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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (33862)	4/30/2005 7:36:03 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) of 90947

The US is still a rather large agricultural exporter of a wide range of produce and fruit. We actually became an importer for a month or two this past year. I don't really understand that, and find it a bit scary. Probably not the first time. Some products don't keep well. In December or January, we have no melons ripening in this country. Or too much else. A lot of that fruit and produce is imported from further south. The US imports 100% of its tea, coffee, bananas, and cocoa. It exports 64% of its large wheat crop. Numbers: export.gov Only 2001-2003, though. And for whole years. More, from 1979 to early 1990's: ces.ncsu.edu usda.mannlib.cornell.edu It appears that how to classify hemp is something the taxonmists are still fighting about: siu.edu Maybe one species, maybe several. Anyway, this would have made hemp competitive with other fibers, since the big drawback was in processing the plant. About the same time, DOW came out with Rayon, and wanted the fiber market for themselves. The other story is that Hearst owned vast forests for paper production, and saw hemp as a competitor. I don't know if either story is correct. Are there any leftists who AREN'T conspiracists? Do you think anything ever happens in the world without a conspiray? Other that SDL-sponsored events. They're obviously not a conspiracy.

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