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WHERE THE HEMP HAVE YOU BEEN?

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WHERE THE HEMP HAVE YOU BEEN?

Everything old is new again Peter Allen sang in his 1985 Pop hit featured in the hit movie "All That Jazz", and for those in the know hemp is hot and back with a bang.  Hemp has been around for thousands of years, and in fact, was first spun into usable fibre 10,000 years ago. It’s a versatile plant with a variety of commercial applications including paper, textiles, clothing, biodegradable plastics, paint, insulation, biofuel, food and animal feed.  You may be familiar with its naughty little cousin more commonly know as marijuana, however lets not judge this incredible plant by its family ties, else we could all...

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BYE BYE SUGAR, HELLO KOMBUCHA!

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BYE BYE SUGAR, HELLO KOMBUCHA!

Australia’s fight against obesity has been going on for decades. With 63% of the population obese or overweight, Australia’s tipping scale has been a huge worry for doctors. But earlier this year the Australian Beverages Council Limited (ABCL) made a pledge that could change the battle.  Like in a lot of countries around the world, sugary drinks are one of the scourges of obesity. If Australia refuses to input a proper sugar tax, the ABCL has united to reduce sugar by 20 percent in the non-alcoholic beverage industry by 2025. This sugar reduction will apply across all categories of non-alcoholic...

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HEMP KOMBUCHA O’CLOCK

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HEMP KOMBUCHA O’CLOCK

A year ago, Kombucha was only familiar to Australian health addicts; today Kombucha is everywhere: on the shelves of big stores, trendy bars, little cafés, or on your colleagues’ desk! Kombucha, or booch for the initiated is a fermented drink made from green or black tea with a mix of bacteria and yeast called SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast), water and organic sugar. The drink is fizzy, rich in botanical flavour and low sugar. A perfect treat for grown ups! Impossible to miss the trend, but if you’ve failed to hit the booch, here are some good reasons...

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Why Your Body Is Happier & Healthier With Hemp

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Why Your Body Is Happier & Healthier With Hemp

If you want to look after your body the natural way a daily dose of hemp seed is the best medicine! Hemp is an incredibly nutritious food, with a very long list of health benefits: from boosting immunity, reducing blood glucose levels, lowering cholesterol, reducing inflammation and the risk of heart disease, improving skin and hair, balancing the gut and supporting a healthy diet, just to name a few!    When it comes to the best ways to add hemp to your diet, you can drizzle hemp seed oil over a salad and add hemp seeds to your smoothie, morning oats...

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Industry Insiders: The BIG appeal of Hemp Oz Kombucha 

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Industry Insiders: The BIG appeal of Hemp Oz Kombucha 

Sugar’s out and all-natural health is in. That’s the message consumers are telling retail food outlets, every time they choose healthier beverages over sugar-laden soft drinks. The kombucha craze has proven to be more than a passing trend, and it is a regular in drinks fridges and on menus everywhere. Australia’s have definitely developed a taste for the fizzy fermented tea that gives their gut health a boost. The Kombucha movement is here to stay. So too, Hemp, once a controversial plant, is fast becoming the hottest superfood trend, rapidly expanding its appeal beyond just the alternative-health gurus to every-day...

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