Hemp at Present...
Recently many countries have recognised hemp’s potential and its value as an environmentally responsible crop.
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Although hemp has lost out on nearly a century of technology and market development, farmers and businesses are rediscovering its incredible potential across the planet. As hemp research and cultivation resumes, many more uses for it will be discovered.
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The search is on for alternatives to pesticide greedy cotton, forest-destroying paper, war-generating and polluting petrochemicals and nutritionally devoid western diets.
AT PRESENT...
Hemp stalks and seeds are used by industrial/commercial companies for textiles, foods, papers, body care products, detergents, plastics and building materials.
Countries using Hemp
More than 30 nations, including England, France, Germany, China and Canada now have a legal hemp industry, and many more are undertaking research in a move towards a change in legislation.
Today hemp for commercial use is grown mostly by China, Hungary, England, Canada, Australia, France, Italy, Spain, Holland, Germany, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine and India and throughout Asia.
Although hemp is only part of the solution,
many believe that it is the only known renewable natural resource
that can meet nearly all our requirements
to move back to a
healthier, greener planet.
Hemp in South Africa & Worldwide
Hemp in South Africa
“We know hemp can feed people, clothe people, give jobs and houses to people, heal people, help transport people and is good for animals and the environment while it is doing all these things.”
– Tony Budden
Countries growing hemp
http://www.hempuniversity.com/hemp-university/growing-hemp/countries-growing-hemp/
Is growing hemp illegal in South Africa?
Both come from the plant family Cannabis sativa L., but from different varieties.Hemp has been grown in South Africa for medical purposes for centuries. It has been illegal in South Africa since 1903 when dagga prohibition was passed.