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Hello, I'm Charles Coviss, Australasias passion provocateur. Welcome to this week's episode
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of the Charles Coviss show, whether you're watching on YouTube or on rumble or via podcast.
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In this week's show, my big idea is to explore the 11 wonderful ways in which industrial hemp
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can and will save our planet, provided that governments do not get in the way.
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For regular viewers and listeners, I've got a big surprise. It's going to be a different show today.
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I'm not following the regular format. I'm talking about this major topic of industrial hemp because
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it's so important and because I don't want this show to be too long. We will revert to our normal
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format in next week's show. This show was inspired by my need this week to prepare a submission to
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the Victorian government here in Australia that is conducting an inquiry on industrial hemp and
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how it can help Victoria into the future. I'm the chief executive officer of Textile and Composite
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Industries. I started consulting to that company in October 2012, almost 11 years ago.
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I became the chief executive officer when the founder of the company, Adrian Clark, died in
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October 2015, three years after I started to get involved with the company. TCI supplies the world's
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best hemp decorticator, a machine for processing hemp all around the world. A picture of that
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decorticator is now on your screen. The website for the company is textilecomposite.industries.
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I am also the secretary of the Australian Industrial Hemp Alliance, Australia's peak national body for
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industrial hemp. Industrial hemp is cannabis. It is low THC form of cannabis and it is THC that gets you high.
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Any cannabis with low THC will not get you high. CBD that you've heard of I'm sure does not get you high.
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Many politicians do not understand this and many politicians make decisions about cannabis and hemp
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whilst being totally ignorant. I became secretary of AIHA in 2017. Its website is hempalliance.org.au.
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I am on the four-man executive board of the Federation of International Hemp Organisations.
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I am the secretary of FIHO. There are nine directors globally of FIHO. Its website is
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fio.org. So you might say I know a little bit about industrial hemp and cannabis.
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I consider industrial hemp and the cannabis plant to be the most amazing plant available to
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humanity. For those of you who believe in God I consider it's the most amazing plant given to
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humanity by God. But presently it's a cottage industry globally. In other words it's a small
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industry. Why do you think that is? I am often asked this question. If hemp is so good how come
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it's such a small industry? It has less than 300,000 hectares of hemp growing globally.
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My simple answer to that is bloody politicians or incompetent politicians or corrupt politicians
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or some other descriptor of politicians as well as government interference in the name of safety.
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Well you know how good governments are at protecting your safety. Just look at
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what we've been going through for the last four years all in the name of saving you.
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I don't want government to save me thank you very much.
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Governments are also corrupted because they act in the commercial interests of other parties.
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They make decisions based on the representations of people whose existing business interests will
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be harmed if they stop blocking new products, new solutions coming on the market. Hemp and cannabis
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is one of those solutions and has been proven to be blocked by government interference. It's now
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time for that government interference to be totally removed. I call on the removal of that
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government interference. Hemp's time is here. I will share 11 wonderful ways in which hemp will
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save our planet and then I will share five steps that must be taken by government,
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by government authorities, by companies and each one of us watching and viewing this show.
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If these steps are taken Hemp's time will indeed be here. I love our planet.
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Regular viewers and listeners know that I love our planet. I want to protect it. I want to
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rejuvenate it. I want to regenerate it because it's the only planet we have. I've been involved in
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organic farming since 1976. I deeply understand regenerative agriculture. Our planet certainly
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has a soil emergency problem. It has been chemicalized beyond belief. Our planet has a
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waste problem, particularly plastic waste and plastic pollution. Our planet has water and air
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pollution problems. However, our planet does not have a climate emergency or a climate crisis.
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Nevertheless, understanding how hemp can solve various emergencies will reinforce the need
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to go deeply into hemp and understand how hemp can save our planet. To keep this show at a
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reasonable length I will need to keep my explanations at a minimum. While I'm doing
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those explanations I will keep imbibing my wonderful caffeine, not cannabis but caffeine.
