 Please Join the Hemp Industries Association
The mission of the Hemp Industries Association (HIA), a 501(c)(6) membership-based non-profit trade group, is to represent the interests of the hemp industry and to encourage the research and development of new products made from industrial hemp, low-THC oilseed and fiber varieties of Cannabis.
To become a member of the HIA please contact Tom Murphy, HIA Secretary, at 707-874-3648, ext. 1 or email join@thehia.org.
Joining the HIA includes numerous benefits:
- Printed copy of the HIA directory
- Member only email newsletter
- Member only special reports
- Email hemp news list
- HIA logo window sticker
- Vote Hemp "Let U.S. Farmers Grow Hemp" bumper sticker
- Able to attend the annual HIA Convention & AGM for an additional cost. (The 2009 HIA Convention was at the Phoenix Park Hotel in Washington, DC. The 2010 HIA Convention will at the Holiday Inn - Civic Center in San Francisco, CA on November 7 - 8, 2010. )
- Committee participation
- * Participation in national campaigns such as Hemp History Week
- * Permission to post the HIA member logo on your Web site
- * Eligibility to run for the HIA Board
- * Listing in printed directory
- * Listing at GreenPeople.org
- * Sell your products at WorldofGood.com by eBay with the HIA acting as your trust provider
- * Full page on HIA Web site with link to company site
- * Voting privileges (one accrued vote per year)
- * May participate in the TestPledge program
- * May send product to display and sample at the HIA Hemp Hut or HIA booth at trade shows and events
- * May participate in the HIA Hemp Pavilion at the Green Festivals for an additional cost
- * Public relations team to educate the media about the benefits and growth of our industry
Supporting member dues are $35 per year for individuals. Member benefits are as above, but items marked with an asterisk are for Full Company members only. Companies must join at the appropriate rate under the Full Company Membership plan. Annual dues are based on the previous year's gross revenues, in U.S dollars, for hemp products and is on a sliding scale. For more information please click here.
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