MODERN USES OF HEMP
Industrial Hemp for Paper: 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 one hundred years to grow back. Hemp can be grown in more areas of the world than trees. Making paper from trees creates over five times more pollution than making paper from hemp. Since 1937, 70% of our national forests have been destroyed.
Industrial Hemp for Clothing: 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 a devastating 26% of the world's pesticides per year. Hemp requires no pesticides or herbicides to grow.
Industrial Hemp for Energy. Since pre-industrial times, carbon dioxide 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. The hydrocarbons in hemp can be processed into a wide range of biomass energy sources, including fuel pellets, liquid fuels and gas. Development of biofuels could significantly reduce our consumption of fossil fuels and nuclear power.
Eco-friendly hemp can rePlace almost all toxic petro-chemical products. Research is being done to use hemp in manufacturing biodegradable plastic products.
HEMP THE NEW SOY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaHoIhjUsxM
Hemp - The Environmentally Sustainable Alternative
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxd64t6H3_4
RUN FROM THE CURE - The Rick Simpson Story (Part 1 of 7)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjhT9282-Tw
Jan Irvin - Cannabis / Hemp / Marijuana Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6QfAyJvQ-8
Biodiesel from Hemp / General Biodiesel Information
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdymZ__oQ_s
The Market for Hemp Products
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kZTL...eature=related
Hemp processing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k0GG...eature=related
Hot Hemp Foods on Today Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJePi...eature=related