In a bankrupt desolate world lies a wasteland with a smog-covered sky, completely stripped of all its natural resources. Dark smoke bellows from the factory smokestacks far off in the distance, slowly consuming what little natural resources are left in this precious world. This is a grim picture, but it is a possible reality if the nation doesn't find a new profitable and environmentally friendly way to produce vital materials we use every day. The answer to the future of agriculture is industrial hemp. Industrial hemp would be a valuable cash crop that could help eliminate the use of timber and other natural resources.
Literally there are thousands of products that can be made out of, or made with the use of industrial hemp. Things like "paper, insulation, lubricants, plastic, footwear, cooking oils, toiletries, clothing, fuel, varnish, bedding, concrete, car moldings, preservatives, canvasses, paint, laundry detergent, shampoo and conditioner, and even a substitute for some dairy products" (Russell n.p.). Even our forefathers such as Thomas Jefferson were hemp supporters. He once said, "the greatest contribution a person could make to his country would be to introduce a new crop"( qtd. in West n.p.). "We could be moving forward in agriculture have a flourishing economy, save the planet and reverse the greenhouse effect" (Weis n.p.). But "emotion and not reason has guided our policy towards this crop"(West).
Industrial hemp has been a misunderstood plant for many years now" Has there ever been a plant so fraught with confusion and controversy" asks Dr. David West. People like "retired General Barry Mcaffrey of the White House Office of National Drug Control, say that they continue to support the criminalization of hemp cultivation because hemp is not an economical crop"(West). But there is a vast growing market for hemp, "hemp crops could indeed be profitable for farmers because hemp is a multipurpose crop" (West).
To persuade my audience to the uses and benefits of industrial hemp. ... I"m here today to persuade you to the many uses of industrial hemp. ... This means that industrial hemp cannot get anyone high. 1. ... There are innumerous benefits to be gained from the cultivation of industrial hemp. ... The early civilizations realized the benefits to industrial hemp. ...
Hemp is the resource of the future. ... Certain strains of cannabis have been selected for industrial hemp for their properties of rapid growth and a great quality and quantity of fiber. ... Today's technology could produce industrial hemp with much more efficiency. ... Hemp seeds are a valuable part of hemp. ... His car was constructed from hemp and hemp-fueled as well. ...
Hemp can save the world Industrial hemp is perhaps the world's most versatile fiber, it can be used to make almost anything. ... There are so many ways our country would benefit from growing industrial hemp, it is absolute insanity that our government continues to ignore them. The first and perhaps most obvious way in which we as a country would benefit from the industrial hemp would be an improvement in our environment. ... But saving the trees is not the only environmental benefit from industrial hemp. ... The growth of industrial hemp provides other economic benefits as well, n...
Colonies were pushing so hard for people to grow hemp that for industrial reasons that in 1671, the colony of Maryland offered local growers one pound of tabacco for every pound of hemp that was traded. ... Hemp was widely used during the 18th century that it was considered the age of hemp. Hemp prospered until in 1937, Popular Mechanics named hemp to be the new billion-dollar crop. ... Because hemp and marijuana share the same name, cannabis sativa, hemp fell under the new strict law. ... Hemp is also low maintenance. ...
The Farmers High Hemp is not pot and does not represent hippies and free love. "Industrial hemp and marijuana are both from the same species, but are distinguished by the level of THC, the substance which causes a high from smoking marijuana. ... "By definition hemp is an annual plant belonging to the Nettle family. ... "Seventy percent of Montana adults who responded to a December survey said they supported the cultivation of hemp for industrial purposes. ... Hemp fiberboard is twice as strong as wood based fiberboard. ...
Hemp is the sister plant of marijuana, also called cannabis sativa. ... Not only does hemp keep people nutritious, but the byproduct of pressing the oil from hemp seed is high quality protein seed cake. ... Birds favored the hemp seeds because when they were in mixed piles of seeds they would specifically pick out hemp seeds. ... Hemp stems are 80% hurds (pulp by-product after the hemp fiber is removed from the plant). Hemp hurds are 77% cellulose - a primary chemical feed stock (industrial raw material) used in the production of chemicals, plastics, and fibers. ...
Industrial use of the hemp plant has shaped the progress of humanity, composing the earliest discovered woven cloth, the first book ever written, the sails that brought Christopher Columbus to the Americas, the paper on which the declaration of independence was drafted, and the original material of Levi Jeans (Edwards). ... When farming wheat, barley, and canola, they make only about $25 dollars an acre, which is not even enough to get by for many, but in Canada, where industrial hemp is legally grown, farmers make about $225 per acre farming hemp, and the price continues to rise due to the ...
Hemp has been used to make ropes, fishing net, and paper. ... In the 6TH century oil was extracted form the hemp plant too. ... Studies, however, show that industrial hemp does not have the same content of tetrahydrocannabinol or THC for short. ... George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were hemp farmers. If people could be educated about the difference between marijuana and inustria hemp. ...
Industrial hemp should be legalized for commercial growth in the U.S. because there are many uses and benefits we can gain from it. ... There are many environmentally friendly commercial uses for hemp. ... Hemp can help us slow global warming. ... You would think with all the uses and benefits of hemp that would be enough to persuade the government to legalize the commercial growth of hemp. ... One way you can help hemp be legalized is by sending a letter to you representative in congress and tell him your stand on hemp....
