Hemp



This page is a stub - please help expand it !

Hemp can be grown nearly anywhere. It grows very rapidly and has a lot of uses:
 * Food. The seeds are extremely nutritious.
 * body care (soaps)
 * paper
 * Textiles. Hemp fiber can be woven into a material like light cotton (suitable for T-shirts etc.) or a thick canvas material suitable for bags, warm blankets. See the page on spinning and weaving for instructions on what to do with it once harvested.
 * Rope. Hemp fiber is very strong.
 * hempcrete
 * chemicals
 * replacement for plastics - explain
 * fuels (hemp oil / biodiesel)
 * animal feed

Links

 * North American Industrial Hemp Council
 * Appropedia: Hemp
 * OMAFRA: Growing Industrial Hemp in Ontario