Some of our products contain hemp seeds or hempseed oil, which is one of the most beneficial and healing skin conditioners that mother nature provides to us.

Industrial hemp is safe, hardy, naturally pest resistent, native to America, and less taxing on the land than alternative crops. Its fibers are much stronger and longer-lasting than cotton. Unlike marijuana, industrial hemp plant can not produce a "high" regardless of how it is used.

Sadly, the United States currently has severe legislation in place to prevent industrial hemp from being grown in this country. All oils and seed for hemp-enriched products must therefore be imported, and are sterilized upon entering the country.

Balanced and beneficial composition
Hempseed oil is nature's most perfectly balanced oil, according to Dr. Udo Erasmus. The alpha linolenic, linoleic and oleic acids, essential fatty acids known as the omegas, make up 88 percent of the total fatty acid content. It contains an ideal 3:1 ratio of omega-6's [linoleic acid] to omega-3's [alpha-linolenic acid] for long-term use, and provides the omega-6 derivative gamma-linolenic acid (GLA). Diet, environment and other factors of modern life can inhibit the capability of the body to produce GLA. The advantages of hempseed oil is the percentage of GLA, which is 2 - 6 percent. Vitamins also found in hempseed oil include A, B1, B2, B3, B6, C, D and E.

Support the American farmer
Growing hemp has not been legal in the United States since 1937. All seeds imported to the U.S.A. must be fumigated before shipments. The seeds are sterilized in the U.S.A. in accordance with legislation. Hemp is a highly lucrative crop, resistant to frost, and can be grown in any of the 50 states. Hemp can be used to produce well over 25,000 products used daily in the U.S.A. We will import over $300 million in hemp crops from foreign countries this year. Why aren’t our American farmers growing this crop?

A Lakota family named White Plume attempted to exercise their right to produce a hemp crop in accordance with Tribal ordinance 98-27. The Oglala Lakota Tribal Council decreed they would in fact allow the production of hemp on tribal lands while still maintaining drug enforcement laws on these same lands. As a sovereign nation—ruled by their own governing body, and on lands not belonging to the United States—the White Plumes family is within their rights. In fact, the Lakota people were paid to grow hemp on these same lands for the US Government during World War II. Yet, the first crop planted by the White Plume family was confiscated by the DEA, as was their second crop.

In pursuit of a fair resolution to this grave breach of treaty, we are donating 50% of proceeds from our hemp-enriched products to the White Plume legal defense fund.

For further information, go to:
Natives Unite (www.nativesunite.org)
or
The Alex White Plume Story: Hemp at Pine Ridge (http://www.nativesunite.org/hemp/whiteplume/index.html)