Mr Buckingham told The Echo he’s always been passionate about cannabis and hemp. ‘I was an activist in the 1990s with an organization called the Hemp to Paper consortium in Tasmania, that was associated with the Australian Democrats, looking at alternatives to native forest logging for paper pulp.’ He says there’s also the potential for major new hemp-based industries including fibre, animal feed, building products and carbon sequestration, all with significant water savings over other alternatives.
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