Advantages Of USA Made Hemp

By Joseph Jones


Hemp basically is a more or less the same as marijuana plant. For many years the herb has been used for industrial purpose in the manufacture of products for commercial purposes like the paper products, textiles and canvas. In the USA after thing went astray, the introduction of marijuana tax act came into effectiveness in 1937. Viable herb seeds, oil and fiber are still widely used today in some main industries like the body shop, Patagonia and the ford motors in the manufacture of various commercial products in USA. There are several advantageous products associated with USA made hemp.

Some several years below the line cannabis had been banned unjustly. In recent times rediscoveries concerning the factual basis of this herb has been made suggesting that the plant contains several economic, environmental and commercial potential. The capacity of cannabis in the production of paper products is actually an attractive fact as it has been discovered that the hemp plant is capable of producing papers more than trees can. This is associated with the fact that this plant is able to produce papers more than five times an acre of trees can.

The potential of industrial cannabis in the production of paper basically reduces the need of clearing forests which are the natural habitats of wildlife in the name of harvesting trees for paper production. Trees in reality take about fifty years after planting to reach maturing time in which they are ready for harvesting. On the hand only needs a maximum of four months after growing to mature achieving a height of not less than fifteen feet making them ready for harvesting.

Basically this means that some farmlands in the United States may be used for cannabis plantation especially in those places where forests are in need of big tracts of land which actually is available in very few locations. The substitution of trees with the hemp basically would help a lot in saving of forested lands henceforth saving the worlds natural habitats for wildlife.

This plant is not only used for impressive number of products but it has also astonishing number of environmental benefits. Basically the herb grows in a wide range of climates of many types of soils also. Industrial cannabis is naturally resilient to many types of pests and also due to the fact that it tight spacing in its growth outdoes most of weeds.

This plant is also a natural and best substitute for cotton. This is due to the fact that cannabis can be used in the production of pulp and its minimal usage chemicals in the production due to its limited content of lignin. Pulp made of cannabis is possesses natural brightness which actually reduces the need of chlorine as a bleaching agent.

Their seed contains huge amounts of proteins making it one of the most nutritious plus a more economical product than the soybeans proteins. Basically hemp seeds are not mind altering product.Cannabis seeds can be used in the production of most products which are basically produced from soybeans which are inclusive of veggie burgers, salad oils, butter, milk, cheese and ice cream among other products.

Industrial cannabis is actually different from marijuana on the basis of intoxicant content in marijuana. Recently there have been great efforts to revive growth of industrial hemp in USA. The emphasis has been greatly influenced by nutritionists, activists and green consumers among others.




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