Hemp is a very versatile plant
...walnut and safflower cooking oils, or be combined with them. Hemp seed meal contains protein and dietary fibres. Even after the hemp seed has been crushed for oil, the remaining still contains 25% protein and is an excellent source of dietary fibre. As well as being a nutritional supplement, it can also be used to brew beer. Hemp produces a big selection of products. Hemp can be made into acid-free paper. Consequently, hemp paper is of the highest quality, it resists decomposition, and it does not fade yellow with age as regular manufactured paper does. For example, a sample of hemp paper has been found that is more than 1,500 years old. As a result, hemp paper is used in Europe for bibles. Hemp can be made into clothing. That is, hemp can be made into garments such as jeans, shirts, jackets and hats. When clothing is made out of hemp, the result is longer lasting and stronger clothes, which also block out UV rays more effectively than any other fabric. Hemp can be made into body care products. The high level of fats in hemp allows for excellent products such as soap, shampoo, body lotion, and lip balm. For example, The Body Shop, offers many hemp based products such as the Hemp Hand Protector, Dry to very dry skin lotion. Hemp can be made into bio diesel. Bio diesel is the name for a variety of ester-based oxygenated fuels made from hemp oil, vegetable oils or animal fats. The concept of using hemp oil in engines dates back to 1895 when Dr. Rudolf Diesel developed the first diesel engine specifically meant to run on hemp oil. Because it has similar properties to petroleum diesel fuel, bio diesel is the only alternative fuel that can be used in any diesel engine. Hemp is environment friendly. Hemp can replace wood. Consequently, as a replacement for wood products, hemp offers many environment friendly benefits. Hemp yields three to eight tons of fibre per acre, which is four times the yield of the average forest. Unlike wood, hemp is low in lignin. Thus, hemp can be pulped with fewer chemicals. Hemp’s natural creamy color eliminates the need for chlorine bleach, which prevents the dumping of toxic dioxin into streams. Many construction products made out of wood could be replaced with products made of hemp. For example, beams, studs, posts, oriented strand board, and medium density fibreboard made from hemp would be stronger and lighter due to hemp’s long fibres. The replacement of wood fibre by hemp based products can save forests for wildlife habitat, watersheds, recreational areas, oxygen production, and carbon removal, which reduces global warming. Hemp can replace cotton. Hemp grows well wit...