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Canada Deregulated the Dead Hemp Seed. It Should Now Free the Living One.
The 2025 hemp reforms drew their line at viability: everything you can make from a dead hemp seed was freed from licensing, and everything requiring a living one was left behind. Sprouting is the only hemp food process that needs the seed alive — which makes it the one food use the reform deliberately stranded.
How Much Hemp Seed Should You Eat in a Day?
The package says three tablespoons, but most regular hemp eaters are well past that. A practical guide to daily amounts, why to ramp up slowly, and the calorie and fat ceilings that actually bind.
I Was in the Room in 1998: What Canada Got Right and Wrong About Hemp
A first-hand account of the Ottawa consultation on Canada's first Industrial Hemp Regulations, what I argued for, what the regulations excluded, and why the real damage came later — from consolidation, not from the rules.
Why Hemp Seeds Go Rancid (and How to Store Them So They Don't)
Hemp seeds turn bitter and fishy because their fragile omega-3 fats oxidize. Here is why it happens, fridge versus freezer versus pantry shelf-life numbers for hearts, whole seed, oil and protein, and how to spot each when it has gone off.
Hemp Myths: 12 Claims Checked Against Evidence
Six fear myths and six marketing myths, each checked: getting high, drug tests, water use, pesticide claims, whey comparisons, omega-3 versus fish, and what hempcrete can and cannot replace.
How to Read a Hemp COA (Certificate of Analysis)
The lab report behind a hemp product, decoded: cannabinoid lines, microbiology, heavy metals, what a valid batch number looks like, and the red flags that should end a purchase.
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