JG-House — Earth's Defenders

Author: Geoffrey House

Safety First: CBD Regulation Badly Needed 1

New Health Regulations for CBD

As demand grows fast for products containing CBD, safety concerns, too, are rising quickly. Today shoppers can find cannabidiol, or CBD, one of a class of compounds known as cannabinoids with promising medicinal applications,...

Drink Makers to Offer CBD Products 1

Offering New CBD Products

Rumors have been circulating for a while now that traditional soft drink makers like Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, on the one hand, and popular alcoholic beverage suppliers such as Constellation Brands and Heineken, on the...

Grow Hemp Not Corn 0

Growing Hemp Not Corn

To grow hemp plants, row after row of tall, lush plants across terrains of all types, soon may become one of the most important pursuits in America. Starting hemp farms across the nation will...

Help for New Hemp Farmers 0

Help for New Hemp Farmers

Not everyone who makes the move to hemp farming is a seasoned farmer. Some people, from one background or another, are answering a new call. These beginning farmers need all the help they can...

The Hemp Boom Begins 2

The Hemp Boom Begins

Now that the federal government has legalized hemp in the United States, a lot of money can be made. In fact, analysts predict sales of one hemp plant derivative in particular—the popular extract known...

How Can We Avert Climate Disaster? 0

Averting Climate Disaster

Leaders around the world can’t even agree on the findings of climate reports they request. Some welcome the findings; others acknowledge them but refuse to take action. The latest example of a failure to...

Wage War on Corruption 0

War on Corruption

The people of Mexico must fight four wars to save their country, according to some observers. The first is a war on corruption; the second, criminality; the third, poverty; and the fourth, U.S. meddling....

Joy, Pain, and a New Oven in Oaxaca 0

Joy, Pain, and a New Oven

Francisco Toledo, the famous Mexican painter, is showing off his latest creation. But it’s not a new work of graphic art, for which the artist is known. Rather, it’s an oven, which uses sunlight...

Oaxaca's Corn Growers Return to Their Fields 2

Corn Growers Return

Now that the rains have started falling again in the central valleys of Oaxaca, farmers are returning to their fields. With an end to the drought lasting the entire month of June and into...