Industrial and nutritional hemp In Manitoba: A case study exploring stakeholder strategies and legitimacy
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Abstract
Hemp is an ancient crop that has supported civilizations for millennia.Industrial hemp refers to the non-psychotropic varieties of Cannabis sativa L. This crop is used in numerous goods and industrial applications, such as nutritional food and oil, building materials, and body care products.In Canada, hemp is bred to have no psychotropic value.Due to years of Cannabis stigma, this crop has been perceived as a controversial issue.Canada's decision to re-legalize hemp cultivation was pivotal for legitimizing and developing hemp as a viable agricultural crop in North America.Organizations in Manitoba pioneered a unique industry based initially on hemp seed.Over the years, stakeholders met challenges through industry collaboration and adaptive strategies.Stakeholder organization such as hemp-based cooperatives and trade alliances are examples of strategies.More than business entrepreneurship was needed to advance this industry.Social movement theory and framing explain the development of the hemp industry in Manitoba.This explores stakeholder framing, resources, political opportunities, cognitive processes and legitimacy.Movement leadership and social entrepreneurship are also key concepts.Case study research was utilized in the capital city, Winnipeg, and rural communities.This work positioned Manitoba as a "case" taken from the North American hemp industry and movement.Methods included formal and iv informal interviews, document analysis, artifacts and participant observation.Interviews were conducted with representatives from cooperatives, trade alliances and hemp businesses in the food, oil and fibre sectors.Interviews were also held with provincial, Federal and municipal government officials.Stories from Manitoba illuminate the evolution of this growing industry.Stakeholder input explores the work behind reincorporating and legitimizing this crop into farmlands, including social and political arenas.Communities abroad can learn from Manitoba's strategies that advanced a hemp movement and industry.This case study provides a tangible example of how a regulated, hemp industry can succeed in North America.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.013 | 0.004 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.002 | 0.003 |
| Research integrity | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".