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*[http://www.naihc.org/ North American Industrial Hemp Council] | *[http://www.naihc.org/ North American Industrial Hemp Council] | ||
* Appropedia: [http://www.appropedia.org/Hemp Hemp] | * Appropedia: [http://www.appropedia.org/Hemp Hemp] | ||
* OMAFRA: [http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/facts/00-067.htm Growing Industrial Hemp in Ontario] | * OMAFRA: [http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/facts/00-067.htm Growing Industrial Hemp in Ontario] | ||
=Industry Standards= | |||
*Largest hemp processing plant in America - [http://hempinc.com/largest-industrial-hemp-processing-plant/] | |||
Revision as of 02:51, 26 April 2016
Main > Food and Agriculture > Growing plants
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/ cellulosic ethanol)
- animal feed
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
Industry Standards
- Largest hemp processing plant in America - [1]