Industrial Hemp Q&A

Entries from July 2008

Printing on Hemp Paper in Austrailia?

July 30, 2008 · 1 Comment

Do you know of any printing press in Australia printing on hemp paper?

Categories: Paper

Industrial Hemp Benefits – and Questions

July 29, 2008 · 3 Comments

Hemp has several undeniable benefits. The profitability of industrial hemp is somewhat up for debate considering it is not competitively priced with any of it’s alternatives (ie cotton, tree paper, plastic, etc). They say it’s because it’s all imported and in a small niche market. The argument goes that if hemp were legal, farmers would grow it, factories would flourish, and hemp products would become cheaper than their unsustainable alternatives through economy of scale.

However, Industrial Hemp is already legal in much of the developed world- Europe, China, Australia, Canada, just to name a few. These countries grow hemp and can legally conduct as much research as they want.

So, why do these developed countries have such primitive hemp industries? If hemp has so much potential for profit, why has China not produced Hemp like they produce any other product? Some countries have never banned hemp- yet the industry suffered as if it were banned. Why do these countries not pursue hemp to its full potential?

Thanks – Ben

Categories: History · Legality · Research

Site Remediation with Hemp?

July 24, 2008 · 1 Comment

I live in London ON. We have in our city Canada’s largest PCB land polluted area in the country. I would like to know why, no one has suggested using cannabis sativa L to clean up the site by means of phytro-remediation.  Could possibly use help from a agricultural college, like Port Dalhousie’s College? please forgive spelling errors.

Peace be with you
Peace be to all
Brother Wayne J MacIver

Categories: Bioremediation · Research

How to Make Hemp Plastic Bottles?

July 24, 2008 · 7 Comments

Hi, I am trying to find out how to trurn hemp into plastic bottles. If anyone knows or has any information on this post it here. John Tolle-Barlow

Categories: Plastics · Products