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Hi Donovan. . . . actually I think it might make a HUGE difference because I think I read somewhere that the yearly rain/snowfall does little to recharge our aquifer. . . so as we use it, it's just. . . .oooop's. . . GONE! That's one of the reasons why I have a brown lawn and take short showers.<BR>
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So if we're just using only rain/snowfall to raise crops, we're kind of keeping a happy balance and not hastening the depletion of the aquifer in our effort to feed people.<BR>
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And as far as the college kids go, I don't think they'll be smoking their shorts, or sneakers, or homework. . . because industrial hemp isn't THAT kind of hemp. But, I have a feeling you knew that and were just making a funny. . . . ha!<BR>
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Ellen A. Roskovich <BR> <BR>
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Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 17:36:21 -0800<BR>From: donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com<BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Hemp: was Failed Drug Policies from Nixon to Bush<BR>To: thansen@moscow.com; vision2020@moscow.com; garrettmc@verizon.net; gussie443@hotmail.com<BR><BR>
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<TD vAlign=top>Ellen,<BR><BR>I am not a farmer. But I would image that all living things require water. Being that hemp is a living thing, I would imagine it needed water. <BR><BR>If it takes water from the aquifer, or the snow, I don't think it makes a difference, it is water being taken from our little desert in the Palouse. <BR><BR>But I am sure all the college students would love the hemp. : P<BR><BR>Best Regards,<BR><BR>Donovan<BR><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 3/3/09, Ellen Roskovich <I><gussie443@hotmail.com></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px">From: Ellen Roskovich <gussie443@hotmail.com><BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Hemp: was Failed Drug Policies from Nixon to Bush<BR>To: "Tom Hansen" <thansen@moscow.com>, donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com, vision2020@moscow.com, garrettmc@verizon.net<BR>Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 4:08 PM<BR><BR>
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Here's a dumb question from a city dweller. . . . Are any of our crops (peas, lentils, wheat and timber) actually irrigated with "Palouse water", which I'm guessing Donovan means from the aquifer? I thought all the farmers around here relied on rainfall and snowpack for moisture.<BR> <BR>It would seem like if hemp didn't require any more moisture than what already is being grown here, it would be an ideal crop.<BR> <BR>Just wondering. . . . <BR> <BR>Ellen A. Roskovich <BR> <BR>> To: donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com; vision2020@moscow.com; garrettmc@verizon.net<BR>> From: thansen@moscow.com<BR>> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 23:32:38 +0000<BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Hemp: was Failed Drug Policies from Nixon to Bush<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> It was asked:<BR>> <BR>> "Would it not cost us valuable Palouse water to grow hemp?"<BR>> <BR>> Alot less than the water sources required to grow pine or cedar.<BR>> <BR>> In fact . . .<BR>> <BR>> Courtesy of "BioRegional: Solutions for Sustainability" at<BR>> <BR>> http://tinyurl.com/bd8pmj<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> "The environmental benefits of textile, paper and oil production from hemp <BR>> have been tested in academic research. A study carried out by the <BR>> University of Melbourne found that hemp production for textiles, oilseed <BR>> and paper as an alternative to cotton textiles, oil and forestry would <BR>> increase economic efficiency whilst reducing the ecological footprint of <BR>> production of these goods by up to 50%."<BR>> <BR>> Seeya round town, Moscow.<BR>> <BR>> Tom Hansen<BR>> Moscow, Idaho<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ---------------------------------------------<BR>> This message was sent by First Step Internet.<BR>> http://www.fsr.com/<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> =======================================================<BR>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR>> http://www.fsr.net <BR>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> =======================================================<BR><BR>
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