--- In morelife@yahoogroups.com, "Erich Brueschke"
<erich_brueschke@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Kitty:
>
> I am not sure is this is the proper place to send this email, but I
> was reading morelife.org and came across:
>
> "extrusions from the first pressing of fresh hemp seeds. This is
> obtained from Hempola and is primarily sold as animal snacks"
> http://morelife.org/personal/health/dietregmore.html
>

<snip by Kitty of Erich's unsuccessful attempts to obtain hemp extrusions>

>
> Oh well, I guess shelled hemp seeds will have to do.
>
> Warmly,
> Erich Brueschke
>

<snip of historical tellings of our introduction to "hemp turds">....

>
> [..
> We have used at this time probably 80% of that large purchase and
> plan to visit Hempola again in September or October to buy the same
> amount. I will contact them first to make sure that they can still
> supply us with this quantity. If they have a large calling for the
> hemp flour, they may retain more of the extrusions for further
> siftings and have less to sell as "animal treats". BTW, the clerk
> acknowledged eating them himself and was not surprised that we found
> them good with dried fruits, especially prunes.
>
> Erich, I'll send you a small amount of the extrusions (Paul and I
> personally refer to them as "hemp turds" ;) to see if you like them.
> If you do, we can then make arrangements for a larger quantity.
>
> **Kitty]

It was after the beginning of October and I still hadn't found a hemp
supplier (in Canada) that would sell the extrusions (hemp seedcake). I
had received negative responses from all those I contacted, chosen
because they were more than simply a retailer. Kenex, once a major
hemp refiner in Ontario was no longer in business despite a website
still online. Two others, like Hempola, were using all their
extrusions for flour and protein powder. And then there was Roger
Snow of Rocky Mountain Grain Products who wrote me:

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: Inquiry for Hemp Pressings or Extrusions
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:31:07 -0600
From: Roger <snowrk@...>
To: 'Kitty Antonik Wakfer' <kitty@...>


Kitty,
I do not consider it ethical to sell extrusions for human consumption.
They are about half indigestible shell material. The health benefits
experienced by those who use shelled hemp seeds--Hemp Hearts--to
change their diets is profound and amazing. The benefits available
from using the extrusions would be insignificant in comparison. I
will include an information package below which is a summary of our
experience with over 100,000 older customers who came to us with
typical late onset health problems. Perhaps you will understand why I
do not sell inferior hemp products.
Roger Snow
-----remainder of message not included--------

The remainder of the email was a long sales pitch for "HEMP
HEARTS--NATURES POWER FOOD from ROCKY MOUNTAIN GRAIN PRODUCTS". In
between some accurate statements about hemp were many that are
misleading, contributing to confusion by nutritionally ignorant
readers. He repeatedly totally condemned the ingestion of sugar and
starch while ignoring the fact that the hemp nut (shelled hemp seed)
is itself 12% carbohydrate (79% dietary fiber and 3% sugar) -
http://www.hemphasis.net/graphs.htm

Since Roger Snow sells his Hemp Hearts direct for CDN$10/lb (when
purchasing 9 1-pound containers) and the same product goes for CDN$14
to 16/lb in stores and on other websites, he has little interest in
selling a product which has much less glamor and high price potential.
His clearly negative assertion about the extrusions being "half
indigestible shell material" demonstrates either his ignorance about
the value of fiber in the human diet or his expectation that I was as
ignorant as are possibly some of his customers. And to write "I do not
consider it ethical to sell extrusions for human consumption" is
simply ludicrous since they are the starting point for all hemp flour
and protein powder products.

[In addition to what Kitty has pointed out, it would be far healthier to eat a
combination of hemp extrusions and fish oil, than to eat the whole hemp seeds
(which contain only alpha linolenic acid, the poorer form of omega-3. --Paul]


I had almost given up hope of being able to replenish our exhausted
Ontario (and very low Arizona) supply of hemp extrusions when I came
across a Manitoba company which sells hemp meal in extruded form in
bulk (minimum 50 pounds). Working quickly with their representative by
email we were able to have one 50-pound bag mailed to our postal box
via Canada Post, arriving just 1 business day before our departure. It
was nip and tuck, since snow had started to fall in the Winnipeg area
when the Canada Post tracking service showed our package there for
sorting. For a couple days I had visions of the truck being held up
and the 50 pounds of hemp extrusions sitting in the Wilberforce post
office all winter until next April when we returned.

The 50 pound bag arrived in a box; the received extrusions look and
taste identical to those we had obtained from Hempola. We divided the
large quantity into airtight containers and brought a substantial
quantity with us to Arizona.

If there was a distributor who would sell this inexpensive and
versatile source of nutritious hemp seed in quantities that most
people can easily handle, I would just supply that URL as I did
earlier on our MoreLife More Diet Ideas page when we obtained it from
Hempola. Since currently there is not, for Erich (who btw emailed me
that he liked the sample and was interested in a larger quantity) and
other MoreLife Yahoo members (in the US and Canada only) who want to
add hemp seedcake/extrusions to their diet, we will sell it in 1-pound
quantities for US$4/lb plus shipping costs. We will only send
shipments out within the US while we are in the US (typically end of
October until end of April) and within Canada when we are in Ontario
(from late April until late October). We do not want to send hemp
across international borders and have to deal with Customs paper work,
although the US government is probably far worse regarding hemp
products than any other.

So I'll end this little update on our hemp "turds" by saying that it
was a delight to get the shipment in Ontario since we had been without
any there for several weeks. I added it to the trailmix I'd put
together a few days earlier - which we thoroughly enjoyed on the drive
- and to my muesli that I brought along for breakfast enroute. I can
relax now that our supply is assured for the foreseeable future. I'll
be updating the hemp section on the More Diet Ideas page soon.

**Kitty