Brief Hemp History

Hemp and marijuana are derived from the same plant Cannabis sative L., which is a weed....but a truly amazing weed, indeed! Why?.....because cannabis is Mother Natures most useful plant for us humans. Hemp for humans was like bamboo for gorillas. We ate it, wore it, slept on it, medicated with it, then mixed it with clay to make strong huts, ovens, and pottery; then to make rope, clothing, and eventually even paper.....then finally to use the flower resin for medicinal purposes and spiritual growth.

Prohibition

In 1937, the year that hemp prohibition took effect and all hemp products were systematically removed from shelves, those shelves were almost empty because there were so many everyday products that were made from hemp....hempseeds, hempfiber, hempresin and hemproots were all the source material for manufacturing many different products. All of which were reused, recycled and composted causing zero greenhouse gas and zero plastic pollution.

Hemp VS Marijuana

The difference between cannabis-hemp and cannabis-marijuana is simply the difference in the selective breeding of cannabis over 1000's of years where hemp was breed for it's fiber and seeds production, and marijuana was breed for it's narcotic effects. The cultivation of hemp and the selective breeding processes that followed were among the first forms of human science. As the cultivation and breeding improved, so did the prospects for organized civilization and ancient cities, as opposed to nomatic tribal movements across the land. 

Man's Best Friend

You could say that cannabis is man's-best-friend. Ok, while hemp is maybe not as cute as dogs, cannabis has been providing humans with the basic necessities of life for 1000's of years. In parts of Asia, where hemp is native, hemp use dates back to pre-civilization where nomatic tribes on the Eurasian steeps traded hemp for other commodities, which led to the beginning of the silk road, the ancient trade routes running the breadth and width of the European continent.

Cannabis, both hemp and marijuana, was one of the fundamental commodities that began human trade and agricultural practices that led to the formation sustainability of human civilization.

Hemp Today

Thank goodness....."Prohibition is Over"! Hemp is as useful to us humans today as it has been for 1000's of years.....and some could argue, even more useful as humanity struggles with the climate and pollution crisis brought to us by 75 years of oil and gas domination. 

Hemp fiber still provides strong rope, warm clothing, hempcrete for home construction, a binder for concrete, canvas for tarps; hemp seeds provide an abundant super-food being one of the most nutritions food sources for humans; hemp seed oil provides omega nutrition, is amazing for skin care, is a powerful wood preservative and a natural base for paint; cannabis-hemp flower resin, such as CBD, is a powerful medicinal remedy for many human illnesses and diseases, and cannabis-marijuana is also a medicinal remedy and is still used by many people for spiritual and recreational narcotic uses. 

There are four raw constituent parts to hemp and all four parts have great economic value by producing different types of highly valued, eco-friendly products:

1. Hempfiber - rope, twine, clothing, tarps, insulation, wall panels, walls, bio-fiber glass, bio-fiber plastic, canvas tarps, shoes, acoustic panels, cieling panels, bio-fuel and much more. 

2. Hempseed - nutritional food  products, pure protein, omegas, digestive fiber and minerals, skin care, soap, wood varnish, paint, bio-diesel. 

3. Hempcbd resin - Medicinal cannabinoids, CBG, CBD, CBN, CBC terpenes & flavonoids. 

4. Hemproot - soil rebuilder storing tons of carbon in the soil; medicinal compounds.

From these four raw constituent parts, there is a world of earth-friendly products, which are good for people and amazing for the planet. All hemp products are either carbon-neutral or carbon negative, which means that they don't cause climate change, and many products, like hempcrete and hemp panels, store carbon and aid in the battle against climate change by removing carbon from the atmosphere.    

Conclusion

Hemp can produce 1000's of safe, green, earth-friendly and biodegradable products. That's just to many to list; and new research and technology is adding to the list every day. 

These are all products that cause no further environmental damage, products that you can feel good about using, and good about tossing in the compost bin; not the waste/pollution bin. 

Hemp also regenerates depleted soil, stores tones and tones of carbon, can remove toxic heavy metals from soil, has amazing health and skin beneficial properties that are not toxic or contain GMO. 

In fact, one could say that hemp prohibition of the last 80 years is a major cause of our present global crisis and one of the most practical, if not the most practical, solutions.  

Cannabis is so valuable to the life of humans that it is essential in recreating the sustainable societies of the past. There is simply no other natural alternative to everything created by plastic. While plastic is t