Our stock of diaper bags is low–really low. Exactly one. I’ve been dreading replacing the hemp batik diaper bags we carry, but the company had gone out of business, so we just have the stock we have.

A customer called this past week. She already had one Mom about Town hemp batik diaper bag, but she thought she probably needed another because the rainbow batik was just calling to her. We talked about why she liked the bag–the softness, the shape, the nylon tote bag to keep wet diapers separate. I told her I was just about to ask customers to help me replace this favorite diaper bag with another, and she said she would like to help.

She surprised me by digging to find out that Mom about Town diaper bags are going back into production. Yeah! She didn’t have to dig very far. There it is right on their front page.

So, I wrote to tell owner Paula Vaden how excited I was to hear this and let her know that I would be very happy to restock her bags the minute they are available. Paula confirmed. Mom about Town diaper bags are coming back. What good news. I love to support small, woman-owned companies–especially one with such a great owner as Paula Vaden.

That’s my fantasy diaper. At the moment, it can’t happen legally. Our article on the fuss about hemp explains the basics of the issue, including the reason we don’t currently produce hemp diapers. Thanks to H.R.3037, a 100% hemp diaper, grown and sewn in the USA soon may be a reality.

A major step forward for industrial hemp in the U.S. is a bill currently in committee in the House of Representatives. The bill was introduced June 22.

The text of this act is simple. Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2005 will exclude “industrial hemp” from the definition of “marihuana,” as the Controlled Substances Act calls it. If this act passes, industrial hemp agriculture is not automatic. This would simply remove the federal prohibition and leave the licensing of hemp production to the states. That is it. Two short paragraphs.

If you are concerned about how fibers function, how cultivation effects the environment, or how domestic production increases chances of social sustainability, I urge you to contact your local representatives and encourage them to support H.R.3037. Vote Hemp makes this very easy to write your representative with sample letters and a zip code click away.

Useful links:
Our hemp resources.
How the microscopic structure of hemp fibers makes them a great choice for diapers.
Global hemp for news, forums, & hemp for sale.

The image above is 100% hemp at 250x magnification, taken with a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) by Firefly Diapers’s own diaper scientist, Marc Pehkonen. Copyright 1999-2005 Marc Pehkonen.