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HEMPCO
Pictures and Information concerning Manufacturing
and Processing Hemp, Hemp Resources, Links, and The Many Answers To Hemp
Hemps rapid growth rate
means it can provide the biomass required to preserve remaining forest
resources and biodiversity while simultaneously producing multiple sustainable
raw materials.

Conscious Planet
Products created by Ken and Charles Holmes from Canada
Hemp is another word for the plant Cannabis sativa L. Marijuana comes from this same plant genus -- and so does broccoli and cauliflower. But the strains of hemp used in industrial and consumer products contain only a negligible level of the intoxicating substance delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC.
Thus, industrial grade hemp is not marijuana. It just looks the same
HEMPCO INDIA PROJECT will only use the best seeds provided by countries and companies in Canada, Holland, and India to grow non-THC (0.3%) hemp for food, concrete, building materials, plastics, body care, fuel, textiles and many other products.
Why Hemp for food?
The
products that are made in
Hemp food
products make an excellent food supplement and a wonderful addition to any meal
that we can make. Hemp seeds contain 25%
high quality protein and 40% fat in the form of an excellent quality oil.
Hemp oil is now coming on the market and can be used in so many ways. Hulled hemp
seeds provide an excellent source for essential vitamins, oils, and can be used
in many foods we make daily.
Hemp seeds are drug-free and extremely nutritious. Hemp seeds can be eaten whole, pressed into edible oil like soybeans, or ground into flour for baking. Hemp seeds are one of the best sources of vegetable protein. Hemp seeds contain a full complement of essential amino acids, essential fatty-acids (EFA'S), and have been shown to lower blood cholesterol and dissolve plaque in coronary arteries. Hemp has benefits as it contains natural vitamins, minerals and Omega complexes.
Because hemp is such a hardy plant, it can grow easily and abundantly almost anywhere, and can provide
nutrition where other edible crops just won't grow. Hemp can even be cultivated in arid regions with poor soil
like Saharan Africa or in places with a very short growing season like
A cookbook
with recipes for hemp seed and oil is available on the internet and on the Conscious Planet website.
We will bring health to many people in this world that need it and at a lower
cost than the production in Canada, USA, or Europe by working with the trusted
companies in India like The Jains and
utilizing the technology of Canadian firms like Holmes Enterprises, Conscious Planet and Eco-Vision
Solutions Inc. we will create a substantially large product line for foods and
materials for building new homes to businesses by working together to provide
mankind with the natural nutrition and materials that we all need.
Why
Grow Hemp?
Hemp has
many uses that mankind can use to make a better world. Hemp consumes more CO2 than
any other plant in the world. Global
warming has been an issue in this world for the last 20 years now and we
are constantly seeing a large rise of CO2 from the use of combustion engines
and burning of resources such as coal, and gas.
Hemp is an ideal rotation
crop for farmers worldwide. It puts down a taproot
twelve inches long in only thirty days, preventing topsoil erosion. Its water
requirements are negligible, so it doesn't require much irrigation and will
grow in arid regions. It matures from
seed in only 120 days, so it doesn't need a long growing season. Hemp's soil nutrients concentrate in the
plant's roots and leaves. After harvest, the roots remain and the leaves can be returned to the fields. In this
way, soil nutrients are preserved.
Hemp is also a beneficial crop for the Earth itself. It is very easy on the land. It doesn't need many nutrients, so it doesn't require chemical fertilizers. Hemp out competes other weeds, so it doesn't need herbicides to thrive. Even hemp strains that are 100 percent THC-free produce their own resins that make the crop naturally pest-free, so hemp doesn't require toxic chemical pesticides. Hemp actually leaves the soil in better condition than before it was planted.
Hemp for body care
Hemp seed oil is perfectly suited for hair and skin care. Its nutritional value, combined with its moisturizing and replenishing EFA's, make it one of the best vegetable body care foundations. Hemp seed oil's EFA complement includes polyunsaturated fatty acids, omega-3, omega-6, omega-9, linoleic acid, and gamma linoleic acids (GLA's). Although they are very effective in skin care maintenance, GLA's are rarely found in natural oils. Hemp is an excellent source of GLA's.
Paper Made From Hemp
Hemp paper is naturally acid-free. The oldest printed paper in existence is a 100 percent hemp Chinese text dated to 770 AD. Thomas Jefferson drafted both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution on hemp paper.
Hemp's cellulose level is almost three times that of wood, so it makes superior paper and yields four times as much pulp per acre as trees. The hemp paper process also utilizes less energy and fewer chemicals than tree paper processing and doesn't create the harmful dioxins, chloroform, or any of the other 2,000 chlorinated organic compounds that have been identified as by products of the wood paper process.
