Top 10 Amazing Facts About Hemp

Hemp or Cannabis Sativa is one major boom in the present world for its exceptional power to normalize bodily entities while it is equally potent to enhance cognitive abilities as well. Here are the top 10 Amazing facts about this wonder herb.

1. Hemp is one of the oldest crops: Tribes in northern China began cultivating hemp, one of the world's oldest domesticated crops, as early as 8000 BC. Early in the 1600s, it initially emerged in North America. British farmers produced crops that were later used to make rope, sails, and clothes. Landowners in the United States were able to legally grow hemp in the 1700s for use in paper making and as a medication.
   
   
2. Hemp is a zero-waste plant: Unlike any other economically feasible plant, hemp is a zero-waste plant as it can be used for a variety of possibilities. From its root to its leaves, seeds and seed oil are all used for a variety of purposes from clothing, protein sources, medicine sources, raw materials for paper making industry and so much more. Single cultivation of this crop can be useful for many industries. Thus hemp is an effective zero-waste plant.
   
   
3. Hemp plants breathe 4 times more CO2 than plants: A plant with many uses is hemp. Hemp is produced in a carbon-negative manner, which means that during its growth, it absorbs more carbon dioxide from the environment than is emitted by the machinery used to harvest, process, and transport it.
   
   
4. Hemp is a pesticide-free plant: Without using any agricultural chemicals, hemp can be grown. These resilient plants don't require the pesticides and herbicides that many other crops require to grow because they are naturally resistant to the majority of pests. When planted closely together, each leafy plant develops a tall, leafy canopy that shields the sun, nearly eliminating weeds.
   
   
5. Hemp helps purify the soil: Phytoremediation is the process by which the roots of the hemp plant penetrate deeply into polluted soil and absorb dangerous toxins as well as any vital nutrients that may still be present. The soil's contaminating substances are taken out and stored inside the plant, usually in the leaves, stalks, or stems. And because hemp matures in about six months, some people think that soil toxins cannot injure or affect the plant, rendering the hemp safe for ingestion.
   
   
6. Hemp seeds have an ideal balance of omega 3 & 6: According to recent research done on hemp and hemp seed oil, this miraculous herb has a potent quantity of most essential fatty oils of which the content of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids are high. These compounds are greatly beneficial in normalizing our cardiovascular health and maintaining the optimal functioning of internal organs.
   
   
7. Hemp can be used to produce bio-fuel: The creation of fuel is one of the most intriguing and innovative uses for hemp biomass. The two most common fuels that can be obtained are: Pressed hemp seed oil is used to produce hemp bio-diesel, and fermented stalk is used to produce hemp ethanol/methanol. In the competition to develop sustainable fuel alternatives, hemp has emerged as a top competitor. It is not only a plentiful supply of ethanol/methanol and bio-diesel, but it is also very affordable and simple to extract.
   
   
8. Hemp can be used to make many products from cloth to building materials: There are hints that hemp fibres were also used to make clothing in China in the 28th century B.C. The earliest cloth that has survived dates to roughly 1000 B.C. Hemp enjoyed a heyday in Europe in the 17th century, the height of sailing. Hemp was used to make practically all ship sails, rigging, ropes, nets, flags, and even sea men's clothes due to its tear resistance and wet strength. Between 50 and 100 tones of hemp fibres were needed for typical equipment on ships every two years. Hemp fibres, flax, nettle, and wool were the primary raw resources for the European textile mills in the 18th century. Rags were used to make pulp, which was then used to make paper.
   
   
9. Hemp paper is stronger than wood-based paper: Paper has been made from trees since the medieval era. Trees typically only contain up to 30% cellulose, however, hemp plants can have up to 85% of it. Because of this, hemp is a fantastic material for making paper. To improve the smoothness of the hemp paper, cotton fibres are occasionally added. Hemp paper can also be used for personal products like sanitary pads and toilet paper. Since the paper developed from hemp is a better sustainable source and produced without the use of artificial chemicals, it is stronger than tree-based paper.
   
   
10. Hemp can replace plastic: Hemp is a highly productive crop for these bioplastics, which are sustainable plastics that are made from renewable resources. They can substitute most petrochemical plastics because they are biodegradable and lightweight (oil-based plastics). Since the plastic derived from hemp is biodegradable it does not harm the environment as well.