Big Boost For US Hemp Fiber Research
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded close to $5 million to a consortium for sustainable hemp fiber research.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded close to $5 million to a consortium for sustainable hemp fiber research.
Hemp is an amazing plant. It uses a fraction of the water needed to grow cotton, every part is useful and it absorbs more carbon dioxide per hectare than other crops and most trees.
Historically, cannabis—the name of the plant from which hemp is derived—was used to produce rope, cloth, lighting oil and medicine from around the year 1000 until the late 1800s.
Hemp, a plant that comes from the same species as cannabis, contains healthy fats and essential fatty acids and is also a great source of protein.
When most people hear the word hemp, their minds probably think about marijuana or cannabis.
The USA’s National Hemp Growers Cooperative and Alabama’s Troy University’s Center for Materials and Manufacturing Sciences have partnered on researching hemp’s bioplastic potential.
CBD or cannabidiol, a natural plant compound, recently impacted the health and wellness market. CBD is growing in popularity among people who want a natural way to support their wellbeing.
The two small houses are going up on the back half of a lot just off a busy street, not far from downtown Fargo.
A first-of-its-kind 4-acre hemp maze has been grown in Central Pa.
Given the diversity of its applications, hemp has become an increasingly popular crop in the United States and elsewhere over the past half-decade. That increasing production has led to surges of an appealing byproduct: hemp fiber.
The north east is gradually becoming an unlikely centre of the hemp-growing industry.
Works have already commenced by the Fijian Government in its study of growing industrial hemp as an alternative form of agricultural produce.