| Are you thinking about "going green"? There are | | | | that made hemp paper. Thomas Jefferson |
| many benefits that go along with going green. | | | | drafted the Declaration of Independence on paper |
| One example is that you are doing a great part | | | | made from hemp fiber. Henry Ford, as well as |
| to help preserve and improve the environment. | | | | BMW, experimented with hemp to build car bodies |
| Hemp yarn products such as your toddler or | | | | and parts making them more recyclable. Hemp oil |
| family bedding items are a great way to start in | | | | was once used to make paints, varnishes and to |
| your home. This natural, eco friendly yarn is soft | | | | grease machines. Rudolph Diesel designed an |
| yet strong. | | | | engine that ran on hemp oil. |
| Hemp is a fast growing plant that doesn't require | | | | There is also a mill in France that makes hemp |
| the use of pesticides, herbicides or chemical | | | | paper for bibles that is owned by Kimberly Clark. |
| fertilizers making it ideal for organic farming. This | | | | Until the 1950's hemp was grown commercially in |
| organic growing process helps to enrich and | | | | the US. An extremely high tax was placed on |
| moisturize the soil. The hemp plant has a strong | | | | marijuana due to the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 |
| root system that can grow into the ground three | | | | making it impossible to grow industrial hemp. |
| feet or more, providing an anchor to protect | | | | Hemp can now again be grown in Canada. |
| from soil runoff and erosion. The hemp plant | | | | Industrial hemp is different than marijuana "the |
| sheds its leaves throughout the growing season, | | | | drug". Industrial hemp has a THC content of 0.05 |
| enriching the soil with organic matter. Hemp | | | | to 1% and marijuana has a THC content of 9 to |
| products made of 100% hemp yarn are | | | | 25%. If someone had tried to ingest industrial |
| completely biodegradable. | | | | hemp to "get high" it would act the same as |
| Hemp fabric is water absorbent. This luxurious | | | | taking 3 doses of a high-fiber laxative. Someone |
| fabric is known for its durability and doesn't wear | | | | would have to smoke 15 to 20 cigarettes back to |
| out or stretch. The more you wash it the softer | | | | back over a short period of time, which is almost |
| and more lustrous the fabric is, creating beautiful | | | | impossible for any person to withstand. |
| bedding for years to come. The end of hemp | | | | Over 25,000 products can be made from hemp |
| fiber is round making it very soft to touch and | | | | fibers. This durable yet soft fabric is great for |
| not itchy at all. Natural hemp fabric is warm in the | | | | making bedding and clothing items that only get |
| winter and breathes in the summer keeping you | | | | better as time passes. If you are looking for a |
| cooler. | | | | "green solution" for your bedding and fabric needs |
| Hemp has been a part of our history and has | | | | choose products made from organic hemp fabric |
| been grown for fiber for the last 12,000 years. | | | | and you will personally be helping enrich our |
| George Washington, Ben Franklin and Thomas | | | | beautiful mother earth as well as your own life. |
| Jefferson all grew hemp. Ben Franklin owned a mill | | | | |