Press Releases

Hemp Fabric Goes High Fashion

NEW YORK, NY — Before the official opening of New York Fashion Week, on the evening of January 31 in the elegant sophistication of New York’s Gotham Hall, two dozen internationally-recognized designers displayed their latest creations to a waiting high-powered...


North Dakota’s Licensed Hemp Farmers Appeal Federal Court Decision

BISMARCK, ND — Two North Dakota farmers, who filed a federal lawsuit in June to end the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) ban on commercial hemp farming in the United States and had their case dismissed on November 28, have...


Court Rejects North Dakota Farmers’ Bid to Grow Industrial Hemp

BISMARCK, ND — Two North Dakota farmers, who filed a federal lawsuit in June to end the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) ban on commercial hemp farming in the United States, had their case dismissed by federal Judge Daniel Hovland...


Judge Promises Decision by End of November in North Dakota Hemp Farming Lawsuit – Monson v. DEA

BISMARCK, ND — Two North Dakota farmers who filed a lawsuit in June to end the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) ban on commercial hemp farming in the United States were in U.S. District Court on Wednesday, November 14, 2007....


North Dakota Farmers in Court November 14 for Oral Arguments in Hemp Lawsuit

BISMARCK, ND — Two North Dakota farmers who filed a lawsuit in June to end the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) ban on commercial hemp farming in the United States will have their day in court on Wednesday, November 14,...


NDSU Files Amicus in Support of Hemp Farming Lawsuit

BISMARCK, ND — North Dakota State University (NDSU), a publicly funded land grant university has taken the unprecedented step of submitting an amicus brief in support of two North Dakota farmers, Rep. Dave Monson and Wayne Hague, who filed a...


Governor Schwarzenegger Vetoes Industrial Hemp Bill

SACRAMENTO, CA — Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed AB 684, The California Industrial Hemp Farming Act, yesterday evening, rejecting the will of the vast majority of Californians who supported the legislation. The landmark, bi-partisan legislation would have followed North Dakota in establishing guidelines for...


North Dakota Farmers File Motion for Summary Judgment in Hemp Farming Case

BISMARCK, ND — Two North Dakota farmers, State Rep. David Monson from Osnabrock and Wayne Hauge from Ray, have filed a Motion for Summary Judgment in a lawsuit filed June 18 in U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota that...


Governor Can Help California Economy and Environment by Signing New Industrial Hemp Farming Bill

SACRAMENTO, CA — Vote Hemp, the nation’s leading grassroots organization working to revitalize U.S. industrial hemp production, urges California editorial writers to support AB 684, The California Industrial Hemp Farming Act. This landmark, bi-partisan legislation is now up for the Governor’s...


California Legislature Passes Industrial Hemp Bill for Second Time in Two Years

SACRAMENTO, CA — Last night, California’s Senate and Assembly each voted to approve AB 684, the California Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2007. The legislation gives some California farmers the right to grow non-psychoactive industrial hemp which is commonly used in...