What is the current status of Industrial Hemp?
In the past few years many people have become clued in to hemp and a widespread hemp products industry has sprouted up practically overnight. Not only business people are paying attention to hemp, though: politicians have prompted researchers to carry out studies on the feasibility of growing hemp and the potential benefits of a domestic crop. Industrial Hemp in crop rotation contributes to an economical sustainable farm sector. For both consumer and producer it is ecologically and economically beneficial. It is an extremely renewable resource, as it can be planted year after year on the same field. Industrial Hemp fibre added to other products as a value added component strengthens the viability of the end product. Industrial Hemp in the growing process pulls carbon out of the air (carbon sequestering), which enhances the quality of the air we breath. Bio-mass conversion to fuel has proven economically feasible in lab test and pilot field tests. Every part of the plant is used…seed,