Hemp

Hemp is pretty cool!

Quick Hemp Facts:

• The USA is the only industrialized country that does NOT allow farmers to grow Hemp!
• Hemp is not Psychoactive – meaning you CANNOT get high from Hemp.
• Hemp is a robust plant, and requires no herbicides or pesticides grow.
• “The oilseed varieties most commonly grown for food can grow up to 10-15 feet tall within 90-120 days.”
• Hemp is a profitable and potential “dual-income” crop for farmers, as both seeds and fiber can be processed into thousands of uses.
• Hemp is a highly valuable crop and the oilseed and fiber varieties can be used for the production of fabrics, rope, paper, food, health and beauty aids, printing inks, paint, and building materials.
• Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin all grew Hemp on their farms.
• Hemp seeds are considered the “perfect food” and contain all 10 Essential Amino Acids and a naturally balanced 1:3 ratio of Omega-3 and Omega-6 Essential Fatty Acids
• Hemp can provide four times as much pulp for paper with at least 4-7 times less pollution than tree paper.

National Farmers Union Adopts New Policy on Industrial Hemp

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Majority of Leading Farming Organizations Now Support Hemp Farming in the U.S.

WASHINGTON, March 22 — The national, single-issue, non-profit advocacy group Vote Hemp applauds the new policy supporting industrial hemp adopted by delegates of the National Farmers Union (NFU) at its 108th annual convention in Rapid City, South Dakota last week. The policy urges the Obama administration and Congress to direct the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to differentiate between non-drug industrial hemp and marijuana and allow states to regulate hemp farming without requiring DEA permits. http://www.hemp.com/hemp/grow/