“Make the most of the hemp seed, sow it everywhere.” – George Washington 🇺🇸

“Money doesn’t grow on trees, but a renewable resource does.” – Anonymous

NO OTHER PLANT SPECIES ON EARTH HAS THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE OF HEMP

1. The 2018 US Farm Bill reclassified/legalized industrial hemp farming for the first time in almost a century, US hemp jumped ~100x in 5 years, mostly CBD [Source]
2. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew hemp, Benjamin Franklin’s first paper mill processed hemp, hemp oil lit the lamp of Abraham Lincoln [Source]
3. “Right on the money” – 1914 $10 bill printed on hemp paper, portrays farmers harvesting hemp [Source]
4. Hemp was used as legal money in the US, farmers paid taxes with hemp in America for over 200 years, in some places it was illegal not to grow hemp [Source]
5. Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense,” written on Benjamin Franklin’s hemp paper in 1775, included hemp as a primary raw resource along with timber and iron, that allowed the colonies to be free, independent from British rule [Source]
6. US Declaration of Independence drafted on Dutch hemp paper July 4, 1776, Betsy Ross’ first American flag made from hemp [Source]
7. The first US patent was to Thomas Jefferson for a “hemp threshing machine”, who also smuggled cannabis seeds from China via France while serving as French ambassador [Source]
8. Hemp seed is a complete protein with all 9 essential amino acids, fiber, zinc, iron, magnesium, and omega-3’s, has no documented allergies, and in addition, is a popular feed for birdseed and livestock [Source]
9. Hemp cultivation dates back to 8,000 BC in Yuan-Shan Taiwan/China, making it one of the first, oldest cultivated agricultural crops [Source]
10. Henry Ford’s 1942 hemp car (10x stronger than steel), ran on hemp fuel – first car ever made from plastic (outlawed by banking cartels DuPont, Mellon, Carnegie, Hearst favoring fossil fuel investments) [Source]
11. In 1897, Rudolph Diesel invented the world’s first diesel engine which ran on hemp oil, which does not cause pollution or create carbon buildup in engines [Source]
12. “Hemp for Victory” 1942 USDA film made during WWII encouraging American farmers to grow hemp – “Long ago, when… Grecian temples were new, hemp was already old in the service of mankind.” (from the film) [Source]
13. Hemp used for the Mayflower’s boat sails in 1620, and in 1492, Columbus brought hemp to the Americas, Vikings and Chinese also used hemp sails to reach the Americas pre-Columbus [Source]
14. King James I required every colonialist (property owner) in Jamestown, England’s first settlement in America, to grow 100 plants of hemp for export in 1619 [Source]
15. In 1853, Levi Strauss & Co used hemp to make the world’s first pair of jeans for the Sierra gold miners [Source]
16. The first printed book, the Gutenberg Bible, was printed on hemp paper in 1454, thin “Bible paper” is made from hemp, linen, and cotton – by the 1880’s, between 75 and 90% of the paper produced worldwide was made from hemp fiber, the word “canvas” is derived from the Greek root “kanna-bis” [Source]
17. The Latin root “sativa” means “cultivated”, close to Sanskrit “sattva” meaning “good, pure” [Source]
18. Exodus 3:1–14, The Burning Bush: Moses receives instructions from God for Holy Incense and Holy Anointing Oil containing “kane-bosem”, later used by Jesus and his disciples in healing miracles [Source]
19. Genesis 1:29 “And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth.” [Source]
20. Indian Vedas (sacred texts pre-dating the Bible) contain descriptions of Soma, an “elixir of life” associated with cannabis, yoga, and meditation, in addition “bhang tea” is a holy celebratory beverage in India [Source]
21. Cannabis and hemp are the same plant, Cannabis sativa L., with some varietals producing tall stalks of fiber and seeds, others producing bushy aromatic flowers [Source]
22. Indian texts from Ayurvedic Medicine give direction on the hundreds of medical uses of cannabis, one of the main medical staples for US doctors before 1937, when it was banned in support of petrol-based pharmaceuticals [Source]
23. Queen Elizabeth used cannabis for menstrual cramps, along with seven US presidents in the US’ first 50 years (for other uses) [Source]
24. First written record of cannabis is from Chinese emperor Shen Nung in 2800 BC, “Father of Chinese Medicine”, author of the Materia Medica which details medical use, hemp seed included as one of China’s “five sacred grains” [Source]
25. Hemp has a millennia-long industrial, spiritual, and medical history in ancient Greece, Egypt, Netherlands, India, Africa, the Middle East, and China [Source]
26. Hundreds of chemical compounds in the cannabis hemp plant, non-psychoactive medical uses, no recorded overdose in history (no LD50), modern medical scientists are synthesizing and decoding the complex “plant genome” [Source]
27. Hemp homes reduce deforestation, are now made from hemp wood/fiberboard, hemp wool, hemp plastics, hemp plaster, and hemp-crete (renewable, lightweight, non-toxic, high insulation R-factor 2.2/inch, fire-proof) [Source]

Never give up. Hemp has more uses and benefits than any other plant on Earth.

Hemp can replace or reduce dependence on timber, cotton, concrete, livestock, pharmaceuticals, and fossil fuels. 🌎

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