hemp...

 

To improve our only planet, farmers should be allowed to grow hemp:

- Hemp grows quickly and is harvestable in six months.

- One acre of hemp produces 25 % more oxygen than one acre of forest, ensuring a cellulose supply of about twice as much.

- Paper production from hemp could save millions of acres of forest every year.

- Hemp can be used to used as a biofuel.

- Wood made from the stems are 20% stronger than oak.

- The carbon sequestration is 15 tonnes per hectare.

- Hemp fabric is more durable than cotton.

And...

Hemp is easy to grow without poisons or heavy fertilization. Some farmers say that it grows like a weed.

For more information, see this paper from Purdue University: https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/ncnu02/v5-284.html