I would like to speak with someone about getting together the equipment and the training necessary to start a hemp paper making facility. Could you please recommend some contacts on the West Coast, or in Canada. Thank you. I am really eager to get something started. tiana krahn
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Have you made in progress. I am also very interested in a paper/fiber processing and production facility.
There is an old Paper mill about 12 miles from where your farm is! That is in response the farmer Rich~!
Hey Kathleen, What’s up with the old paper mill? I would love to manufacture toilet paper most of all. Could this mill be used for that?
Joey
I am willing to learn and work hemp. Would be very eager to start right away. I will be starting my own production if noone has project in the beginning stages. Would like to have some partners.
Want to start a hemp farm have 100′s of acres in Northern California. Shasta County and Tehama county. Is it conceivable, would like investors or even help to begin farming process. Will grow custom orders or specific. Just in gestation process. Greatest northstate weather along the river. I just know it would flourish. Seeking interested investors, people to supply or somone to help guide me in the farming process. Really open for suggestions. Want to comply with laws. All that. If anyone wants to throw in two cents, its for the good of all! Respectfully
I am looking to go in business, if you got the land i got the equipment !
Contact me ASAP
suggest this hemp business at http://www.facebook.com/industrialhemp and you may get some good interest…
Hi Rich, You’re not too far from where I live. If there is a papermill near by and we can grow the fiber well, all we need are the skills to manufacture the paper. The old paper mill I’m refering to is the one note sent by Kathleen. I will contact her after I finish replying to you. My question is how to convert this mill from paper to hemp and how to use this mill to manufacture toilet paper. Any ideas? Joey
are you still looking for people to join you with the farming?
I would love to start a Hemp Paper making biz too! Plus, I have all the information on how to do it. I am in Seattle, west coast all the way
Contact me at nbp.ads@gmail.com
Lets get it going!
Would you be kind enough to share your information or partner with us in growing and processing hemp?
I too am interested in starting a Hemp Company, i am willing to learn everything. Ill join!
I’m in! So far I’ve done heaps of research, but there doesn’t appear to be much in the way of pulp/paper mills at all. I’m sure there is Provincial and Federal funding, but having trouble finding actual numbers related to cost…Feel free to contact me anytime.
I would love to get into this market. The paper market would be turned on its head if we could pull this off. Think of all the paper products that could be done. Packaging, writing, printing, etc. I am actually working on entering my MBA in Sustainable Business. I am able to research and work as needed.
please contact me regarding your MBA work
I have been trying to convince the current administration in Maine that the failing paper mills could bring the rest of us out of this local recession by transforming our paper mills to make a new form of carbon fiber paper that could be used in place of products like plywood, partical board, sheathing, insulation. Other products such as plastic to steel, formed or pressed and the list just goes on and on…
please contact me re work on research, data, biz plan capt@cardmp.com
industrial and paper uses are by far the best for hemp.
I am also interested in this. I have almost all the pieces and am looking to implement.
vickensm at gmail dot com
http://www.greenfieldpaper.com/ has hemp paper.
See many benefits for the present Spanish economy – seems excellent product for Andalucia.
Have land is 500 m above the Med. Got Google Earth? See Malaga area. Much available uncultivated land to east and west.
Would like to join in with you enthusiastic researchers. Have many retired colleagues with much land, endless sunshine, mild winter rain, and could partner younger fitter members of the community to cultivate hemp in all its dimensions.
Cloth, oils soaps and bio-fuel. The whole exciting range really. Anyone out there interested? If there are no legal euro or Spanish restrictions it could make a most agreeable ‘cottage industry.’ UK pensioners are often in receipt of only circa £390 eu a month,- 400eu. 600$ and cannot manage their lives on this income. 45% Have returned to UK with much sadness.
With few jobs available to this group and health questionable at times there is much opportunity for compatible partnership with younger people.
For more info (or your advice and comments) do contact me.
Christine, I am interested in this and I really like Malaga! In fact, we were thinking of moving there next year. I’m very into farming and sustainability. send me an e-mail to discuss more.
Christine, I agree, there is much sadness in the cities, and unhappy people and families. The Ringing Cedars of Russia by Vladimir Megre gives us a real solution, and yes, it involves planting hemp! Although not in the monocultural present-day way of doing it, but integrated into the natural landscape; a micro-farming/permaculture-style way of doing it, where everyone profits! If you’ve read the books and have been inspired to create a kins domain village please e-mail me. I live in Montana, where hemp is moving towards legalization also, the dawning of a new day!!
