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Revision as of 21:41, 6 March 2011
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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
Links
- North American Industrial Hemp Council
- Appropedia: Hemp
- OMAFRA: Growing Industrial Hemp in Ontario
Hemp rope
Field of hemp
