• Hemp Earth Day

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  Apr 21

  Hemp is such an enormous solution for our planet that I recommend that the name “Earth Day” should be changed to “Hemp Earth Day“, perfect event for following 420 Day and to keep the rally going strong. Ironically potheads and stoners are often portrayed in pop culture as dull-witted or even stupid but if you sent a reporter into a big crowd of stoners yesterday, at any one of thousands of 420 celebrations around the world, to interview and ask participants, stoned out of their minds, if they know the difference between Marijuana and Hemp, any one of them will know more than (apparently) the U.S. lawmakers know. The main thing they will tell you is that Hemp will not get you high, no matter how much you smoke.
  As my contribution (on this blog) to Earth Day 2009, I decided to make the recommendation of the name change to Hemp Earth Day and to publish a list of the practical uses and advantages of Industrial Hemp.
  Industrial hemp is an extraordinarily useful plant that can provide more environmentally friendly food, fiber, fuel, medicinal and building products.
  Hemp is incredibly robust to the point in some places it is invasive and is considered a noxious weed. Some varieties are very hardy and able to thrive in saline and heavily degraded soils. It’s these characteristics that make it a great candidate to replace pesticide and herbicide dependent crops such as cotton. Hemp is also a water miser and can be processed into useful products with little energy and without requiring toxic chemicals.

  
  Here’s some other fast facts about hemp
  *Hempseed has high levels of protein, carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins, essential fatty acids and trace elements.
  *Hempseed oil comprises nearly a third of the seeds’ weight; making it a viable source for cooking oil, lighting and bio-fuel.
  *Hempseed oil is also beneficial as a body care product and can be made into soaps, conditioners and lotions.
  *The stalk provides an incredibly strong, durable and rot resistant fiber that’s been used in the shipping industry for centuries. As hemp can grow over ten feet tall, the long fibers are perfect for rope.
  *The short fibers of the stalk can be used in textiles as a replacement or blender fiber for cotton.
  *The core of the stalk can be used to make paper and organic plastics.
  *The woody core, known as hurds, can be mixed with lime, sand, plaster and cement to create a very strong concrete or building bricks.
  *The core fiber can also be utilized in producing a fiberboard that is twice as strong as wood-based fiberboard.
  *The stalk can also be used to make methanol and ethanol
  *Hemp can be planted as a crop for restoring the fertility of fields in the process of stock rotation.
  *Given its fast growth, hemp may also be useful in carbon sequestration – taking carbon out of the air and putting it back into the earth.
  *Hemp is a great insulation material that can be applied in the wall cavaties and roof spaces of houses as a replacement for fiberglass batts.
  *The flowers and leaves are used to make medicines for treating many ailments such as glaucoma and cancer sufferers can be prescribed it to ease pain.
  ..
  and that’s just a short list. For a closer look at this incredible plant, it’s history and uses, check out John McCabe’s fantastic book, Hemp: What The World Needs Now, the entire contents of which can be read online for free.
  So given that industrial hemp is so useful, why is the cultivation of industrial hemp generally banned in some places? Most hemp products are imported.
  It’s all tangled up with the confusion with marijuana and the interests of other sectors who don’t want to see it competing with their own products. This is another aspect John delves into in Hemp: What The World Needs Now. Thankfully, this is changing; but the changes are too slow.
  Hemp is truly an amazing plant that Western society should be making far more use of in an effort to reduce our impact on the environment. Hemp products such as some of those mentioned above aren’t outlawed, so we should be doing more to help farmers grow it in our own countries.

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