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Revision as of 00:41, 10 April 2014
Main > Food and Agriculture > Growing plants
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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
Probably it's most important potential to society is the use of the biomass to create cellulosic ethanol. As hemp has a large percentage of cellulose in it's biomass, up to 85%.
Hemp rope
Field of hemp
The fiber can be clearly seen here. It is found between the skin and the wood of the stem.
Links
- North American Industrial Hemp Council
- Appropedia: Hemp
- OMAFRA: Growing Industrial Hemp in Ontario