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Uses of Hemp

Th primary reason that such controvery and will are being displayed regarding the industrial use of hemp diretly relates to the amazing span of products and uses that hemp has within current industries.

food Foods
  • Hemp seeds are used to make hemp seed oil.

  • No other plant source, not even the soybean, compares to hemp in its range and balance of nutritional benefits, making hemp the world’s premier food source.

  • Hemp seeds have fiber, protein and essential fatty acids (EFAs).

    • fuel Fuel
  • Hemp can be used to produce non-toxic diesel fuel.

    • "Becuase hemp produces more biomass than any other plant species that can grow in a wide range of climates and locations, HEMP has a great potential to become a major sopurce of ethanol fuel."
    textiles Clothing and Textiles
  • Hemp is the standard fiber of the world. It has great strength and durability. It is used to make over 5,000 textile prodcuts.

  • Products made from textile processing remains are used to make another 25,00 products.

  • Products range from rope to fine laces to dynamite to Cellophane!

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    cosmetics Cosmetics

    "The primary oil used in cosmetics, from baby moisturiser to face creams, shaving soap and body butter is mineral oil, which is- you guessed it- a petroleum derivative (waste product). There is a natural alternative that actually feeds our skin with omega-3,6 and 9 nutrients. Hemp Oil."
    paint Paints & Cleaners

  • Hemp can be used to produce non-toxic paint, varnish, and detergent.

  • Up until 1937, all quality paints were made with a base of hemp oil due to its natural drying quality

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    paper PAPER

  • Hemp paper does not need chlorine bleach, which heavily pollutes rives near wood-pulp paper mills.

  • Environmentally-sound Hemp paper is stronger, finer and longer-lasting than wood-based papers.

  • Hemp paper is used for bank notes and archives.

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    buidling Building Materials

  • You can build a house with hemp.

  • Used to produce caulking, cement, fiberboard, flooring, insulation, paneling, particleboard, plaster, plywood, reinforced concrete and roofing.

    • Henry Ford designed and built a car from compression-molded hemp and other natural fibers. He designed it to run on hemp biomass fuel.

    chart To the Right: Chart Displays the History of the International Uses of Hemp

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