https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsE712GwT9U
https://ministryofhemp.com/blog/hemp-products-list/
https://hempgazette.com/industrial-hemp/
Hemp is a miracle plant and it's a shame it's demonized along with Cannabis.
Hemp has thousands of different uses and it's a very strong plant. So strong in fact, that Henry Ford once made a car out of hemp.
Quote "Henry Ford's first cars ran entirely on hemp ethanol. The body was also constructed from hemp plastic, which was 10 times stronger than steel. Hemp fiber is one of the strongest natural fibers known to man, it can hold almost twice the weight of steel before it cracks and breaks. Hemp can bend and mend almost 6 times better than steel"
"Industrial hemp is an incredibly useful plant, one said to have literally tens of thousands of applications. Industrial hemp is a very hardy plant, able to be be grown in areas where other crops will fail. It can withstand periods of drought, heat and frost and also be cultivated without pesticides or other chemicals in many instances – however, it can be subject to attack by insect pests. It doesn’t have huge water requirements or a great need for ongoing care. The plant grows quite quickly, achieving heights of 4 metres in four months.
The plant is easy to work with and can be readily transformed into an amazing array of products and used in a multitudes of applications, including:
stock fodder, animal bedding, garden mulch, ropes and cordage, fibreboard, insulation, plastics, a form of concrete (hempcrete), clothing and textiles, paper, restoring fields depleted of nutrients, cleaning up toxins in contaminated soils, food for human consumption, cooking oil, biofuel, medicines – particularly cannabidiol, cosmetics and skin care, water filters"
The ban is over. There are hemp fields in NC. Someone I know has one behind his house.
NC has had legal hemp for at least 10 years, but they were the exception, no other state was like that at the time. Wonder if other states have hemp now?
It has been legal in 46 states since 2019.