A bipartisan team of Kentucky officials led by Agriculture Commissioner James Comer recently sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DEA) asking them to clarify the federal position on growing hemp. Our team of hemp champions laid down the gauntlet, told the DEA that it’s time to act…or get out of the way. Read the Ag Dept press release here. For your reading enjoyment, here’s the entire letter, signed by Senator Rand Paul, Congressmen John Yarmuth and Thomas Massie, Ag Commisioner James Comer, and Hemp Commission Chairman Brian Furnish. Our hats are off to . . . → Read More
This week I had the honor of meeting with a group of Ag students at Hopkinsville Community College. Their professor asked me to join their Agriculture Issues class to give them a brief introduction to Industrial Hemp and its uses. We had a great class, and I hope they will choose to one day contribute to the growing hemp revolution! If you’ve got a class, organization, or group that would like to learn more about industrial hemp, please email me at katie@kentuckyforhemp.com I’d love to speak with you! Katie  . . . → Read More
Kentucky For Hemp is heading to Lexington November 26th for a meeting with Representative Andy Barr. A group of Hemp Warriors from varied political backgrounds will have an opportunity to meet with Rep Barr, and ask him to be a co-sponsor for Rep Thomas Massie’s Industrial Hemp legislation, H.R. 525. This meeting would have never happened were it not for the hard work of Fred Kirsch, Director of Hemp For America. Fred traveled to Kentucky from Colorado to gather signatures and support from residents of Lexington, in the hopes that he could somehow get those petitions and letters . . . → Read More
 Most people are not aware that the “Dodd-Frank Act” enacted in July, 2010 authorizes banks to confiscate depositor accounts in the event of another banking crisis! If you are not aware of the term “Bail-In” versus “Bail-Out” you should be! Are your bank deposits safe? Not as long as the provisions of Dodd-Frank allow your deposits to be used to bail-out (bail-in) failing banks. . . . → Read More
Last night, Jonathan Levinshus from the Sierra Club sent an email announcing that TVA would be retiring three of their coal plants, one of which is in Kentucky. ABC News reports that environmental regulations are forcing 2 out of 3 units in Drakesboro out of business. Not only are Kentuckians going to lose their jobs when this plant closes, but we will lose yet another source of electricity in this state, with no infrastructure set up for alternative energy. We already know Kentucky doesn’t receive enough direct sunlight, nor do we have enough wind energy . . . → Read More
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