Friendly Hemp Shop

*Hemp has been grown for at least the last 12,000 years for fiber (textiles and paper) and food. It has been effectively prohibited in the United States since the 1950s.

*George Washington and Thomas Jefferson both grew hemp. Ben Franklin owned a mill that made hemp paper. Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence on hemp paper.

*When US sources of Manila hemp (not true hemp) was cut off by the Japanese in WWII, the US Army and US Department of Agriculture promoted the Hemp for Victory campaign to grow hemp in the US.

*Because of its importance for sails (the word canvass is rooted in cannabis) and rope for ships, hemp was a required crop in the American colonies.

INDUSTRY FACTS

*Henry Ford experimented with hemp to build car bodies. He wanted to build and fuel cars from farm products.

*BMW is experimenting with hemp materials in automobiles as part of an effort to make cars more recyclable.

*Much of the bird seed sold in the US has hemp seed (its sterilized before importation), the hulls of which contain about 25% protein.

*Hemp oil once greased machines. Most paints, resins, shellacs, and varnishes used to be made out of linseed (from flax) and hemp oils.

*Rudolph Diesel designed his engine to run on hemp oil.

*Kimberly Clark (on the Fortune 500) has a mill in France which produces hemp paper preferred for bibles because it lasts a very long time and doesnt yellow.

*Construction products such as medium density fiber board, oriented strand board, and even beams, studs and posts could be made out of hemp. Because of hemps long fibers, the products will be stronger and/or lighter than those made from wood.

*The products that can be made from hemp number over 25,000.

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[RFKFANTS67]

what's creepy about the guy? But I'd definately say he's got a buzz goin on..lol it's all good! so would I, if I was in his shoes

[Kuna1905]

that guy is little bit creepy

[ZEDW1]

Hemp for a sustainable future.

[demonjames]

@magicdevil97 Hemp is the non thc strain of the Cannabis flowers, thus another reason weed needs to be legalized lol

[Hemptastic47]

@scardenas27 Google 1974 Cancer Cure and discover what this plant has the power of doing!

[scardenas27]

wow thats amazing what a little plant can do lol

[magicdevil97]

dont u smoke this stuff??????

[natureperson420]

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