One acre of hemp can produce as much usable fiber as 4 acres of trees or 2 acres of cotton.

Hemp has been grown for at least 12,000 years for fiber and food. It has only been prohibited for the past 70 years.

Hemp fiber has been discovered in tombs dating from 8000 B.C.

The paintings of Van Gogh, Gainsborough, Rembrandt, etc., were primarily painted on hemp canvas, as were practically all canvas paintings.

Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel with hempseed-oil based paints.

The “discovery” of America was powered by hemp sails and rigging.

George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew hemp on their plantations.

Ben Franklin started one of the first paper mills in America. The mill processed hemp paper.

In America, it was legal to pay taxes with hemp from 1631 until the early 1800s. (LA Times. Aug. 12, 1981.)

In 1941, Henry Ford built and fueled a car with hemp. Ford said his vision was, ” to grow automobiles from the soil.”

In 1942, the US Army and Department of Agriculture released their “Hemp for Victory” film which encouraged farmers to grow hemp to aid the war effort.

The original drafts of the The Constitution of the United States of America were written on hemp paper.

The original drafts of the Declaration of Independence were written on hemp paper.

Were our forefathers leaving us a secret??

Mechanical Engineering Magazine (Feb. 1938) published an article entitled, “The Most Profitable and Desirable Crop that Can be Grown.” The articles reads, “Hemp, the strongest of all fibers, gives the greatest production per acre [in comparison to other crops] and requires the least attention. It not only kills off all the weeds, it leaves the soil in perfect condition for the following crop. This, irrespective of its own monetary value, makes Hemp the most desirable crop to grow.”

Popular Mechanics Magazine (Feb. 1938) published an article entitled, “New Billion Dollar Crop.” The article reads, “American farmers are promised a new cash crop with an annual value of several hundred million dollars. It is hemp, a crop that will not compete with other American products. Instead, it will displace imports of raw material and manufactured products produced by underpaid coolie and peasant labor and it will provide thousands of jobs for American workers throughout the land. This new crop could add immeasurably to American agriculture and industry.” Back in 1938 a billion was serious money. Imagine how Hemp could effect America’s economy today…

It’s time we put capitalism to the test and let the unrestricted market of supply and demand, along with ecologic and economic awareness, decide the future of the planet.

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