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Further details of all of these propositions that I'm putting to you are available on request.
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Any one of you who wants me to speak at conferences or meetings or corporate meetings
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is most welcome to contact me and let's have a discussion about that.
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Now there are 10 major categories of products and solutions that can be made from industrial hemp
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and from cannabis. The picture on your screen shows these 10 categories. They are food, clothing,
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shelter, buildings, number four is medicinal solutions, fertilizers, biofuels, composite
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products such as those used to replace fiberglass, body care products and cosmetics,
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ropes and binding solutions and lastly packaging solutions of all types. Isn't that amazing?
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I think it's amazing. That's why I say hemp is the most amazing plant that is available to humanity.
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You can see a picture of a hemp crop on your screen. This crop grew from seed in 100 days.
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Imagine that up to four meters in height over 100 days. That's four centimeters of growth
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each day. It can produce usable biomass of up to 25 tons per hectare but the number that I think of
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is 10 tons per hectare of usable biomass. Now these 11 hemp solutions that will save our planet
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are not in any particular order of importance and there are many more than just 11 solutions. I've
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tried to distill the best and most relevant 11 for your consideration. There are many more.
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If you can see a problem contact me and we'll discuss how hemp can be a solution. Here's hemp
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solution number one. Hemp can help every company that chooses to or is required to comply with ESG
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requirements that's environmental, social and governance requirements to elegantly fulfill
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those requirements. Number two hemp can help every company that chooses to or is required to comply
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with circular economy problems to elegantly handle those problems. It can particularly help
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in eliminating plastic waste, plastic pollution. Plastic can be replaced with hemp alternatives.
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Number three Australia's and many other countries greatest security risk is lack of fuel
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independence. Lack of independent fuel supply. Hemp can produce unlimited quantities of
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ethanol from the core of the plant called herd. This is a true biofuel. Ethanol can be used to
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power most engines with slight modifications and this ethanol can also be refined to power
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jet engines the whole aviation industry. Number four hemp can produce unlimited quantities of
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biodiesel. Another true biofuel to replace diesel fuel. This fuel will power farm tractors and many
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large machines. Number five biofuel from hemp can power existing electricity generating equipment.
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And could be used to replace coal. In Australia everyone's raving about using coal to generate
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electricity. Well hemp biofuel can be used to generate those existing machines. Affordable
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electricity can be maintained with virtually zero greenhouse gas emissions without having to spend
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mega amounts of capital on new infrastructure spending for renewable energy solutions.
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Number six aren't you excited by this? I am. Hempcrete homes are healthier and more energy
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efficient and more economic than normal homes. And hempcrete homes can be made for totally upmarket
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buildings as well as low cost social housing. Number seven less wealthy countries. Countries
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on levels one and two of the United Nations four levels of categorizing nations can transform their
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nations can transform their economies with hemp by using hemp as an import replacement to replace
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fuel that is often imported or products that are imported. Each country has different import
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requirements that can be replaced with hemp grown locally. Countries can literally lift themselves
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up by their bootstraps by effectively and economically growing major hemp crops. Number eight
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hemp seed is a wonderful and healthy food source particularly of protein. You will be
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healthier if you eat hemp seed and hemp seed oil. Put hemp seed oil on every salad that you make
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you don't cook with hemp seed oil. Number nine cheap cotton and synthetic textiles are creating
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massive waste problems throughout the world. Hemp clothing will solve that problem. Hemp clothing
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and hemp textiles are better healthier create less waste because people hold onto them and use them
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for a long time and will therefore reduce textile waste problems. Also growing with hemp requires
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of pesticides herbicides and chemicals than growing cotton. I love that cotton is a natural
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product and organic cotton is a wonderful natural product but non-organic cotton is less so of a
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natural product. Number ten hemp composite products are being developed to replace timber
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in many applications including many buildings. This application of hemp will reduce the need
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to cut down trees for those places where this is a relevant factor for the environment.
