by Cesar Palacio | Hemp Facts
Look around… your home, your office, any store. How many items do you see that are made of plastic? Once you start to notice, it can be alarming to realize how much of our “stuff” is plastic! 100 million tons of plastic is produced annually, 45% of which is...
by Cesar Palacio | Hemp Facts
Among the most fascinating of plants, hemp is also one of the most diverse in terms of its applications. In addition to its use in food, clothing, textiles, rope and automobiles, it is stacking up well against traditional materials in the construction industry. Hemp...
by Cesar Palacio | Healthy Lifestyle
Hemp has had many uses over thousands of years, not the least of which has been in textiles. Most familiar are the industrial applications of these textiles. But did you know that hemp fabrics make great clothing? Until the 1920s, 80% of clothing was made from hemp....
by Cesar Palacio | Hemp Facts
In an ancient village in the region of current-day Taiwan, hemp cord was used in pottery, dating hemp’s presence back some 10,000 years and establishing it as one of the first and oldest agricultural crops. Until 1883 industrial hemp was one of the most widely...