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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>
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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>
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Just wondering. . . . <BR>
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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 /><hr />Express your personality in color! Preview and select themes for HotmailŪ. <a href='http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/LearnMore/personalize.aspx?ocid=TXT_MSGTX_WL_HM_express_032009#colortheme' target='_new'>See how.</a></body>
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