Hemp - The Crop That Can Save Us

What if I told you that the world no longer needed oil? What if we didn't need to cut down our precious dwindling forests? What if I said there was a plausible solution to world hunger, unemployment, over fertilization and many other pressing problems that we face today? Well, that solution is here in the form of the hemp plant.

                Hemp is a multi-useful industrial plant which can produce over 25,000 products including biofuel, building materials, fiber for making clothing and other fabrics, alternatives to plastic and much, much more. Not to mention it replenishes the soil it's grown in, can prosper almost anywhere in the world and requires no pesticides and is resistant to disease. It can grow to 25 feet within just 4 months in contrast to the 30+ years it takes to grow a tree. Plus, 1 acre of hemp produces as much durable non-acidic paper as 4 acres of trees. With the amount of ancient forests we are cutting down each day it is important to bring these facts to light. The oxygen level on this planet is only lessening. We need to keep what's left of our forests so we can continue to breathe! Among other benefits, the seeds of hemp are nutrition giants; containing the most complete vegetarian source of protein and all the essential fatty acids. It is a complete human food, specifically designed to nourish our bodies. It has been proven that one could subsist on hemp seeds alone - ending the issue of world hunger. This all may sound too good to be true, but before you write this off as some crazy unfeasible conspiracy theory it may pique your interest that George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were both advocates of hemp and grew it themselves. America's founding documents such as the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were actually written on hemp paper.  The first Model-T Ford car ran on a hemp biofuel and was even made from hemp and other plant material. The impact strength was 10 times stronger than that of steel. Henry Ford hosted an expo where he struck the car with an axe to demonstrate its resilience.                                               

                The history of the hemp plant is more extensive than you might think. This plant has been used for thousands of years, dating back to 8000 BC, for paper, clothing, medicine, food and personal products . That is to say humans have been utilizing hemp longer than they haven't been. Something the history books fail to report is that the United States of America was founded largely with hemp. The native Americans were growing it when we got here and in 1619 the Virginia colony made hemp cultivation mandatory, followed by most other colonies because the motherland demanded it.

                So why then, when we need hemp more than ever, is it illegal? My answer to this is simple: "follow the money". There are several well aligned interests against hemp such as the crude oil, lumber and cotton industries just to name a few. These corporate giants are not concerned with the well-being and sustainability of humanity, but rather the bottom line and they are not about to roll over on this issue. In 1937 the Marihuana Tax Act outlawed the production of hemp in the United States because it threatened the vested financial interests of the petrochemical and paper industries. This is why people need to know about hemp. We need to stand up to these corporate profit-mongers and take back our freedom and the future of our planet. Because what hope do we have when  nature is illegal?

Read More about Hemp--
www.informationdistillery.com/hemp.htm

http://www.globalhemp.com/2001/01/hemp-history.html

http://www.globalhemp.com/1938/02/new-billion-dollar-crop.html

http://www.beyondpeak.com/hemp.html