by
Paul
Benhaimoxygen and fibre more quickly than trees, grasses and most green
plants.
The future of food may be in the used of the soft, nutty
hulled hemp seed. The future of our planet is unknown, but I
expect hemp to be a big part of it. By using knowledge and
contacts (see resource section), brought closer by technology and
communications, we can easily become a part of the future and
shape it to our liking.
Hemp
Facts
Jack Herer’s Emperor Wears No Clothes is one of the classic
book on hemp. Following are a number of hemp facts, but for
those who are hungry for more, here are some summaries of my
favorite truths for today:
Until 1883 more than three-quarters of the world’s paper was
made from hemp fibre.
In England in the 18th century, the much-sought-after prize of full
British citizenship was bestowed by a decree of the crown on
foreigners who would grow cannabis, and fines were often levied
against those who refused.
In Elizabethan times, farmers were fined for not growing hemp.
Hemp twine has been used, and still is today, by plumbers to seal
water pipes.
Commercially manufactured hemp butter has been, and still is,
available in jars sold in eastern European food stores.
Polish cooks still bake the seeds into holiday sweets. Hemp butter
will soon be available in the West, as an alternative to peanut
butter. It tastes similar whilst containing a healthier nutritional
content. It is currently very popular in Russia.