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Hemp in the U.S.A.
With actors like Woody Harrelson pushing industrial hemp’s legal uses, there’s been a buzz in the fabrics industry surrounding eco-friendly, durable hemp fibers. Now that buzz is getting closer to home with American-spun and woven hemp.
Hemp is high fashion
(No, Cheech, not that kind.) Hemp products are booming You can’t get high smoking jeans made from it. The oil tastes pretty good on salads, but don’t expect to get a buzz. You can make brownies with it, but after eating a few, reggae music still sounds about the same.
Hemp is latest buzzword: Food and fashion industries try out some weed
Food and fashion industries try out some weed. Marketers are getting hip to hemp, using it to make everything from burgers to bed linens. It nearly disappeared from the market during the past 70 years, and many consumers don’t understand the difference between industrial hemp and its more familiar illegal cannabis cousin, marijuana. Though similar, the strains of hemp used to make the products contain only trace amounts of THC, the psychoactive chemical in marijuana.
Hemp madness! How a law-abiding plant has come into its own.
How a law-abiding plant has come into its own. Cannabis, or hemp (Cannabis sativa, C. indica), is an annual member of the Cannabinaceae family, which includes hops (Humulus lupulus), and is native to Asia. The authors of Is Marijuana the Right Medicine for You? define hemp as ‘marijuana’s nonpsychoactive cousin.’ While hemp has no psychoactive properties, like marijuana it is illegal to grow or possess raw hemp in the U.S.
Hemp makes a comeback
VEN the most fervent American antidrugs campaigners risk finding some in their pockets when they travel abroad. Dried, rolled and smoked, the leaves of the cannabis, or hemp, plant yield a high from a banned substance called THC. Pounded, pulped and rolled (differently), they make a paper often used for cigarettes, and even some banknotes (although not dollars).
Hemp oil, natural hempress-a new cosmetic ingredient
Despite the fact that the more recent variants of the hemp plant have been used for narcotic purposes, research has indicated that the plant may have other uses. New seed variants have been developed which have a very low content of the narcotic agent Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and the plant matter from these is being put to a wide variety of uses from the manufacture of high quality paper to cloth suitable for tailoring.
Hemp on the go
Do you ever feel like your travel gear is missing something? Maybe that something is hemp! Artisan Gear offers a complete line of travel accessories woven in the U.S. from hemp fiber.
Hemp variations as pulp source researched in the Netherlands
The feasibility of nonwood pulp production by means of hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) is currently under investigation in the Netherlands. Research ranging from breeding to pulp technology and market survey is carried out at several institutes of the Agricultural Research Dept. (DLO). This effort is part of a comprehensive search for profitable new nonfood crops for Dutch agriculture.
Hemp’s comeback
Sixty years ago, the federal government outlawed hemp farming and brought to an abrupt end the cultivation of a plant that had been grown in Canada since the arrival of the earliest settlers. A much-employed member of the Cannabis genus, hemp’s only crime was that it closely resembled its mood-altering and lucrative cousin, marijuana.
Hemp’s popularity buds in select restaurants
When The Galaxy restaurant in Manhattan started serving dishes with hemp, the first question most diners asked was “Will it get me high?” The answer is, “No.” But hemp seeds and the oil made from pressed seeds do come from Cannabis sativa, the marijuana- and hashish-producing herb. Nevertheless, sterilized hemp seeds are legal in the United States.