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*Overview publication - [http://hempinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/All-About-Hemp-Plant-HempInc-eBook.pdf] | |||
*[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] | ||
Revision as of 03:29, 26 April 2016
Main > Food and Agriculture > Growing plants
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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.
Links
- Overview publication - [2]
- North American Industrial Hemp Council
- Appropedia: Hemp
- OMAFRA: Growing Industrial Hemp in Ontario
Industry Standards
- Largest hemp processing plant in America - [3]