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HEMPVILLE

WHAT IS HEMP, ANYWAY?

Hemp is a very durable plant called 'cannabis sativa' that has been grown for thousands of years.  The stalk of the plant can be used to make yarn and a tough canvass cloth.  Cannabis pulp, seeds and oil can be transformed into paper, food and paints, respectively.  While these industrial forms of hemp (stalk, roots, seeds) are non-intoxicating, the flower and leaves of the cannabis plant are the illegal drug marijuana.  Therefore, it remains illegal to grow industrial hemp in the United States.

Hemp is popular with the environmental community because cannabis is a very environmentally-friendly plant -- not because of the marijuana-hippie connection!  It has an extremely rapid growth cycle of 120 days, requires little fertilizer or pesticides, and can thrive in a variety of climates and soils. 

Urban Ruby!

Browse the highest quality organic cotton and hemp women's clothing, beauty products, jewelry and accessories, including hand poured soy candles. Devoted to operating from the heart, Urban Ruby provides clothing, jewelry and make up that is hip and fun! Website.

 

HEMPCAR ROLLS!

For more information, check out www.hempcar.org.

 

A few of the things made of hemp:

paper, food, medicine, paint, detergent, ink, lotions, clothing and bird feed.
 

CLOTHING:

TWINE, CORD, CRAFTS & FABRIC:

BABY:

OTHER:

BEDDING:

LUGGAGE:

 

 

ABOUT HEMP.

Interesting reading about hemp from the Global Hemp archives:

“Hemp produces a strong clean yarn, with a structure which makes the cloth cool in summer or warm in winter.”

-- Georgio Armani

 

Xerces Blue Clothing
is a women’s online store selling innovative, fresh clothes for women in sustainable and organic materials. They are so comfortable you'll live in them! Everything they sell is sweatshop-free and made in the US. And you get to save 10% just for being a Jellyhead. Check out their online store. 

GENERAL HEMP PRODUCTS:

 

“I believe that hemp is going to be the fiber of choice in both the home furnishings and fashion industries.”

-- Calvin Klein

 
 

Did you know this about HEMP...

HEMP…yields more than any other crop.

HEMP…CAN’T get you high, like its relative marijuana.

HEMP…cannot be legally grown in the U.S.

HEMP…can be made into a wide variety of wonderful products from shoes to ice cream.

HEMP...produced the only canvass that would not rot during shipping voyages

HEMP…was used by Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence? (instead of paper)

 

 

“Make the most of the hemp seed, sow it everywhere.”

-- George Washington