With hemp likely to be legalized federally by Congress in 2014, and it's a hot topic making national headlines, and Doug Fine, a comedic investigative journalist, bestselling author, and solar-powered goat herder, is being heralded as the forefront expert. In "Hemp Bound: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Next Agricultural Revolution," Doug Fine embarks on an eye-opening journey with the innovators who are testing, researching, and pioneering hemp's applications for the twenty-first century. From Denver, where Fine hitches a ride in a hemp-powered limo to Asheville, where carbon-negative hempcrete-insulated houses are sparking a mini housing boom,to the fields of east Colorado, where practical farmers are looking toward hemp to restore their agricultural economy.
Learn how this misunderstood plant may help us end dependence on fossil fuels, heal farm soils damaged after a century of growing monocultures, and bring even more taxable revenue into the economy than its smokable relative. Fine's book will not only leave you wondering why we ever stopped cultivating this miracle crop, for the nation's economy and for the planet.
Fine has been invited to venues ranging from the National Geographic Society speaker series to Conan O'Brien and the Tonight Show, to college and corporate campuses worldwide. He has reported from five continents for The Washington Post, Wired, Salon, The New York Times, Outside, National Public Radio, and U.S. News & World Report. His work from Burma was read into the Congressional Record (by none other than pro-hemp Senator Mitch McConnell).
Please join Bookshop Santa Cruz for what is sure to be an entertaining, informative, and Santa Cruz-themed evening with a reading, signing, and author Q&A.
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Learn how this misunderstood plant may help us end dependence on fossil fuels, heal farm soils damaged after a century of growing monocultures, and bring even more taxable revenue into the economy than its smokable relative. Fine's book will not only leave you wondering why we ever stopped cultivating this miracle crop, for the nation's economy and for the planet.
Fine has been invited to venues ranging from the National Geographic Society speaker series to Conan O'Brien and the Tonight Show, to college and corporate campuses worldwide. He has reported from five continents for The Washington Post, Wired, Salon, The New York Times, Outside, National Public Radio, and U.S. News & World Report. His work from Burma was read into the Congressional Record (by none other than pro-hemp Senator Mitch McConnell).
Please join Bookshop Santa Cruz for what is sure to be an entertaining, informative, and Santa Cruz-themed evening with a reading, signing, and author Q&A.
With hemp likely to be legalized federally by Congress in 2014, and it's a hot topic making national headlines, and Doug Fine, a comedic investigative journalist, bestselling author, and solar-powered goat herder, is being heralded as the forefront expert. In "Hemp Bound: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Next Agricultural Revolution," Doug Fine embarks on an eye-opening journey with the innovators who are testing, researching, and pioneering hemp's applications for the twenty-first century. From Denver, where Fine hitches a ride in a hemp-powered limo to Asheville, where carbon-negative hempcrete-insulated houses are sparking a mini housing boom,to the fields of east Colorado, where practical farmers are looking toward hemp to restore their agricultural economy.
Learn how this misunderstood plant may help us end dependence on fossil fuels, heal farm soils damaged after a century of growing monocultures, and bring even more taxable revenue into the economy than its smokable relative. Fine's book will not only leave you wondering why we ever stopped cultivating this miracle crop, for the nation's economy and for the planet.
Fine has been invited to venues ranging from the National Geographic Society speaker series to Conan O'Brien and the Tonight Show, to college and corporate campuses worldwide. He has reported from five continents for The Washington Post, Wired, Salon, The New York Times, Outside, National Public Radio, and U.S. News & World Report. His work from Burma was read into the Congressional Record (by none other than pro-hemp Senator Mitch McConnell).
Please join Bookshop Santa Cruz for what is sure to be an entertaining, informative, and Santa Cruz-themed evening with a reading, signing, and author Q&A.
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Learn how this misunderstood plant may help us end dependence on fossil fuels, heal farm soils damaged after a century of growing monocultures, and bring even more taxable revenue into the economy than its smokable relative. Fine's book will not only leave you wondering why we ever stopped cultivating this miracle crop, for the nation's economy and for the planet.
Fine has been invited to venues ranging from the National Geographic Society speaker series to Conan O'Brien and the Tonight Show, to college and corporate campuses worldwide. He has reported from five continents for The Washington Post, Wired, Salon, The New York Times, Outside, National Public Radio, and U.S. News & World Report. His work from Burma was read into the Congressional Record (by none other than pro-hemp Senator Mitch McConnell).
Please join Bookshop Santa Cruz for what is sure to be an entertaining, informative, and Santa Cruz-themed evening with a reading, signing, and author Q&A.
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