Becky, with everything going on in Montana right now(3/15/2011)…DEA/FBI raid local dispensaries in your neck of the woods! How close are you…really, from the dream of industrial hemp being made in America? I saw your comment to’Becky’ and I am definately interested in what you have to say. Contact me at solyanela@aol.com. Thank you.
hey becky like to get more inside on your village and how far along your state on legalizing it.
vorrei avviare un’industria a base di prodotti fatti con la canapa, dalla plastica Bondomass alle fibre tessili ecc. ma mi servono info, chi puo’ darmele, sono Italiano.
I’ve heard that hemp is better for paper and it’s alot more enviromentaly friendly. 1 acre of hemp can make many times more paper than an acre of trees.
Be careful when planting the hemp in nor-cal. You don’t want to seed anybody’s medical.
Be careful when planting the hemp in nor-cal. You don’t want to seed anybody’s medical. I don’t know the logisitics but i would check into it.
I am a Hemp Consultant with 20 years of experience in the field of Industrial Hemp.
There is currently a hemp paper mill for sale. Situation in Canada. Capable of producing hemp paper today.
Offers above 1 million Euro.
Let me know if you are interested.
If you are interested in setting up ANY HEMP BUSINESS then please add yourself to http://www.TheHempBuilder.com mailing list for a new course and book on this subject very soon…
what type of equipment is needed to produce oil and fiber for the making of lumber? Where can the equipment be purchased and the cost?
Paul, I am interested in the paper mill. Could you please call me at 813-872-9999. Thanks, John
Hi John,
I will have someone call about the mill for sale.
Meanwhile, I am arranging a production from the largest hemp paper manufacturer in the world (based in Europe). If you want to import a container of 80-100% eco hemp paper to test the market then please contact me via http://www.thehempconsultant.com
Hempfully,
Paul
I’m glad to see the interest. I have 25 acres in Northern CA and would love to plant hemp. To transport this to a CA or Pacific NW paper processing facility would be great. Toilet paper is the way to go. Who knows how to operate the machinery for production, packaging. Who handles marketing. If it isn’t legal in the US to grow industrial hemp can it be cost effective to import fiber from Canada for production in US? We need to crunch the numbers.
Joey,
I live in Norcal as well, would love to farm hemp as well, but the production of growing hemp here is illegal in the US, due to the Feds fear….Maybe we can team up together to import major bulk in order to crunch numbers….I’m open and ready, lets talk!
rkaicfunk@gmail.com
Brendan / Joey,
I’m here in NoCal too. I was just thinking about the very thing you guys are talking about (except for specifically making TP, but I like the idea) from a little different angle. Brendan, I think cannabis will be legalized for personal use the next time it’s on the ballot, when it does industrial hemp will be legalized too. I think laying the ground work for when that happens now is beneficial. To that end, what about developing relationship and partnerships with some central California municipalities that have been hard hit by this recession. Think about it, all are agriculture towns & have ag infrastructure and expertise in place. All have buildings and other transportation & processing facilities that are currently empty and not being used. They all have populations with extremely high unemployment rates that would provide experiences agriculture labor. I bet these municipalities would be willing to offer incentives for a “new” industry like this. I’m thinking of places like Modesto, Fresno, Turlock, Ceres, etc. Brendan, I’m sending this to your e-mail address below from mine. Joey, whats yours? Mine is dougboedecker@gmail.com
i wish you all the best sounds like a great idea but your federal government is corrupt lumber barons /lobbyists ,cotton growers, all fear the hemp because it is a far superior product,when you get control of wall street ,K street ,congress are PT not” lifers” change the whole politcical structure of the USA then you have a shot ,good luck
I am looking to start farming and have hemp as my main product. I am currently working on a buisness proposition in order to get funding as it is fairly easy to get funding for agricultural and as well ecologically friendly projects.
I am situated in Nova Scotia, Canada, and looking for people who are interested in building a mill, or buying an old mill to transfer to hemp bast to usable materials and core to pulp for paper and paper products.
If I have buyers lined up this project will take off!
I am very interested to hear from everyone to know their position.
