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Green News Now: Spiced Apple CiderShared recipes pass on love and history. Food is the one language everyone everywhere understands. Until recent history, apples weren’t for eating. They were often too bitter to munch on. Instead, for thousands of years, people would press them for the juice and leave it to ferment, letting it bubble away until it turned into boozy hard cider, according to the National Apple Museum.Evidence of apple trees growing along the banks to the Nile River can b …

Green News Now: How Hemp is being used to clean up toxic chemical wasteWe all know that plants leach nutrients from the soil but did you ever think about a plant being used to leach chemicals from soil? Farmers have used rotation crops for years to reintroduce nutrients into soil after one crop has taken them out. But now science is using that knowledge to clean chemicals and heavy toxins from our soil but what plant can do that? The answer is HEMP. The process is called “phytoremediat …

Green News Now: North Carolina Hemp Law Update September 2019The CBD and Hemp industries are ever changing in both our state as well as across the country. To keep you all informed here is what’s happening today for North Carolina Hemp farmers.As many of you know North Carolina was the number tobacco state however farmers report loss in contracts for tobacco continue to decline with more going to china. With the Hemp pilot program that started here 3 years ago many farmers have seen rep …

Green News Now : CBD for AnxietyHow exactly does CBD work for anxiety? Our bodies have protein-based chemical structures that are attached to your cells called receptors. CBD interacts with our receptors, CB1 and CB2, found in our central and peripheral nervous systems. CBD alters the serotonin neurotransmitter which plays an important role in our mental health. Low serotonin levels are commonly associated with people who have depression and anxiety. The conventional treatment for low s …

Green News Now: Chromotherapy Benefits | Color Therapy ExplainedWe’re heading into autumn and many people now understand what “winter blues” are, in fact, the very real Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Many SAD sufferers find relief with bright light therapy but others are unable to use bright light therapy for various sensitivity or medical reasons. Our bodies need the sun’s light to live. And that light can actually be broken down into a seven color spectrum. An imbalance of any of …