Dharma Is Truth
By Ruth Fahrbach, Hemptress

Dharma means the Truth, that which upholds. Buddhist teachings are the Dharma. When I began Taos Hemp and featured the Dharma Bags, an acquaintance asked: "Do you think it's all right to call your bags Dharma Bags ~ with Dharma Properties in Taos?" I laughingly replied, "Dharma is for everyone." Truth be told, Truth is Truth.

The World's Most Versatile Plant
by Ruth Fahrbach

Even at a cool, blustery Earth Day Celebration on April 24th, there was a demand for ice cream. Taos Hemp did not offer your regular Ben & Jerry's or Haagen Daz; this was Hemp I Scream! produced by Original Sources in Boulder, Colorado. This Vegan delight is packed with good nutrition for kids and adult-kids too. Why?

Lakota Hemp Days
By Ruth Fahrbach

0n Aug. 25, 2004, Ruth, Scouting-Hemptress, rode off to witness with her own eyes the second annual hemp harvest at the Lakota hemp fields near Manderson, South Dakota. The fundamental belief held by folks who attend this meeting is that industrial hemp can save the planet by contributing to good housing and filling empty bellies with the highest protein next to soy; and that biodiesel fuel can run all the Rez cars.

Local Hemptress Markets Product World-Wide
By Cornelia de Bruin, The Taos News - Nov. 14-20, 2002

Ruth Fahrbach, owner of Taos Hemp, knows the many yses of the hemp plant: foods, clothing, shelter and paper products. She markets her products internationally by contracting with hemp producers and manufacturers (Ecolution) in the Eastern European country of Romania. Fahrbach, who calls herself a "hemptress," wholesales Dharma bags, market hags, wood sacks, Scrub clothes, back scrubers, salve and copies of the Declaration of Independence that are printed on paper made from hemp.

Industrial Hemp For New Mexico Farmers
by Brooks J. Kelly, Ph.D.

Industrial hemp was once widely grown throughout the Midwestern United States, and today is still utilized as an industrial resource in many countries around the world. In fact, feral descendants of the finest quality industrial hemp still thrive in scattered pockets throughout the Midwestern United States. Industrial hemp is known to produce exceedingly low amounts of THC (drug), and extremely high amounts of CBD (non-drug).