nervous system. Additionally, the compounds found in hemp seeds [...]
Phil Lempert: The Supermarket Guru gives 93 points to Nutiva Organic Hemp Oil on The Supermarket Guru Blog.
This product is a HIT! You already know that I’m a fan of hemp and just to remind everybody – hemp – while it is in the family of marijuana there is absolutely no connection to the drug. Most of the founding fathers of our nation actually grew hemp and it is thought of as [...]
Unconventional crop – hemp – could sprout new industry
Another great story on hemp research to provide cutting edge green raw materials for industry. If folks in Canada can grow and research hemp, why not America ?
As combines mowed farmers’ fields across Canadian prairies this fall, there was a scene near Edmonton right out of a time warp: – a crew of workers actually [...]
Time for a new course on industrial hemp
This important story comes to us from The Bismarck Tribune, and covers one fourth-generation farmer with the courage to speak out in favor of Industrial Hemp farming in America.
Author Credit: WAYNE HAUGE.
Enjoy!
I am a fourth generation farmer, grandfather of three, and have never been arrested for anything. I traveled to Washington, D.C. to join hemp [...]
Using Hemp to Halt Climate Change
This article comes to us from hempnewstv.wordpress.com, and brings up some very important connections between global climate change and the beneficial CO2 to oxygen conversion created by large hemp crops. Enjoy!
The hemp plant can be used in thousands of different products, including large-scale things such as houses and cars. Hemp is also able to be [...]
Hemp, an option for farmers, and the public option
This article comes to us from the Progressive Party blog.
By Rep. David Zuckerman
This week a Vermonter, Will Allen, joined others from around the country in an act of civil disobedience in order to get attention to the laws governing hemp cultivation. By attempting to plant help seeds on the lawn of the US Drug Enforcement Agency [...]
The Market for Hemp: Why Are We NOT Growing This Crop??
Hemp is a distinct variety of the plant species Cannabis sativa L. It is a tall, slender fibrous plant similar to flax or kenaf. Farmers worldwide have harvested the crop for the past 12,000 years for fiber and food, and Popular Mechanics once boasted that over 25,000 environmentally friendly products could be derived from hemp.
Unlike [...]
