Hemp is the longest and strongest natural fibre known to exist.Hemp seed is the most complete source of protein and esential fatty acids known.One acre of hemp can produce as much paper as four acres of trees.Trees must grow for 20 to 50 years before they can be harvested for commercial use.
Hemp requires a growing season of only 100 days.Tree paper yellows and falls apart in a matter of decades, while hemp paper can last for centuries.Hemp is the #1 producer of biomass per acre in the world. Biomass energy experts estimate
that 1 1/2 to 3 1/2 million acres of hemp could replace all of Canada's fossil fuel demands.Hemp cloth is stronger, more durable, warmer, and more absorbent than cotton. Hemp produces twice as much fiber per acre as cotton. Best of all, hemp can be grown in Canada, cotton can not.Hemp grown in Canada will require almost no herbicide, fungicide or insecticide applications.Hemp fibre breathes and is recyclable, unlike petroleum-based synthetic fibres.Hemp seed oil is second only to whale oil in quality and has the same burning qualities and viscosity as #2 grade heating oil, without any of the sulphur-based pollutants.Low THC hemp is not suitable as a psychoactive drug.In Canada, hemp can be grown successfully from our southern borders to approximately
60° North, the parallel that divides The North West Territories from the provinces.The hemp plant will reach a hieght of up to 5m(16 feet) and sink a main tap root down 2m(6 feet).
This tap root will draw nutrients from deep in the soil and make them available to subsequent crops. When the hemp leaves are shed on the soil, up to 60% of the nutrients are returned to the
soil. This extensive root system also helps to alleviate the problem of soil compaction.Hemp was NOT banned because it was a harmful drug. Hemp was banned because it was a competitive threat to the wood products industry and newly developed synthetic fibers that were patentable, and therefore more profitable than hemp. Corporations that profited from the demise of hemp propagated a smear campaign against hemp by claiming that marijuana use was a major drug problem (it was not) and that marijuana use caused people to become extremely violent--another falsehood. Unfortunately, these false claims went unchallenged and hemp production was outlawed in 1938.