The Sustainable Possibilities of Hemp
by Ric Jomarron
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Though the following issue is controversial, we cannot allow the
type of propaganda that gave us "Beef, food for Real People"and
"Pork, the new White Meat" to mislead us from the sustainable
possibilities of hemp.
Hemp has been used in everything from papermaking to food
production for over 6,000 years.
Hemp can reduce the land needed to produce paper by over 75%,
saving over one billion trees per year, while greatly reducing
the toxicity of paper production!
Hemp can produce longer lasting denim, canvass, and linen using
fewer acres and pesticides then any other plant! During the
1930s, it was estimated that over half of the linens imported
into the US were made of hemp.
Hemp can produce more edible protein per acre than any other plant
including soybeans!
Over 5,000 textiles can be made from hempfiber while the hurds
off the same plant produce cellulose which can be used in over
25,000 products. Meanwhile the seeds and their oil can be used
to make paints, lamp fuel, lubricants, and be eaten as food.
SOURCES: USDA film "Hemp for Victory" 1942, Popular Mechanics
article "New Billion Dollar Crop" February 1938, USDA
Agricultural Statistics
If you are interested in legal hemp products.........
CLOTHES: Stoned Wear, 107A-1093 W. Broadway, Vancouver,BC, Canada
V6H 1E2
Sterilized Seed for food: BACH,POB 71093, Los Angelas,CA 90071-
0093
Hemp Paper: Pacific Rim Paper & Fiber Company, POB 86741,
Portland, OR 97286
Cotton/Hemp Upholstery: Varmland Furniture c/o STOR, 17621 Gale
Ave., City of Industry, CA 91748
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