Welcome to the New Hemp Era

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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,599
    brianlux said:

    tempo_n_groove said:

    brianlux said:

    tempo_n_groove said:

    rgambs said:

    Paper! It makes a shit-ton more paper by weight than wood from trees does. That would have big impacts on deforestation and increase carbon sequestration.

    America actually grows "pulp trees". There isn't deforestation to make paper anymore, they cultivate it just for this reason.

    That being said Hemp is a wonderful thing to grow and to use in products.

    I am wondering what the big push to NOT farm it is? I read that big business is behind it but why, what really does it stop from being made?
    Somewhat true but there are inherent problems with using tree's for paper pulp:

    -Time/space needed to grow.
    -Trees deplete soil. Hemp nitrogen fixes soil.
    -Toxicity in paper production is huge. Wood pulp paper production releases 220 million pounds of toxic pollution into air and water each year. Hemp paper doesn’t require toxic bleaching chemicals.
    -Hemp paper last much longer and doesn't yellow with age.
    -Deforestation for paper production is still a huge problem.
    - There are better choices for plants used to make paper: sugarcane, bamboo, straws, kenaf, mesta, hemp, abaca, sisal, henequen, jute, ramie, flax and sunhemp. Hemp is ranked first for plants that will grow well all over America temperate climates.

    http://www.hemphasis.net/Paper/paper_files/hempvtree.htm


    Hmmmm? There is a ton of unwanted space in Mississippi that pulp wood is grown…

    But I am not here to argue…

    Let me here some more about hemp. Can I grow it in the US?
    No argument intended, just wanting to point out the benefits of growing and using hemp.

    At this time, hemp can be grown legally in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, Vermont and West Virginia and you can purchase hemp products anywhere in the U.S. In years to come, hemp will likely be legally grown in most if not all states. The usefulness, low toxicity growth and production, the plants restorative properties for soil and particularly the economic benefits of hemp will make it a popular and wide spread crop as it was in the past.

    This is of course the non THC type right?
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,671
    tempo_n_groove said:

    brianlux said:

    tempo_n_groove said:

    brianlux said:

    tempo_n_groove said:

    rgambs said:

    Paper! It makes a shit-ton more paper by weight than wood from trees does. That would have big impacts on deforestation and increase carbon sequestration.

    America actually grows "pulp trees". There isn't deforestation to make paper anymore, they cultivate it just for this reason.

    That being said Hemp is a wonderful thing to grow and to use in products.

    I am wondering what the big push to NOT farm it is? I read that big business is behind it but why, what really does it stop from being made?
    Somewhat true but there are inherent problems with using tree's for paper pulp:

    -Time/space needed to grow.
    -Trees deplete soil. Hemp nitrogen fixes soil.
    -Toxicity in paper production is huge. Wood pulp paper production releases 220 million pounds of toxic pollution into air and water each year. Hemp paper doesn’t require toxic bleaching chemicals.
    -Hemp paper last much longer and doesn't yellow with age.
    -Deforestation for paper production is still a huge problem.
    - There are better choices for plants used to make paper: sugarcane, bamboo, straws, kenaf, mesta, hemp, abaca, sisal, henequen, jute, ramie, flax and sunhemp. Hemp is ranked first for plants that will grow well all over America temperate climates.

    http://www.hemphasis.net/Paper/paper_files/hempvtree.htm


    Hmmmm? There is a ton of unwanted space in Mississippi that pulp wood is grown…

    But I am not here to argue…

    Let me here some more about hemp. Can I grow it in the US?
    No argument intended, just wanting to point out the benefits of growing and using hemp.

    At this time, hemp can be grown legally in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, Vermont and West Virginia and you can purchase hemp products anywhere in the U.S. In years to come, hemp will likely be legally grown in most if not all states. The usefulness, low toxicity growth and production, the plants restorative properties for soil and particularly the economic benefits of hemp will make it a popular and wide spread crop as it was in the past.

    This is of course the non THC type right?
    Yes. Hemp has a very low level of THC. You would literally have to smoke a bale of hemp to get high.

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • weddingparade
    weddingparade Posts: 1,179
    a lotta states putting cannabis on the vote this fall
    =USA WEED TOUR 2017 !!!!!!
    who's with me? first round of honey oiler's on me and there will be plenty...
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    It's on our ballot too (in CA, not sure where you are).

    Good luck to us for eventual full legality!
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,671
    weddingparade said:

    a lotta states putting cannabis on the vote this fall
    =USA WEED TOUR 2017 !!!!!!
    who's with me? first round of honey oiler's on me and there will be plenty...

    Maybe consider starting a thread about cannabis legalization. Though their very similar plants, the hemp issue is different than legalizing marijuana. The hemp issue is mostly about a nitrogen fixing, fast growing plant that would make a great substitute for other crops that are far more harmful to the land base- crops like cotton and tree farms. It's a plant that has many uses- everything from from making fiber board, to nutritional seed foods to fenders for tractors (yes! read above!).

    Cannabis is mainly about medical marijuana and the recreational use of that beautiful exotic herb. Quite a different subject. :smile:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • weddingparade
    weddingparade Posts: 1,179
    nah i'd rather bump this one mister ;) and it's OK to be the bored police!
    in my defense i did look for a cannabis one in AMT but all i could find was yours
    and cut it whatever way you want but this plant needs to be un-demonized in every which way
    willie would agree. hemp can save the planet. no kidding about that !
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,671
    weddingparade said:

    nah i'd rather bump this one mister ;) and it's OK to be the bored police!
    in my defense i did look for a cannabis one in AMT but all i could find was yours
    and cut it whatever way you want but this plant needs to be un-demonized in every which way
    willie would agree. hemp can save the planet. no kidding about that !

    You're allowed to deviate from any thread. In fact, its pretty much the stand here. haha!

    I must say, I'm not bored on this board. heehee!

    I do believe these should be separate issues, however. A lot of people have issues with cannabis and I understand that. I love the herb but I also know it has its drawbacks. But so does this life which is why I love the herb (if that makes any sense).

    But hemp is a different beast. It has nothing to do with medical marijuana or getting high. There is absolutely no reason for anyone to have issues with hemp- whatsoever!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • weddingparade
    weddingparade Posts: 1,179
    many people think hemp is cannabis. perhaps if every state who has it on the ballot this year agrees to move forward on the issues then maybe hemp also has a chance. if cannabis can go after the medical pill pushing industry(pharma) then maybe hemp can go after the oil/energy sector. i can dream, right?
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,671
    weddingparade said:

    many people think hemp is cannabis. perhaps if every state who has it on the ballot this year agrees to move forward on the issues then maybe hemp also has a chance. if cannabis can go after the medical pill pushing industry(pharma) then maybe hemp can go after the oil/energy sector. i can dream, right?

    I've often thought it the other way around. If hemp, with it's many practical uses, were more accepted, then perhaps cannabis would be seen in a better light.

    If I had the money to invest and more years to reap the benefits, I would put as many dollars as I could into hemp and someday be fat, happy, and live in a better world.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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