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Uses

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/ cellulosic ethanol)
animal feed
Small percetage of hemp was used in what appears to be a composite - rather than bioplastic - car body (70% fiber, of which fiber 10% was hemp, and 30% binder) - [1]

Hemp rope
Field of hemp
The fiber can be clearly seen here. It is found between the skin and the wood of the stem.

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+*Small percetage of hemp was used in what appears to be a composite - rather than bioplastic - car body (70% fiber, of which fiber 10% was hemp, and 30% binder) - [http://theangryhistorian.blogspot.com/2010/10/hemp-car-myth-busted.html]
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