Hemp is a sustainable, annual crop that is ready for harvest just 120 days after going to seed, compared to trees which take tens or hundreds of years to reach maturity. Further, harvesting hemp doesn't destroy the natural habitats of thousands of distinct animal and plant species.
Historically, hemp
was an important source of paper fibre until the early 1900's when all Hemp
variations were made illegal by most world governments. Increase of demand
for paper products worldwide was then provided by wood pulp and the process to
make paper products were and still are utilizing harmful chemicals that hurt
the Earth itself. Wood pulp paper rode the chemical revolution to its apex
before the public health hazards of toxic chemicals were an issue and before
the environmental consequences of clear-cutting forests were appreciated. The
sustainability of Hemp for paper products out weighs anything any
*The Truth of Hemp and Paper is that Hemp will produce 4 times more
pulp to make paper goods than any tree is able to, providing us with a
sustainable resource faster than any growth, of any tree could give us. It’s
long term and short term ability to help with the pulp and paper industries is
unsurpassable in this now eco friendly world.
So, it is up to us as citizens of this world to provide the products
that the forestry and paper sectors are not providing the world.*
Hemp As Fuel/Bio-diesel
Hemp seeds have provided a combustible fuel oil throughout human history. More importantly, though, the same high cellulose level that makes hemp ideal for paper also makes it perfect for ethanol fuel production. Ethanol is the cleanest-burning liquid bio-alternative to gasoline. In one test, an unleaded gasoline automobile engine produced a thick, black carbon residue in its exhaust, while the tailpipe of a modified ethanol engine tested for the same 3,500 miles remained pristine and residue-free.
Ethanol is derived from plant cellulose. Plants absorb carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight and produce oxygen and cellulose, which contains the sun's energy captured in plant cells. When ethanol is used in a combustible engine, it releases energy, water vapour, and carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide is then absorbed by plants, along with water and sunlight, to create more oxygen and cellulose. It is a clean and sustainable cycle.
Since combustible engines that use gasoline are a primary source of carbon monoxide and greenhouse gases, alternative fuels such as ethanol could contribute significantly to the rejuvenation of our atmospheric air quality. Hemp provides a sustainable, renewable, and natural alternative to toxic fossil fuels.
Currently with the oil industry controlling so much of our energy for transportation to heating our homes, Hemp is a perfect crop for fuel rather than using our Food Crops that we feed the world with to make ethanol.
Hemp As Paint And Plastics
Hemp oil extract can also be used as an ingredient in non-toxic, biodegradable inks, paints, and varnishes. It is an ideal raw material for plant-based plastics such as cellophane as well as more recently developed cellulose-based plastics.
Henry Ford himself manufactured the body of an automobile
from hemp-based plastic in 1941. The plastic
was much lighter than steel and could withstand ten times the impact without
denting. The car was even fuelled by clean-burning hemp-based ethanol fuel.
Hemp As Textile Fibre
Hemp is the longest and strongest plant fibre. It is extremely abrasion and rot resistant and was the primary source of canvas, sail, rope, twine, and webbing fibre for hundreds of years before nylon was patented by DuPont in 1937. Hemp was used for clothing, military uniforms, ship's rigging, shoes, parachute webbing, baggage, and much more. Christopher Columbus' ships were fully rigged in hemp. The U.S.S. Constitution, "Old Ironsides," was outfitted with over 40 tons of hemp rigging.
Because of the multitude of uses for hemp, the early Colonial American governments mandated its cultivation. Early American settlers even used hemp fibre as money and to pay taxes. Because of its length and strength, hemp fibre can be woven into natural advanced composites, which can then be fashioned into anything from fast food containers to skateboard decks to the body of a stealth fighter.
Concrete and Building Supplies From Hemp
Madame France Perrier builds about 300 houses per year out
of hemp in
Bill Conde is the owner of the largest Redwood lumberyard
in
Fiberboard, or pressboard, is made by chipping trees into
small pieces and then compressing the chips into boards using adhesives. The Forestry Industry is so destructive
because chip plants can use young immature trees, which are just as useful for
pressboard as older trees. These mills threaten to destroy even the youngest of
forests. Conde and the highly regarded wood products division of
HEMPCO INDIA PROJECT
CAN AND WILL FEED ALL PEOPLES NATURALLY WITH HEMP HEALTH FOOD PRODUCTS, AND
THIS IS JUST THE START OF WHAT THE HEMPCO INDIA PROJECT WILL DO FOR THE WORLD.