Industrial hemp is amazing. It is the plant that gives and keeps on giving. Check out these three amazing, but little known uses of industrial hemp.
Art.
Hemp helped humanity’s artistic drive. Hemp was widely used in canvases for painting. In fact, the word “canvas” can be traced to the Anglo-French word “canevaz” and ultimately the Latin word “cannapaceus” which means “made of hemp.” Given hemp’s almost limitless utility, we think the phrase “blank canvas” is particularly fitting. Hemp not only can provide the canvas, it can provide the paint as well. This unique paint is ecofriendly and natural using hemp oil as the main ingredient instead of harsh chemicals or heavy metals.
Shipbuilding.
Many people have heard of hemp rope. But the hemp plant contributed to historical ship construction and operation in a far more comprehensive manner. The canvas used for sails relied on hemp. Caulking the wooden hulls of the ships involved hemp. Ships frequently, if not always, carried stores of hemp seed. Over 100,000 pounds of hemp went into the construction of America’s oldest naval ship, Old Ironsides, launched in 1797 and still a fully commissioned Navy ship with a crew of 60 officers and sailors.
Car building.
There is a famous photograph of an old Ford being hit with a hammer to demonstrate the astonishing strength of the car’s body built from—you guessed it—industrial hemp. Yet, few realize that automotive bioplastics is a growing aspect of car building. Recent data shows that 20% of an average car’s weight is composed of plastics. BMW, Mercedes, Audi, and Volkswagen make use of hemp in door panels, dashboards, and other components. Hemp is poised to be an even more important part in car building’s future.
How Hempcrete is made Hempcrete is made using the wood-like core of the industrial hemp, called the hurd, mixed with a lime-based binding material. This core is high in silica content making it able to bind very well with lime, a rare quality among plant-based material. This results in a lightweight cementitious material weighing 1/8th
You thought we only had three amazing, little known uses of hemp!? Below are three more astonishing uses of industrial hemp: Soil conditioning Industrial hemp cleans soil. And we mean really cleans soil. Known as phytoremediation, the industrial hemp plant possesses the ability to draw out harmful contaminants from soils. The “contaminated” hemp plants can
Industrial hemp is amazing. It is the plant that gives and keeps on giving. Check out these three amazing, but little known uses of industrial hemp. Art. Hemp helped humanity’s artistic drive. Hemp was widely used in canvases for painting. In fact, the word “canvas” can be traced to the Anglo-French word “canevaz” and ultimately
Ever since the industrial hemp legalization process began to gain global momentum, much has been said about its medicinal and therapeutic potential. Hemp is a subspecies of the cannabis plant; it lacks most of marijuana’s psychoactive effects, but can be used as raw material for several industries -such as textile and construction. In fact, industrial
The sports world was on tilt this last week as Mike Tyson “boxed” Roy Jones Jr. in a four round exhibition match. Many loved it, some hated it. Millions watched.Regardless of your view on the match, one thing is clear: Mike Tyson looked to be in phenomenal shape at age 54 weighing in at a
With so many new products available in today’s rapidly-growing CBD and hemp market, it’s not surprising that many consumers are finding product labels confusing. Arguably, one of the greatest sources of confusion is the simple word “organic,” especially as it relates to CBD oil. Is “organic” simply a marketing buzzword, or does it represent an
Hemp helped humanity’s artistic drive. Hemp was widely used in canvases for painting. In fact, the word “canvas” can be traced to the Anglo-French word “canevaz” and ultimately the Latin word “cannapaceus” which means “made of hemp.” Given hemp’s almost limitless utility, we think the phrase “blank canvas” is particularly fitting. Hemp not only can provide the canvas, it can provide the paint as well. This unique paint is ecofriendly and natural using hemp oil as the main ingredient instead of harsh chemicals or heavy metals.