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Hemp solution number 11 the last one new jobs will be created requiring new skills for the ongoing
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transformation of hemp crops into this into the wonderful range of products that can be
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made from hemp and this creation of new jobs and new skills will also lift the the economic prospects
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the GDP and also the quality of life in countries. There are many more solutions these 11 solutions
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alone can enable any country to achieve net zero carbon emissions if it wishes to although for the
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reasons previously expressed i'm not so concerned about net zero because i say there is no climate
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emergency there is no climate crisis but we have the other emergencies. I created a mantra for hemp
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HP by four that's showing on your screen
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healthy products healthy people healthy planet healthy profits every business needs profits
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but the purpose of business is not profits profits is the fuel that enables a company or a business
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to keep progressing to keep operating profits to a company is like oxygen to a human being it's a
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essential for survival but it's not the purpose for the business so how do we make all this happen
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i say there are five key steps number one governments all around the world state and federal
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must do everything they can to remove any unnecessary impediments to the use of industrial
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hemp and the word unnecessary means really unnecessary not BS unnecessary even now as
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i'm speaking to you the australian government's pesticides and veterinary medicines authority the
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APVMA is wrongly attacking the use of hemp as food for animals it is acting unlawfully contrary to
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law i say it's disgraceful and it's all being done in the name of safety this is an example of
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what governments do to block hemp and cannabis and the wonderful benefits that you and i and the
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planet can get from it again all in the name of safety when governments talk to you about safety
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run for cover number two large companies need to educate themselves on the 11 hemp solutions
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that i've discussed in this show and the information on the websites that i have referred to
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and then take steps to invest serious funds to create the solutions that hemp can provide to
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solve their problems to help their business activities bloom most companies practice
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greenwashing they say they're keen on reducing environmental and other harms to our planet
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and to people but they do nothing if it costs them money i call on companies to stop greenwashing i'm
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delighted that stock exchanges around the world are now checking up on proclamations by companies
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that say they're interested in in net zero or minimal harms or esg matters but actually don't
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do anything if it's going to cost them a cent number three large investment funds superannuation
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funds and serious investors that wish to save our planet from the emergencies that i've referred to
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need to be willing to put serious money considerable money into these hemp solutions
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to convert it from a cottage industry that is unnecessarily blocked by governments and red tape
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into one of the world's major agricultural and value adding industries number four step
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step local government authorities and most government authorities are risk averse and are
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unwilling to do anything new without incontrovertible proof unless of course there are
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companies or people with plenty of money who are giving inducements and incitements to politicians
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to do something new such authorities must shift their attitude towards new solutions and give
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preference to hemp solutions i'll give you one example of that governments should specify
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hemp textiles for all uniforms for government employees and particularly first responders
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first responders hate synthetic textile uniforms because after half a day their perspiration smells
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on those uniforms if you wear hemp textiles you can wear clothing for four weeks without washing it
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and it won't smell because it's natural antibacterial antimicrobial isn't that amazing
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number five the last step you dear viewers and listeners need to demand hemp products and
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solutions from large companies from your suppliers of various products and solutions and from your
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retail suppliers so that your demand will drive ever increasing investment and ever increasing
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solutions from the from all industry that demand will drive investment it will be a mutually
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supportive circular economical growth so there you have it industrial hemp and cannabis can save
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our planet and it will the only question is how quickly this will happen i want to see it happen
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quickly it's up to us and there are people watching and listening to the show who work in government
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who can play a crucial role in implementing these five steps to use these five hemp solutions
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let's make it happen again please don't hesitate to ask for any further information or resources
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you need arising from the ideas that we've suggested in this show i'm confident about the
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importance the value of industrial hemp i'm confident that hemp can solve many of the
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emergencies that face us i'm confident that hemp can save and will save our planet then i'm confident
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that if we speak up enough against government interference that interference to the progress
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of hemp will reduce thanks for watching or listening have a great week full of passion
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challenge and the enjoyable exploration of who you are i look forward to being with you next week bye