* Hemp is the Strongest Natural Fibre Known to Man

* Hemp Produces 4 Times As Much Paper Per Acre than Tree

* A Crop of Hemp can be Grown in 100 Days, Without Harmful Fertilizers & Pesticides

* Hemp can Create Jobs, Reduce Acid Rain & Help Reverse the Greenhouse Effect

Hemp: A Renewable Resource

"Sustainable, ecological agriculture requires a revival of traditional multiple-crop cultivation using modern equipment and methods of harvesting and processing. Hemp, grown for fiber, is arguably the best choice for this purpose. Because hemp is easily biodegradeable, its disposal presents no problems of waste management. The plant requires relatively little fertilizer in comparison with other fiber crops, and having few natural predators, it needs little or no treatment with pesticides."3

"Hemp is a low-maintenance crop that can be grown in most climates, it does not deplete the soil of nutrients, and it's deep root system can help to prevent erosion. ...Since hemp plants grow 6 to 16 feet tall in 110 days, hemp is it's own mulch; it shades out weeds and reduces the use of costly herbicides."3

"Hemp is a low-maintenance crop that can be grown in most climates, it does not deplete the soil of nutrients, and it's deep root system can help to prevent erosion. ...Since hemp plants grow 6 to 16 feet tall in 110 days, hemp is it's own mulch; it shades out weeds and reduces the use of costly herbicides."3

Hemp Products

"Almost every part of the hemp plant can be used by industry; the grain-like seed, strong fiber, and woody inner core known as the hurd."1

"Hemp's versatility yields a range of materials that can be processed into thousands of valuable products; fiber and hurds (the core of the stem) from the stalk, and seed, seed oil, and seed cake (crushed seed). The US government, while not officially researching hemp, is advocating the use of crops to replace nonrenewable manufacturing resources."3

Hemp vs. Wood for Paper

"From 75-90% of all paper was made with Cannabis Hemp fiber until 1883: books, bibles, maps, paper money, stocks, bonds, newspapers, etc., ...and just about everything else was printed on hemp paper."3

"Hemp's biggest contribution to the world's economy and ecology could well be as a part of a return to plant based papers. Half of all trees cut down are used to make paper, and deforestation is a serious environmental crisis, weakening our ecosystems, topsoil and watersheds, as well as increasing the greenhouse effect."1

"One acre of annually grown hemp may spare up to four acres of forest from the current practice of clear cutting."2

"Hemp fiber paper has many beneficial characteristics, including high tensile strength, opacity, tearing resistance, wet strength, and folding endurance. It can be recycled 7 times while maintaining a suitable substrate and surface for modern printing purposes, compared with 3 times for tree paper. Hemp has a low lignin content, so a non-Kraft, non-chlorine bleach mill is feasible."4



1. The Great Book of Hemp; Rowan Robinson ISBN 0892815418
2. Industrial Hemp; Hemptech ISBN
3. The Emperor Wears no Clothes; Jack Herer ISBN 1878125028
4. Hemp, Lifeline to the Future; Chris Conrad ISBN 0963975412
5. Nutritional & Medicinal Guide to Hemp Seed; Kenneth Jones