We once had a choice between a carbohydrate economy and a hydrocarbon economy. The wrong choice was made, and now we begin again.
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Winona LaDuke Walks the Walk by TheHempMag.com
Winona LaDuke Walks the Walk
By JULIA CLARK-RIDDELL
HEMP talks with the renowned activist about her efforts to bring hemp back to the forefront on Native lands, build a post-petroleum economy, and more.
This article was originally published in Issue 7 of HEMP in August 2019. Subscribe HERE or find in a local grocery store.
My Courtship of Cannabis, by Winona LaDuke
She’s an amazing plant. You can learn a lot from a plant. For the past four years I’ve been hanging out with cannabis plants. I have a bit of a maternal streak which seems to translate well to animals and plants (children, I am not so sure), and I’ve been growing cannabis. That’s the plant’s name. We all say industrial hemp so that we are not demonized, and people don’t think I have a big marijuana farm out there by Osage. There’s apparently some “stigma” attached to cannabis. So, let me just say it loud and proud. I’m a cannabis grower.
In Praise of Seeds and Hope
Farming brings new life at Winona's Hemp & Heritage Farm this Summer!
This week our hemp rope making machine arrived from China, we built the frame for our new “ high tunnel” a Waaginoogin, and we made the press- big time; both the Star Tribune and the cover of Hemp Magazine. We’re proud of our work and wanted to share all of this with you.
Farming brings new life.
MIIN GIIZIS - BLUEBERRY MOON 2019
Winona’s Hemp and Heritage Farm is growing. The winter seemed endless for us here in Northern Minnesota, temperatures ranged far, and the storms were brutal. We are grateful for the warmth of this time.
Spring is here, summer now, and the crops are in. More are coming. Cannabis, or hemp is one of many crops we grow here, to produce cordage, and soon textiles.
This year, we are growing fifty female CBD plants, all to offer food, textiles and health products. We also grow corn, beans, squash, potatoes, tobacco and a host of garden vegetables. We are interested in growing food for future generations- Indigenous foods, biodiverse foods, and foods in a time of climate change. Read more
It's time to embrace American hemp production by Katherine Martinko
It's time to embrace American hemp production . . . by Katherine Martinko
Indigenous Food Sovereignty in the United States paperback featuring Foreword by Winona LaDuke
Indigenous Food Sovereignty in the United States
Restoring Cultural Knowledge, Protecting Environments, and Regaining Health
Edited by Devon A. Mihesuah, Elizabeth Hoover, Foreword by Winona LaDuke
Dear Friends: Winona's Hemp & Heritage Farm is coming alive; with your support we can move to the next economy
The Renaissance of Tribal Hemp
This spring, after gathering on the White Earth Indian Reservation in northwestern Minnesota and then in Colorado, tribal “hempsters” are working toward a renaissance of the plant that once clothed much of Europe and North America. Tribal hemp growers from the Meskwaki, Lakota, Menominee, Mandan, Hidatsa, Colville and other Native nations are planting the seeds of a new economy—responding with an innovative and holistic approach to the many challenges Native and non-Native communities face.
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