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Hemp can be grown nearly anywhere. It grows very rapidly and has a lot of uses: | |||
Food | *Food. The seeds are extremely nutritious. | ||
*body care (soaps) | |||
*paper | |||
*Textiles. The fibers between the wood and bark of the stem can be woven into a material like light cotton (suitable for T-shirts etc.) or a thick canvas material suitable for bags, warm blankets. | |||
*Rope. Hemp fiber is very strong. | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hempcrete hempcrete] | |||
*chemicals | |||
*replacement for plastics (Henry Ford !) | |||
*fuels (hemp oil / biodiesel) | |||
*animal feed | |||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
Revision as of 01:59, 28 February 2011
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. The fibers between the wood and bark of the stem can be woven into a material like light cotton (suitable for T-shirts etc.) or a thick canvas material suitable for bags, warm blankets.
- Rope. Hemp fiber is very strong.
- hempcrete
- chemicals
- replacement for plastics (Henry Ford !)
- fuels (hemp oil / biodiesel)
- animal feed
Links
- North American Industrial Hemp Council
- Appropedia: Hemp
- OMAFRA: Growing Industrial Hemp in Ontario