1. Hemp
It acts as a shield against electromagnectic fields, it filters 95 % of ultraviolet rays, its wear and tear resistance is more than 30% compared to other fibers like cotton. It respects the environment because it does not require using pesticides during cultivation. And, lastly, it is capable of re-fertilizing the soil: hemp has countless positive properties.
Nevertheless, this plant risks disapearing because of suspicious generated following a disapearing campaign that took place some years ago. It is therefore well worth reviewing the history of this textile fiber that was once used quite widely and that now has been all but neglected because of the censures affecting it. It seems as though the cultivation of this plant had its introduction in Italy in the Veneto area.
The people there were of Illyrian origin. Then its growth spread from the area of Veneto to the rest of the peninsula. The spread and use of this plant as a textile fiber must be attributed, however, to the Etruscans who mostly used it to make clothing. Moreover, from the 5th century B.C. until the invention of steamboats towards the middle of the 19th century, hemp was actually used in 90% of the production of sails for ships, for fishing nets and for all the rigginf used in sailing.
Italy was a major producer of hemp on an international level and up until the early decades of the 20th century it was in its glory thanks to its many qualities. But its industry and production were so promising that it was seen as a potential threat to the newborn petrochemical industry, hence the arrival of what we should really call prohibition.
The miraculous plant is also known as hemp. ... Hemp was widely used during the 18th century that it was considered the age of hemp. Hemp prospered until in 1937, Popular Mechanics named hemp to be the new billion-dollar crop. ... Because hemp and marijuana share the same name, cannabis sativa, hemp fell under the new strict law. ... Hemp is also low maintenance. ...
But there is a vast growing market for hemp, "hemp crops could indeed be profitable for farmers because hemp is a multipurpose crop" (West). ... Industrial hemp is a very prolific plant. ... Hemp is also a very low maintenance crop. ... Some colonies even found it so "valuable they passed legal tender laws so that hemp could be used to pay taxes"(Hemp). ... Industrial hemp is not marijuana though. ...
Hemp is the sister plant of marijuana, also called cannabis sativa. ... Not only does hemp keep people nutritious, but the byproduct of pressing the oil from hemp seed is high quality protein seed cake. ... Birds favored the hemp seeds because when they were in mixed piles of seeds they would specifically pick out hemp seeds. According to the facts about the oils in the hemp seeds, birds would most likely live longer using hemp seeds in their diet for their feathers and overall diet. ... Hemp stems are 80% hurds (pulp by-product after the hemp fiber is removed from the plant). ...
HEMP Most Americans choose to remain ignorant concerning the many economical advantages of Hemp and what it can provide. ... Now to focus on the wide range of what hemp can do for us. ... Compared to recycled tree paper that can only be "recycled" 3 times, Hemp paper can be recycled up to 8 times. ... Therefore, trees are cut to make most recycled paper, whereas recycled hemp paper comes from 100% recycled fiber. ... These are but a few advantages that Hemp could provide if American society was willing to look past its judgment. ...
Hemp can also be used in many other materials such as hemp ink, shakes, burgers, cheese, and even hemp breakfast cereals. ... The main difference between hemp and marijuana is that hemp is useful to us; some people realize that and others have not. ... Hemp was the first cultivated fiber plant. ... We also have hemp in our own history. ... During this time hemp was as good as money, during the American Revolution Robert Carter was a major producer of hemp. ...
Hemp can save the world Industrial hemp is perhaps the world's most versatile fiber, it can be used to make almost anything. ... The first people to cultivate and use hemp were the Chinese. ... Hemp encouraged early recycling efforts, workers would collect old hemp clothing and ropes, then use the fibers to make paper. ... Even our founding fathers advocated the growth of hemp. ... It is virtually impossible to get high from smoking hemp. ...
The Farmers High Hemp is not pot and does not represent hippies and free love. ... "By definition hemp is an annual plant belonging to the Nettle family. ... Hemp fiberboard is twice as strong as wood based fiberboard. ... With all the known products hemp can be manufactured into and the ease of which it can be grown, hemp is simply the best choice for farmers in a dwindling farming community. ... Instead of the U.S importing hemp products we could now meet our own supply and demands resulting in lower prices for to the U.S. consumers for all of the many products made from hemp....
Hemp has been used to make ropes, fishing net, and paper. ... In the 6TH century oil was extracted form the hemp plant too. ... Hemp, on the ether hand contains only 0.1 to 0.4 percent THC, and that is not enough to mane anyone highto day merchandise such a clothes, jewelry, backpske, skatebosrds, snide snack food re made from hemp. ... George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were hemp farmers. If people could be educated about the difference between marijuana and inustria hemp. ...
This is because hemp can be harvested a mere 120 days after being sown from seed. Within the next 25 years, the global demand for hemp is expected to double, and hemp is the only hope of saving the earth from the already crippling deforestation (Bouril). ... Compressed hemp is twice as strong as wood. ... Hemp's wide array of uses is due to its many useable parts. ... Food products made from hemp usually consist of the seeds of the female plants. ...