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| Hemp History Hemp goes back over 10,000 years, when it was cultivated for paper and textiles in Asia. In 200 A.D hemp cultivation arrived in Europe. In the 1600's, Americans legally had to grow hemp because of a crop shortage. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson both grew hemp. The first flag (Old Glory) was sewn from hemp canvas. The first drafts of the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were written on hemp paper. Ben franklin used hemp pulp in the first continental paper mill. Lincoln's reading lamp oil was made from hemp. Van Gogh, Rembrandt, and others used hemp paints and canvas'. During the 1800's, 80% of all textiles for clothing, linens, wagon covers, ship sails, rugs, etc... in the west were made from hemp. In 1937, several industrial interests lobbyed Congress, linking industrial hemp to the drug "marijuana" (see "the Conspiracy"). In 1941, the U.S. Dept. of Defense lifted the ban on hemp for WWII and production soared. In 1955, the ban was reinstated. Today it is illegal to grow hemp in the United States, but it is not illegal to sell or buy imported hemp products from retailers in the U.S. (see "Hemp retailers"). So what are you waiting for? Find out where your nearest hemp store is and go buy some hemp products and support the use and legalization of industrial hemp. Hemp Ecomomy Anything made from wood or oil can be made from hemp. Each hemp plant can grow up to 20 feet and can be cultivated in three months. Hemp cultivation will create new jobs and stimulate our dying economy by opening up a new industry that will compete against the lumber, cotton, oil, and synthetic fiber industries (the main reason hemp is illegal today is because these industries will lose a lot of money and business if hemp were legal). Also it is more then likely that these industries are paying off politicians to prevent hemp legislation from passing (see "the conspiracy"). Hemp is the world's top renewable resource for fuel, cloth, paper,plastic, oil, and over 25,000 other products. Here is a few (you can find a more comprehensive list in the hemp products link on this site): Clothing (shirts-pants-shoes-accessories), food (flour-burgers-beer-cheese-coffeees), paper products (stationary-newspaper-magazines-notebook paper), cosmetics (shampoos-soaps-lotions-massage oils) and many other products and resources. Hemp Ecology Since pre-industrial times, c02 levels have risen by almost 30% due to deforestation and fossil fuel combustion. The United States currently burns fossil fuels for 93% of its energy needs and consumes 25% of the world's supply. One acre of hemp in annual rotation will produce as much pulp for paper as 4.1 acres of trees during the same twenty year period. Hemp can be grown and harvested every year, unlike trees that take fifty to a hundred years to grow back. Hemp can be grown in more areas throughout the world then trees. Making paper from trees is over five times more polluting then making paper from hemp. Since 1937, 70% of our national forests have been destroyed. Hemp produces three times as much fiber per acre as cotton. While cotton is grown on only 3% of the world's farmland, it uses an devistating 26% of the world's pesticides per year. Hemp requires no pesticides or herbicides to grow. Support the economy and the environment buy buying hemp products and by educating yourself, your friends, your family, and your local and state leaders on the benefits of legalizing hemp. |
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