The Benefits and Uses of Hemp
It is estimated that there are as many as 25,000 different uses for hemp... even more than for duct tape! Aside from making the sort of clothing and accessories we offer, here are a few of the plant's other uses:
- Hemp helps clean the soil. Rather than deplete the earth's natural chemical and mineral balance, crops of hemp actually leave the soil BETTER than it was before planting.
- Hemp leaves can be brewed to make tea.
- Hemp seeds can be roasted and eaten, ground into flour or pressed to get hemp oil.
- The stalk is pressed to make fibre for any number of uses... including paper.
- The "hurd" (or inside of the stalk) is used for animal bedding or mixed with mineral compound and blown into walls as loose insulation. (One of Germany's largest manufacturers uses hemp to insulate their cars!)
- Hemp can fuel a car.
- Hemp is even used to make beer!
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