There seems to be an endless list for the Uses of Hemp. David Mitlin, a professor from Hannawa Falls, NY, has received international recognition for his development of super capacitors made out of hemp bast fibre. The performance of these hemp super capacitors is...
With the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015, Oregon farmers would be allowed to grow hemp like any other crop. Hemp would be removed from the list of substances under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, declassifying it as a drug, as it contains less than 1%...
Although hemp is illegal across most of the United States, in Colorado it is the latest cash crop. Hemp is marijuana’s non-psychoactive cousin. Colorado hemp growers anticipate a substantial increase in the hemp industry this year. There are many new businesses...
A state delegate in Virginia recognizes the Uses of Hemp and advocates for legalization of industrial hemp farming. Delegate Matt Fariss sees how hemp legalization in Virginia would be a huge benefit for farmers. He says there are growers looking for new crops to...
We can now add mattresses to the long list of Uses of Hemp. Harrison Spinks mattress of Yorkshire, England, have designed a mattress that combines hemp and wool, and each mattress is handmade. What also makes these mattresses unique is that the wool comes from their...
While conducting research for his latest book, Hemp Bound, Doug Fine discovered that hemp could potentially provide food and energy solutions that would enable the U.S. to be economically independent. Not to mention the billion-dollar rich agricultural economy it...
There are many Uses of Hemp, but a plane? That’s right! Derek Kesek, an environmental activist from Ontario, is building the world’s first hemp plane. Kesek’s company, Hempearth, which is based out of Waterloo, is working together with a...
Despite the stigma surrounding hemp cultivation, there are still a lot of Alberta farmers interested in growing industrial hemp. Hemp is a far more profitable crop than canola and other traditional crops. Hemp differs from marijuana in that it contains a mere 0.3 per...
After just over two years of construction, Bob Clayton, a 64 year old retired mechanical engineer, has completed his hemp home. He built it using hempcrete, a building material made from hemp’s woody core combined with a lime-based binder. Hempcrete is just one...
There are so many Uses of Hemp and that including its waste fibres being transformed into super-capacitors that are equal to graphene. (Graphene is a form of carbon that is 100 times stronger than steel and conducts electricity better than copper.) US researches say...