Starting a hemp paper business – Here is a place you are welcome to network – thousands of people there, and a lot of very keen people wanting or planning to start a hemp business of some kind:
http://facebook.com/everythinghemp
Hi,
I’m dr. sutera and I’m a fan of hemp, I would like more information on your business and understand if we can exchange information for a project that we are creating here in Italy, Sicily, to clarify for growing and processing of hemp, both for biobuilding that for the production of paper and plastic, I hope we can have an employment relationship.
waiting for a positive response,
I send greetings.
My email is sepxx@yahoo.it
hey everyone. i love what i’m reading here
i’m completely new to this field but i have a very passionate interest in using hemp as a renewable energy source. i love all the possible things it can become and would like to join the team. It would be an awesome opportunity, and i know my skills can contribute. please do not hesitate to email me felix_214@yahoo.com
I am an enthusiastic supporter of industrial hemp production primarily due to the drastically lessened environmental impact of its production as a base crop with mulitple applications. As an an environmental scientist currently employed to safeguard Tribal water resources (groundwater, surface water, and watershed hydrology) I have to ask what the by products of hemp processing are. I believe wholeheartedly that globally we must move away from forest products, chemical applications for pest controls and fertilizers and harsh, contaminant-laden production methods. My concern is that in the blossoming of this Earth-friendlier crop production and processing, folks move with a clear understanding of the total environmental impact. Clearly hemp requires far less than other crops to grow, clearly hemp as a replacement for forest products is eminently reasonable, and clearly the applications of this amazing plant are far wider than any other single crop plant. Yet the transport from farming location to mill, processing at the mill, the processing into fibers, cloth, paints, oils etc.–all of these bear environemtnal impacts as well. So, what are the by-products generated by the production process of hemp to paper, to cloth, to oil? How much water does it take in each of the various processes? How much petroleum based fuel or coal-produced electricity will it require to produce hemp based materials? What are the total inputs–renewable and non-renewable–needed to produce one reem of white hemp paper? One barrel of hemp-oil? One bolt of un-bleached hemp cloth? Where can I find such information?
Thank-you.
Hi Sam-I would suggest The Ringing Cedars of Russia by Vladimir Megre. The answer is not to be found in mono-farming of this most valuable plant, but in a concious awareness in Man. Good tidings-
No Prius for me, I am waiting for the revival of Ford’s hemp car. I am finishing my MBA with a certificate in Sustainable Resources. Hemp will hopefully be coming back to the states, we need alternatives. It is great to see all this interest. I’m for helping out with the sale of hemp paper.
Really thankful to have found you all. I am very much interested in seeing this crop being restored to it’s rightful owners,….us. God gave us all the seeds that grows all the plants, and He gave us all the water that makes the plants grow…how can any individual or govt have the say over who gets to plant one of God’s seeds that He gave to each of us? No need to look to man’s politics, when God’s Provision (the seed) has already given us permission TO GROW. Peace.
I thought my email and website would be in the above post but i don’t see it, so check it out at http://www.truthnet.info and email me at 2speaktruth44@gmail. i’m looking at holding fundraisers for farmers, grow ops, etc….if you have a non profit, i would love to speak with you about raising some money for the cause of awareness and forward movement. Peace,
Jeff
I am looking at starting up a hemp growing project in South Africa, for the purpose of generating revenue for eco-social isues. I am purchasing 10 acres of land. While I have two partners who were colleagues of mine while I served in the Peace Corps in Africa… they are natives, amazing farmers, brilliant, determined, motivated etc etc… I don’t know much about hemp for example-
1. How, where to purchase seed
2. How much 10 acres could yield/produce
3. What would be some pros and cons
any other advice, suggestions etc. Could be looking for potential collaboration, partnership etc as well.
I am based in Colorado, I have worked in the non profit sector for over 15 years and am experienced in NGO development. Hope to hear back from anyone with feedback, interest etc. THANKS!
-Jeremy
Hi Jeremy. I am looking at starting exactly the same type of business with the same goals as you. I dont have any contacts in Africa and dont know much about how to grow, harvest and produce hemp at the moment but these are obstacles which shouldnt be too hard to overcome.
I await your reply.
Are there any company interested in producying hemp paper, set up a factory
in south america, with the goverments help and aproval?.
best bussiness ever.
Regarding setting up a factory or mill for hemp paper, from the research I have done there is small conversion needed to change a pulp paper mill to a hemp mill.
Now in saying this I live in the east coast of Canada and work in forestry. The amount of mills that have been shut down leave many places around here to buy and convert to a hemp paper facility.
The infrastructure here, but unfortunately so is the ignorance…