new zealand hemp INDUSTRIES association Executive
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Chair Secretary, Executive Editor
Richard Barge Angela van Zyl Marco Fantham
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Executive Executive Chris Woodney Tom Welch 027 348 8842 06 327 7676 [email protected][email protected]
Executive
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Executive Executive
Paul Wright John Smith
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Hemp CEO’s come together
to support a call for an
enabled industry and a
shared vision
Executive
Andrew Bell
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Executive Comment
Andy Elliot
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RICHARD BARGE
Chair of NZHIA
W
orldwide we can see that CBD
is turning up in a wide range of
products, from cosmetics to food and
beverages.
The usefulness of CBD has captured the
public’s imagination, and hemp is becoming
mainstream, going far beyond just medical
use. People are now switching on to the
other Cannabinoids, Terpenes and Flavonoids
(CTF) and how they can help our health and
wellbeing. Cannabis is now recognised as a
functional food which has benefited humans
for millennia. The iHemp industry in NZ
Aotearoa needs access to this international
consumer-led market, in order to create cash
flow for our farmers and growers.
Our iHemp biomass, grown outdoors in our
unique environment could be the next success
story for NZ Inc,. Just like the wine industry,
we could be a billion dollar business, but in
our case it would only take a few short years.
This is a great opportunity to enhance New
Zealand’s clean green image and sustainable
credentials, by allowing companies in Aotearoa
NZ to produce and market quality finished
hemp products to discerning customers in
global niche markets.
C
hris Woodney of New Zealand Hemp
Brokers was recently told to take his 'No
Promises Hemp Seed Oil+' products off the
market. Why?
1) Because there might be cannabinoids
present in the products.
2) The cannabinoids may get into our food
chain, or even into animal meat, through
animal feed.
16 of New Zealand's finest Hemp CEO's have
come together to give support to Chris.
This is an extremely confused space
for retailers, because on the one hand
legislation exists to enable the hemp
industry and yet officials are placing road
blocks in the way, to deliberately cripple the
hemp industry.
Do they care how much 1080 is in your food
chain? 1080 is deadly, cannabinoids are life.
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