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HEMP GETS HOT A
Meet the Hardest Working Plant on the Planet by Julie Peterson
crop that was illegal in U.S. soil for more than half a century is now
reaching for the sun. Indus- trial hemp, the low- or no-THC cousin to marijuana, has created high hopes among farmers, agricultural re- searchers, manufacturers and consumers. By 2019, America had become the world’s third- largest producer, behind Canada and China, where it’s been cultivated for 8,500 years. “It’s the fastest-growing ag industry
that we’ve ever seen,” says Tara Valentine, hemp specialist at the Rodale Institute, in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. Since hemp’s inclusion in the 2018 Farm Bill, Rodale’s hemp web page hits have grown 10-fold.
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Better Products All parts of the hemp plant are useful in multiple ways, and hemp has applications in textiles, construction, bioremediation, technology, nutrition and health, including cannabidiol (CBD). T e seeds are rich in protein, essential fatty acids and vitamins. T ey can be eaten, ground into fl our or pressed for oil that is used for cooking or in body care products.
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Right now, it’s the Wild West of agriculture.
~Dustin Enge T e stems undergo decorti-
cation to separate the long out- er fi bers (bast) from the short inner fi bers (hurd). Hemp hurd makes extremely durable hempcrete for construction,
absorbent and dust-free animal bedding or pellets for heating stoves. An exponential rise in the use of hemp is expected because it can replace products made from paper, wood, plastic, cotton and fossil fuels. “Hemp fi ber is going to dominate the
market once we get to the full manufactur- ing potential,” says Erica Stark, executive director of the National Hemp Association, in Washington, D.C. T e fi rst introductions consumers can
expect include hemp paper products, such as plates and toilet paper, and biodegrad- able hemp bioplastics like cutlery and cups. Construction materials and other products are expected to quickly follow.
Environmentally Friendly T e Institute of Papermaking and Printing, at the Technical University of Lodz, Poland, did a 2015 study comparing making paper from wood to making it from hemp.
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