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" So I decided to gather some quotes from some other "rode models" to gain a little perspective on the issue. And whether the issue is smoking cannabis or growing hemp for food/fuel/fiber, some of our greatest role models have a lot to say on the subject. Consider that back in the early days of the U.S., hemp was grown for both industrial and recreational reasons, as you can see in the quotes below. The fact that Olympians, scientists and Presidents have all achieved great success after or while using marijuana destroys the myths of marijuana danger and the "gateway drug" theory.
President Obama is still having a hard time quitting tobacco but had no issues quitting marijuana, while good old Honest Abe Lincoln smoked "sweet hemp" during his presidency! Homes that Hemp Can't Build?" Russ Martin, the former mayor of Ashville, North Carolina, likes to joke that if his house burned down, his neighbors could party hearty.
Martin built his 3,400-square-foot-home partly out of hemp [source: CNN]. Martin used Hemcrete to build the walls of his house. Hemp Bound: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Next Agricultural Revolution by Doug Fine. The billion dollar plant that's going to change our diet and farms, help restore our soil, and wean us from petroleum The stat sheet on hemp sounds almost too good to be true: its fibers are among the planet's strongest, its seed oil the most nutritious, and its potential as an energy source vast and untapped.
Its one downside? For nearly a century, it's been illegal to grow industrial cannabis in the United States — even though Betsy Ross wove the nation's first flag out of hemp fabric, Thomas Jefferson composed the Declaration of Independence on it, and colonists could pay their taxes with it. HempCrete. HempCretefor Hempcrete Workshops schedule go here Non-toxic, breathable, carbon-negative Hempcrete is a natural, renewable, alkaline, energy efficient insulation THC price for healthy, breathing walls in your new home or retrofit: ~$24.20/cubic foot(supply and install) Bag dimensions: 31" x 14" x 10" (78 x 36 x 25cm) For bag/pallet or LCL please use our order form.
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Its seeds make for antioxidant-loaded superfood for you and your chickens. It can compete with fossil fuel as a viable alternative energy source. But ever since the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, the U.S. has skunked hemp’s potential. Now, Mary Jane’s younger cousin is having a moment. Included in the recent farm bill is an amendment that allows research of the plant at colleges and universities.
Enter Doug Fine, author of the new book Hemp Bound and one of the miracle plant’s biggest cheerleaders. Q. A. Q. A. Santa Fe, N.M., actually had a similar plan for their whole utility system. Q. A. The element that’s still coming together that we couldn’t really have predicted are these incredibly high prices that Canadian farmers are getting for their hemp-seed oil.
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